“When I am on the train going to London, the guy sitting in the seat next to me could also be a Clifford Chance partner and I would not have a clue.” Dominique Bompoint, Clifford Chance.

On 15 November, Dominique Bompoint, the man widely considered Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) top French corporate lawyer, will walk into the Paris office of Sullivan & Cromwell, becoming the latest in a string of senior French departures from UK firms.