Hermann Knott is a Senior Consultant of Walker Clark LLC, based in Germany, with extensive experience in law firm strategy and legal practice management in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Hermann Knott is a Senior Consultant of Walker Clark LLC, based in Germany, with extensive experience in law firm strategy and legal practice management in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
He brings to his consulting practice his decades of experience as a partner in international law firms, where he has been an internationally-recognized expert on cross-border transactions and alternative dispute resolution in fast-changing international legal and business environments. This rare combination of knowledge and insight has given him a uniquely practical and innovative approach to some of the most promising opportunities and difficult challenges facing Walker Clark clients worldwide, expecially with respect to: the evaluation and implementation of international law firm mergers and strategic alliances; growth options; and practice group operations.
Hermann is a prominent leader in international professional associations such as:
- former Co-Chair of the Law Firm Management Committee of the International Bar Association
- founder and former Co-Chair of the Cross-Border Practice Management Committee of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London)
- Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators
- Inter-Pacific Bar Association
- Swiss-Chinese Law Association
- member of the German and New York State bars
He is a sought-after speaker at international professional conferences in national and local bar associations and law societies throughout the world.
Hermann's languages include English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
