Holman Fenwick Willan and Fulbright & Jaworski have become the latest firms to benefit from the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf's City arm, with the pair bringing in three partners between them.

Holman Fenwick has picked up two partners, recruiting Dewey's City financial regulation chief Robert Finney and corporate finance and insurance partner James Lewis.

Finney joined Dewey in 2010 from SNR Denton, where he was financial markets and regulation head. He has more than 25 years' experience in funds and derivatives work, and has advised on financial services regulation issues since the UK Financial Services Act was passed in 1986.

Lewis has been a partner at Dewey since 2004, having previously been a partner with Dechert in London. He has acted for clients including Catlin Group and Omega Insurance Holdings.

Meanwhile, US firm Fulbright has hired litigator Deborah Ruff – who co-chaired Dewey's litigation and arbitration practice outside the US – as a partner in its City dispute resolution practice.

Prior to joining Dewey in summer 2005 Ruff was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, and before becoming a lawyer was a senior analyst with oil company Saudi Aramco, where she headed a team responsible for the former Soviet Union, Easter Europe and China.

The latest departures come as Dewey's London arm is expected to file for administration shortly, while its US arm is also heading closer to bankruptcy, bringing in global restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper in the US earlier this month.

Exits from Dewey's London office in recent weeks have seen Morgan Lewis & Bockius take on a number of partners, including banking and finance partners Bruce Johnston and Amanda Jennings and corporate partner Amy Comer.

Dewey's former London managing partner Peter Sharp and litigation partners David Waldron – who co-chaired both the firm's litigation group outside of the US and the energy litigation practice group – and Nick Greenwood also went to Morgan Lewis in London.

Meanwhile, restructuring duo Mark Fennessy and Hazel Miller opted to leave Dewey for US rival Proskauer Rose. Fennessy has been overseeing the wind-down of the London arm.