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About the Role

The Business Development (BD) function is pivotal in making the firm's ambitious global strategy a reality by collaborating strategically with partners, lawyers, and other business professional functions to drive sustainable growth. This role supports the Capital Markets Group, with primary responsibility for the Financial Regulatory Sub-Product Group, including global FinTech. It is a hands-on and proactive role where you will collaborate with other BD team members and act as a key point of contact for relevant product stakeholders to provide support on the execution of wider BD strategy. This role presents an excellent opportunity to explore client and market business development in a professional services environment, working closely with multiple stakeholders, to deliver tangible results as part of a global BD team.

Responsibilities

Support the implementation of BD and marketing plans, ensuring alignment with firmwide strategy.
Track progress against plans to achieve over-arching goals, focusing on ROI on a periodic basis.
Support research initiatives on regional product and market trends, clients, prospects, and competitors to inform strategic marketing decisions.
Manage the quality of output, ensuring partner expectations are being met.
Support the relevant product group in implementing its BD plan.
Work with relevant stakeholders to develop/shape BD product offerings and initiatives.
Promote BD offerings and initiatives within the product group and the firm more widely.
Proactively spot market trends and opportunities for the product group across the region and globally.
Provide tailored input into significant product pitches and updating and maintaining capability statements.
Assist in identifying opportunities to position and raise the profile of the product group and its individual lawyers.
Involvement in the organisation of relevant BD client events, seminars and conferences, sponsorships, PR, etc.
Support multiple marketing communications projects, including the delivery of relevant directory/awards submissions.
Support in the creation and distribution of thought leadership material.
Apply depth of product knowledge to support firmwide client and sector programmes.
Awareness of competitor, client and marketplace analysis to identify new and emerging client and sector opportunities.
Work closely with relevant key stakeholder(s) to deliver strategically important BD function projects.
Support the implementation of the BD Operating Model by assisting with the alignment of activity to teams (within and outside of BD), in line with technology roadmaps and transition plans.

Requirements

Previous experience in professional services business development (preferably in a law firm).
A strong interest in and understanding of the products relevant to this role.
Sound commercial awareness of legal market development, particularly in relation to products relevant to this role.
The ability to develop advisory relationships with partners.
Strong project management and organisational skills.
Excellent oral and written communications skills.
Ability to work as part of a team and with lawyers of all seniority levels.
Commitment to quality and attention to detail.

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid

Benefits

Varied opportunities to continuously grow and develop expertise and knowledge through formal training, informal coaching and mentoring, and technical and personal development skills-based training.
Access to a broad range of benefits to support you across many aspects of your personal and professional life including financial, wellbeing, lifestyle, and family friendly benefits.

About the Company

We are one of the largest international law firms in the world, with over 30 offices across the globe, striving to exceed client expectations by providing the highest-quality advice and legal insight, combining global standards with in-depth local expertise.
Our firm, work, and people span jurisdictions, cultures, and languages, offering clients a truly international perspective.
We believe every career should be rewarding and stimulating, full of opportunities to learn, thrive, and grow, fostering an inclusive, friendly, and team-based approach to work.
Our one firm global strategy is focused on targeted growth led by client needs, supporting them with the breadth and depth of Clifford Chance expertise across key sectors and geographies.
Our clients are in commercial and industrial sectors, the financial investor community, governments, regulators, trade bodies, and not-for-profit organisations, and we provide a world-class service to all.
We foster an entrepreneurial spirit and conscientious approach to work across all teams.
Whichever area of the business you join, you’ll become an integral part of an innovative, diverse, and ambitious team.
Clifford Chance is a place where the brightest minds and the best of colleagues meet.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age.
This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
We have a variety of flourishing employee networks where colleagues can share experiences and advocate for change.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.