DLA Piper is set to see a trio of high-profile partner departures, with its global co-head of litigation, its EMEA head of corporate crime and investigations and its EMEA private equity head all leaving for rival US law firms.

Joint global litigation chief Neil Gerrard and EMEA corporate crime head Jonathan Pickworth are both leaving to join Dechert in London, while EMEA private equity chief Will Rosen is to join the City arm of Ropes & Gray.