Ashurst has seen the departure of another corporate partner as London-based partner Jonathan Parry moves to White & Case in the City.

Parry, who specialises in equity capital markets (ECM) work, follows a string of Ashurst partners who have left the firm over the last two years.

White & Case's hire of Parry forms part of the firm's 2020 strategy to grow its London office lawyer-count by 40%. The firm is focusing on building up three core practices – M&A, capital markets and disputes.

Stuart Matty, head of the firm's global capital markets practice, said: "As a leading UK ECM lawyer, Jon will help grow our UK IPO practice and, with the majority of ECM deals in the region governed by English law, further support the development of our English law ECM practice."

Last week news broke that Ashurst financial regulatory partner James Perry had resigned from the firm to join Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's growing corporate team.

The US firm has hired a number of Ashurst's largest corporate names including former senior partner Charlie Geffen who made the move in October 2014.

Geffen's move followed those of former Ashurst partners Jonathan Earle and Nigel Stacey who jumped to Gibson Dunn in the summer of 2014.

Other Ashurst exits in recent months include four heavy-weight partners from its Frankfurt office that left to join US firm Goodwin Procter in the city last November.

Earlier this month Ashurst appointed Australia-based banking and finance partner Paul Jenkins as its global managing partner.

Jenkins replaces James Collis, who announced in January this year that he would be stepping down from the role after one term to return to the firm's finance practice.