While lawyers aplenty were herding at London airports like pigeons in Trafalgar Square, preparing for the latest instalment of the MIPIM rollercoaster, one property lawyer was taking a more circuitous route.
Bob Smyth, senior partner of Burges Salmon, set off the day before the start of the piss-up – sorry, gathering – donning leathers and helmet for what he thought would be a civilised journey down to the French Riviera.