Corrs Chambers Westgarth M&A partners Jeremy Davis, Byron Koster and James Rozsa have been poached by Johnson Winter & Slattery. This development follows the news that Corrs partners Richard Lewis, Iain Laughland and Steve Johns have opted to join Norton Rose.

The new recruits will bolster the cross-border capabilities at JWS, with managing partner Peter Slattery hinting in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that the firm will pursue a strategy of relationships with off-shore firms rather than an outright merger. The firm has stated that no start date for the new recruits has yet been decided.