Clifford Chance’s (CC) infant California practice has lured a batch of major clients from Brobeck Phleger & Harrison following the move of more than 50 lawyers from the San Francisco firm to launch the practice this month.

Clients that have agreed to follow the team, which comprises a major slice of Brobecks’ securities litigation practice, include technology leaders Cisco Systems, Intel, Sun Microsystems, Broadcom and Siebe Systems.