A number of former Dewey & LeBoeuf UK partners are set to reject the settlement plan put forward by the defunct firm’s wind-down committee last week (12 July).

The so-called ‘partner contribution plan’ – which is set to see partners asked to pay between $25,000 (£16,000) and $3m (£1.9m) into the bankrupt firm’s estate to generate a total of $103.6m (£66m) – would absolve former partners of any future liability in relation to the firm.