Davis Polk & Wardwell has refuted a $1.4m (£899,000) lawsuit filed against it by Asian legal recruiter Alan Metz in New York, saying that his claims are “entirely without merit” and “fail as a matter of law”.
The US firm, which is being represented by disputes attorney William Gyves from Epstein Becker & Green, said it never accepted Metz’s offer of recruiting services for the hire of former Clifford Chance Hong Kong litigators Martin Rogers and James Wadham last year, and is therefore under no legal obligation to pay him.
