Three Clifford Chance partners have been elected unopposed as regional managing partners, as the firm continues its series of leadership votes. Peter Charlton has been re-elected as regional managing partner for London and Dubai for an initial term of three years beginning in January. Jim Baird has been re-elected as regional managing partner for Asia. The US post goes to John Carroll, who takes over from Jim Benedict as managing partner for the Americas. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews on 11 October