Dewey & LeBoeuf, which has already lost at least 18 partners in the first two months of the year, has now lost its core insurance sector transactional team to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, reports The Am Law Daily.

The departures include London partners Joseph Ferraro and Nicholas Bugler, as well as three practice leaders in New York – Michael Groll, co-chair of the firm’s insurance sector group; John Schwolsky, co-chair of the corporate finance practice group; and Alexander Dye, chair of the firm’s US M&A practice.