Insurance law firm DWF has swooped on Australia firm Hall & Wilcox to take a team it numbers at 53 lawyers, following on from the hire of nine partners from the firm in November.

DWF described the team from Hall & Wilcox team as one of the leading insurance litigation practices in Australia. “It has a highly complementary client base of global insurers and London market based insurance syndicates,” the U.K.-headquartered specialist insurance firm said in a statement.