White & Case has put London and New York at the centre of its new five-year strategy, with the firm setting out plans to significantly ramp up the proportion of its lawyers based in the two key financial centres by 2020.

In an interview with Legal Week, chairman Hugh Verrier said White & Case now plans to boost lawyer count in the City from roughly 350 at present to more than 500 within five years, with its New York office expected to house around the same number of lawyers.