Affirmative action seems to be the order of the day in the wake of Stuart Popham's election as senior partner of Clifford Chance (CC).

After more voting rounds than the Eurovision Song Contest, The Diary hears on good authority that the London School of Economics is to create a new professor of Clifford Chance politics.

The identity of said professor is yet to be revealed, although The Diary understands that the academic has already started work on a tome entitled, CC elections (2001-03) and the Paris Commune – a comparative study.