Allen & Overy senior partner Edouard Didier has failed to win a place on the Paris Bar Council, although Bredin Prat’s Jean-Francois Prat, Clifford Chance’s Claude Lazarus and Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Dominique Mondoloni all won places following yesterday’s elections.

Didier slipped to 20th from 17th place in the second round of elections, meaning he misses out on one of the 18 seats that were up for grabs.