Biography
Nicola Kerr is a partner in the firm's Transactions and Employment Practice Groups.
She advises employers and senior executives of banks, private equity houses, hedge funds, broker-dealers and family offices on contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Nicola has particular experience in the following areas:
- High value executive severance
- Boardroom disputes
- Restrictive covenants and Team moves
- Partnerships and LLPs
- Discrimination
- Whistle blowing
- Redundancy and Collective consultation
- Employment law aspects of major corporate transactions
- Business transfers and the impact of TUPE –Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations
- Confidentiality and Data protection
- Disciplinary and Grievance issues
- Corporate restructuring
- Drafting
- Strategic issues
Prior to joining Brown Rudnick, Nicola was a partner and head of the European employment practice at King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin) for over 15 years.
Awards
Work Highlights
Sunny Health & Fitness, a California-based provider of fitness equipment and technology, in its cross-border acquisition of JLL Fitness, a U.K.-based brand known for its home and commercial fitness products.
Education
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, B.A., Law
Bar Admissions
Solicitor, England & Wales
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Professional Affiliations
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Employment Lawyers Association
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Awards and Honors
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Chambers UK, Employment: Senior Executive, 2005-2024. She is described as “excellent in advising on specific points of non-solicitation and non-competition. Her counsel is practical, she gets to the commercial points quickly, she is timely and she is respectful of budget”.
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The Legal 500 UK, Employment Senior Executives, 2021. She is described as "a very experienced, pragmatic, hands-on, responsive, robust employment lawyer...very personable and communicates well and is very comfortable and confident when dealing with difficult people or situations on the other side of the table".
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The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom (and Global Business Edition), 2009-2025
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Euromoney's Expert Guides, Women in Business Law Guide, Labour and Employment, 2020 & 2021
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Lawyer Monthly, Women in Law Award, Employment Law, 2019
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Super Lawyers, 2013-2015
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