Strategic Coaching for Law Firm and Consultancy Partners
Shaping the future for aspiring, active and transitioning partners with Dr Angela Kerek MBA
Leadership at partner level in law firms and consultancies means excellence under constant pressure commercially, intellectually, and personally.
It is during transitions that it becomes clear whether partnership is shaped in a way that is effective, sustainable, and fulfilling.
This coaching supports partners and future partners across all critical career stages, from the path into partnership to a conscious repositioning after exit, in both professional services and consulting environments.
The work combines:
- individual executive coaching
- strategic reflection at eye level
- confidential sparring with an external perspective
For greater clarity, impact, and composure in leadership and career decisions.
Typical situations
- Preparing for partnership (positioning, visibility, decision readiness)
- Establishing oneself in the early years of partnership (role clarity, expectation management, resilience)
- Mid-career phases marked by overload, stagnation, or quiet withdrawal
- Structured transitions during exit, succession, or reinvention
- Mentoring and succession processes at firm level (law firms and consultancies)
The goal is not optimisation at any cost, but coherent leadership at every stage.
Why law firms and consultancies work with me
- Development and retention of the next generation of partners
Structured, confident transitions in exit and succession - Relief for HR and firm leadership
- External confidentiality and a neutral reflection space
- Strengthening mentoring, culture, and strategic thinking
- High credibility: coaching by a former partner for partners
Questions we are often asked -
and how we address them
“Partners don’t need coaching.”
Partners don’t need coaching in the conventional sense.
They need confidential sparring at eye level, free from internal politics and expectation pressure.
“This is a sensitive topic for the firm.”
Precisely why external support works, especially at partner level.
Confidentiality and neutrality are core to the engagement.
“This takes time we don’t have.”
Unclear roles, unspoken tensions, and unmanaged exits cost far more time and revenue.
This coaching works preventively and structurally.
“Exit is not something we like to address openly.”
Unmanaged exits are costly for both law firms and consultancies.
Well-designed transitions create value for both sides.
Client voices
“Finally, a space without firm politics.”
I could address topics that had no place internally. It significantly clarified my role as a partner.
Partner, international law firm
“The preparation for partnership was decisive.”
Not technically, but in mindset, positioning, and decision readiness. The coaching gave me confidence.
Senior Consultant / Counsel, on the path to partnership
“The exit became constructive for me and for the firm.”
Instead of rupture, there was structure, clarity, and a clean transition.
Former Partner, professional services firm
“Very high acceptance among our partners.”
The combination of deep professional-services insight and external perspective makes the difference.
Head of HR, law firm / consultancy