Clifford Chance (CC) has converted to UK limited liability part-nership (LLP) status, becoming only the second magic circle firm to switch to the model.

However, the conversion sees only a handful of offices, including London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing, become part of the UK LLP, while the status of the other offices will remain unchanged. The firm had been registered previously as a US LLP and CC’s US and French practices will retain US status.