Dewey & LeBoeuf, which has already lost at least 18 partners in the first two months of the year, is now losing its core insurance sector transactional team to Willkie Farr & Gallagher.

The departures include, in New York, Michael Groll, co-chair of the insurance sector group; John Schwolsky, co-chair of the corporate finance practice group; and Alexander Dye, chair of the firm’s U.S. M&A practice. The others leaving are Robert Rachofsky, Scott Avitabile, Donald Henderson, Jr., Arthur Lynch, and Allison Tam in New York; Joseph Ferraro and Nicholas Bugler in London; and Christopher Petito in Washington, D.C.