Nick Jarrett-Kerr
Of Counsel Nick Jarrett-Kerr LLB (non practicing Solicitor) is one of the leading UK and international advisers to law firms on leadership, management and strategy. 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.
Nick's main objective is to help law firms to improve their business performance. His unique blend of hands-on experience, practical approaches and academic rigour has been valued by law firms right across the world in facing their strategic, operational and business issues and problems.
He is a regular writer and speaker on management and leadership topics such as management/leadership development, as well as strategic planning, financial management, business development and project implementation. He has a particular interest in Law Firm Strategy and Governance, Partner Compensation, Partnership Performance Criteria and Partner Development. He regularly leads or facilitates retreats, partner conferences, practice group retreats and away days. Prior to becoming a consultant in 2002, Nick was for eight years the Chief Executive Partner of Bevan Ashford, a leading regional firm in Great Britain, during a period of enormous growth which started in the depths of the 1989-2001 recession.
Nick has good practical experience of introducing behavioural changes to law firms both from his own experience in growing a small provincial firm to a big multi-site firm, and from more recent advisory projects.
Nick also regularly leads training and development events for lawyers. In recent years, he has led over fifty management training or development events each year in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Asia, the Caribbean and the United States of America. Nick has a particular interest in leadership development for partners of law firms as well as Law Firm Finances and Economics. In the last two or three years he has consulted to firms in nine different countries on three different continents. He is also module leader for the Nottingham Law School strategy modules and a core MBA faculty member. Nick is currently writing two books, one on Profit Sharing in law firms and the other one on Law Firm Strategy in the New Environment. He is also joint author - with Friedrich Blase and Michael Roch – of the recent Managing Partner Best Practice Report on Financial Management in Law Firms.
Nick lives near Bristol where his home enjoys spectacular views over a lake; he loves cooking, skiing and sailing though not all at the same time.
Nick's main objective is to help law firms to improve their business performance. His unique blend of hands-on experience, practical approaches and academic rigour has been valued by law firms right across the world in facing their strategic, operational and business issues and problems.
He is a regular writer and speaker on management and leadership topics such as management/leadership development, as well as strategic planning, financial management, business development and project implementation. He has a particular interest in Law Firm Strategy and Governance, Partner Compensation, Partnership Performance Criteria and Partner Development. He regularly leads or facilitates retreats, partner conferences, practice group retreats and away days. Prior to becoming a consultant in 2002, Nick was for eight years the Chief Executive Partner of Bevan Ashford, a leading regional firm in Great Britain, during a period of enormous growth which started in the depths of the 1989-2001 recession.
Nick has good practical experience of introducing behavioural changes to law firms both from his own experience in growing a small provincial firm to a big multi-site firm, and from more recent advisory projects.
Nick also regularly leads training and development events for lawyers. In recent years, he has led over fifty management training or development events each year in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Asia, the Caribbean and the United States of America. Nick has a particular interest in leadership development for partners of law firms as well as Law Firm Finances and Economics. In the last two or three years he has consulted to firms in nine different countries on three different continents. He is also module leader for the Nottingham Law School strategy modules and a core MBA faculty member. Nick is currently writing two books, one on Profit Sharing in law firms and the other one on Law Firm Strategy in the New Environment. He is also joint author - with Friedrich Blase and Michael Roch – of the recent Managing Partner Best Practice Report on Financial Management in Law Firms.
Nick lives near Bristol where his home enjoys spectacular views over a lake; he loves cooking, skiing and sailing though not all at the same time.
