A multi-million dollar dispute in which Mishcon de Reya has accused King & Wood Mallesons of “poaching” two of its New York-based partners has shifted from a New York court battle to arbitration.

In court filings lodged at New York’s Supreme Court, Mishcon’s lawyers have accused KWM of recruiting two Mishcon partners in New York “in an attempt to poach” a lucrative piece of litigation from the firm.