Herbert Smith Freehills has filed a suit against eight Australian partners who are leaving to join White & Case.
In the case filed last week before the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, 167 Herbert Smith Freehills partners led by Melbourne-based litigation partner Michael Pryse are suing eight out of the 10 partners who resigned in September to open two Australian offices for New York-based White & Case. The defendants are: Melbourne partners Andrew Clark, Brendan Quinn, Alan Rosengarten, Josh Sgro, Tim Power, Jared Muller and Joanne Draper and Sydney partner Joel Rennie.
