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Joshua Rozenberg
Monday 6th September 2010
Top Lawyer to Retire
Stuart Popham, senior partner of the leading international law firm Clifford Chance, is to stand down at the end of his second four-year term in December and will retire from the firm next April.
The decision, to be announced tomorrow, will trigger an election for a new senior partner.
Popham has been with the firm for 35 years.
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Joshua Rozenberg is an independent legal commentator who presents Law in Action on BBC Radio 4.
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