My client is a British multinational law firm, headquartered in London, England. It is a member of the "Magic Circle" of elite London-headquartered law firms and currently employs over 3100 lawyers across 31 offices in 21 countries.

Purpose:

Working alongside the Business Development & Marketing (“BD&M”) Manager, your time and focus will be split between supporting the London Mainstream Corporate (“MSC”) Practice, the global Infrastructure Sector as well as the Telecoms and Business Services (“TMBS”) Sector. This will include, in particular, supporting the partners and associates on all aspects of BD&M, namely: the development and implementation of BD&M plans, initiatives relating to client targeting, cross-selling, product specific business development and internal and external profile raising, pitching, events, training, group updates directories processes and management of the core BD&M infrastructure and collateral for these areas.

Expectations:

- Support the BD&M Manager in developing and implementing BD plans aligned to the business plans of the MSC Practice and Infrastructure and TMBS Sectors.
- Assists in raising the MSC Practice’s and Infrastructure and TMBS Sectors’ external profile through product or market specific campaigns, thought leadership, PR, client and industry events and online presence.
- Support the MSC Practice and Infrastructure and TMBS Sectors in nurturing priority client relations. Plan and facilitate the execution of BD initiatives relating to client targeting.
- Manage, end-to-end, the directory and awards submissions for the MSC Practice and Infrastructure and TMBS Sectors.
- Help develop and manage the team’s internal communications.
- Maintaining high quality marketing collateral across key product areas.
- Provide BD tools and maintain key business development infrastructure to enable lawyers to pursue new business leads and to share market developments with clients – including the maintenance of asset and deal pipelines, key contact lists, pitch base slides and CV databases.

Experience Required:

- Previous BD&M experience at a similar level.
- Experience in pitching and creating client documents to tight deadlines with high attention to detail.
- Experience in relationship management for key clients.
- Understanding of a partnership environment.
- Team player with an understanding of high performing professional services environments.

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