Orrick opens Korean practice... in Japan

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is planning to get a head-start on South Korea's legal practice reforms by setting up its first Korean office in Japan. The US firm has hired Eugene Chang, a partner from Woo Yun Kang Jeong & Han in Seoul, to establish a Korea practice in Orrick's Tokyo joint-venture office. Chang is a finance specialist with particular expertise in securitization, a core area for Orrick in most markets but one - they haven't had much luck in Korea. Chang will …