Chicago’s Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, the most high profile US firm to quit the UK legal market, is set to re-launch its UK practice two years after pulling the plug on its 11-lawyer London office.

Though the 525-lawyer firm still needs a final partner vote to the back the move, Sonnenscheins’ management is backing the move with the expectation that a London office could be launched before the end of the year.