Partnership & LLP Barrister
Simon Jelf
Leading barrister specialising in partnership and LLP law, trusted by professional firms, high-value partnerships, and individual partners.
Simon Jelf
Partnership & LLP Barrister
Simon Jelf is a leading barrister specialising in partnership and LLP law, trusted by professional firms, high-value partnerships, and individual partners for complex, high-stakes matters. He advises a broad spectrum of clients, including solicitors, accountants, medical professionals, and other businesses operating through partnerships or LLPs. He is particularly renowned for his work with NHS medical partnerships, where governance, financial arrangements, and partner relationships require specialist insight.
Called to the Bar in 1996, Simon spent two years at the Law Commission reviewing partnership law, giving him an exceptional technical foundation. He joined a leading specialist chambers in 1999 and has devoted his career to partnership law, combining deep expertise with strategic insight. He is a member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.
His practice combines advisory and contentious work. He focuses on resolving matters efficiently through negotiation or mediation wherever possible. When litigation is unavoidable, he provides robust, clear, and strategic representation. Clients value his ability to quickly identify key issues and provide practical, outcome-driven advice.
Areas of expertise include:
- Drafting, reviewing, and interpreting bespoke partnership and LLP agreements
- Partner exits, expulsions, and retirements
- Restrictive covenants and post-termination arrangements
- Governance, decision-making, and internal processes
- Unfair prejudice and breach of good-faith claims
- NHS medical partnership governance and disputes
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What the Directories Say
Chambers and Partners (2026)
Simon Jelf is creative, extremely hard-working and someone who knows the ins and outs of partnership law in a way few people do.
Simon Jelf is an extremely pleasant man who can be tough when necessary. He lives and breathes partnership law, and is loved by clients as he can answer any partnership law question put to him.
Simon Jelf is very responsive and simply top-drawer technically. He fully understands the commerciality of the dispute.
Legal 500 (2026)
Simon is a genuine expert, well known and respected in this specialist area. He is elite.
Chambers and Partners (2023)
Simon is a client-friendly, calm and poised advocate, who always has an eye for the commercial and pragmatic solution. ""He is a genuine expert."
Chambers & Partners
… brimming with common-sense advice.
… warmley endorsed by clients for his clear advice.
… very much on the rise.
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