A New York legal recruiter who claims Davis Polk & Wardwell owes him a commission for placing litigator Martin Rogers in the Hong Kong office is suing the firm for $1.4 million.
In a complaint filed last week in state court in New York, Alan Metz alleges that he first contacted Rogers, then head of Asia litigation for Clifford Chance, last summer. According to Metz, Rogers indicated that he was interested in moving and the two came up with a "wish list" of firms to approach, including Davis Polk; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett;Debevoise & Plimpton; Sullivan & Cromwell; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
