Nick Jarrett-Kerr

Nick Jarrett-Kerr LL.B is a specialist adviser to law firms world-wide on issues of strategy, governance and leadership development as well as all important business issues facing law firms as they compete in difficult market conditions. In the last seven or eight years, Nick has established himself as one of the leading UK and international advisers to law firms.  He was a founder member of the (England & Wales) Law Society’s Law Management Section and served as its Chairman for two years. He is also a member of the UK Association of Partnership Practitioners.

He is a regular writer and speaker on management and leadership topics with an emphasis on strategic and business planning, as well as issues of governance and structure and partner compensation. He also has a particular interest in management/leadership development, financial management, business development and project implementation as well as partnership performance criteria and partner development. Prior to becoming a consultant, Nick (who is a solicitor by training) was for eight years the Chief Executive Partner of Bevan Ashford, a leading regional firm in Great Britain, during a period of enormous growth starting in the depths of the 1989-1992 recession.

Nick’s practice is international; in 2007 to 2009 he has consulted to firms in nine different countries on three different continents.

Nick is the author of Strategy for Law Firms; After the Legal Services Act, published by Law Society Publications in November 2009. He is also joint author - with Friedrich Blase and Michael Roch of Kerma Partners – of the recent Managing Partner Best Practice Report on Financial Management in Law Firms. Nick is also is a module leader for the Nottingham Law School strategy modules and a core MBA faculty member.
Further details can be found on www.jarrett-kerr.com