Top international litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has announced that it will open an office in Sydney in June.

The new operation will be co-managed by Michael Mills and Michelle Fox, currently of Herbert Smith Freehills. Also joining the firm in Sydney is Quinn Emanuel partner James Webster, an Australian who has spent the previous 20 years in the United States.

Quinn Emanuel is headquartered in Los Angeles and bills itself as the largest firm in the world devoted solely to business litigation.

  "We are a global law firm,” said  Quinn Emanuel managing partner John Quinn. “With the shift of economic power from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Australia has not only become a significant international player but also a critical connection point in the Asia-Pacific. We believe we will fill a niche - a highly sophisticated litigation firm that is not saddled with all the institutional conflicts that large, full service law firms have.”