Willkie Farr & Gallagher has been left with only one full-time partner in its Rome arm after M&A partner Filippo Mazza quit for US rival McDermott Will & Emery.

Mazza moves to McDermott’s eight-lawyer Rome branch alongside Willkie Farr associate Carsten Steinhauer, who also joins as a partner. First reported on legalweek.com (10 October).