Partnership Counsel
Barristers · Partnership Law
A small chambers by design — every member focused exclusively on partnership law.
Simon Jelf specialises in all aspects of partnership and LLP law, with particular reference to professional and trading partnerships. His clients include both large and small firms of solicitors, accountants and other professionals, as well as a range of other businesses. He has particular expertise in medical partnerships within the NHS.
He can provide advice and assistance in all areas, from the drafting of partnership or LLP agreements to the resolution of disputes, whether involving litigation, mediation or negotiation. He has wide experience in issues surrounding retirement and expulsion, including contested expulsions and the enforceability of restrictive covenants, on behalf of both individual partners and firms.
Called in 1996, he spent the following two years with the Law Commission, where he was principally involved in the review of partnership law. He joined Partnership Counsel in 1999.
He was editor of the third supplement to the 19th edition of Lindley & Banks on Partnership (published December 2016) and is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Professional Partnerships. He is a member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners.
'Simon is a genuine expert, well known and respected in this specialist area. He is elite.'Legal 500
'Simon Jelf is creative, extremely hard-working and someone who knows the ins and outs of partnership law in a way few people do.'Chambers & Partners 2026
'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.'Chambers & Partners 2026
'Simon Jelf is very responsive and simply top-drawer technically. He fully understands the commerciality of the dispute.'Chambers & Partners 2026
Tyroon Win is committed to being flexible and pro-active in his role as practice manager - not only offering guidance on which member of chambers would be most suitable for a particular job and the fee structure involved, but also working with clients to identify the most cost effective and efficient use of Counsel's services. He is used to dealing with emergencies and will, if requested, recommend solicitors who are experienced in acting for professional clients.
Tyroon Win took over as practice manager at Partnership Counsel in February 2006, having previously worked for a US law firm in the City of London for 16 years.
'Practice manager Tyroon Win is excellent. He's both responsive and highly knowledgeable.'Chambers UK Bar Guide 2024
'Tyroon Win is always very responsive, easy to deal with and a pleasure to work with." "Permit me to be clear: Tyroon is a star. From the first moment I met him, he was the personification of 'can do'. He consistently delivers in terms of both accessibility and administration. A clerk par excellence.'Chambers & Partners 2023
'Excellent' clerk Tyroon Win is 'exceptionally easy to get along with and efficient. It is very easy to discuss matters with him and he is practical and proactive.'Legal 500 2019