Denton Wilde Sapte is this week fighting to regain the initiative amid an expected exit of a 10-partner team from its TMT group to DLA – while it emerges that three more partners have quit.

Talks between DLA and the team – led by IP partner Simon Levine and thought to include sports specialist Mark Gay and IP/IT partner Neville Cordell – are at an advanced stage, with DLA on course to confirm the move with a vote this week.