White & Case finance partners Mike Goetz and Maurice Allen are set to leave the firm's London office by the end of the week.

Global banking co-head Allen and fellow City partner Goetz are expected to leave White & Case's City arm tomorrow (14 March), with the US firm's associates learning of the impending departures earlier this week.

The duo had been linked to a number of City firms but Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is seen as the clear front-runner to hire the pair amid unconfirmed reports that the magic circle firm is set for a partner vote on Friday.