Dewey Breakup Quickens as M&A Chief, London Group Leave

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, which has lost more than a third of its partners in recent weeks, saw its merger and acquisition chief and a team of London litigators depart as the price of its bonds slumped in private trades.

M&A chief Morton Pierce is leaving today with seven other partners to join White & Case LLP in New York, he said in a telephone interview. London managing partner Peter Sharp, Nick Greenwood and David Waldron are joining Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP in London, Morgan Lewis said in a statement.