Business Development Specialist - Corporate

The role

Clifford Chance's Global Corporate team has significant scale and depth of legal resources across the key markets of the Americas, Asia Pacific and EMEA. We advise clients on public and private M&A, disposals, demergers, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, with a particular focus on complex, cross-border transactions. Our integrated team includes experts in antitrust/competition law, funds and investment management, insurance, private equity, and public policy.

We are seeking a full time Business Development Specialist to support the sub-groups of our US Corporate practice. The Business Development Specialist will work closely with the four Business Development Managers in the Corporate practice area, and support them on pitches, directories, league tables, research, conferences and events and other profile-raising activities. The position will also act as the primary BD resource to our growing US insurance M&A group made up of three partners. This position will be based in the New York office and will report into the Business Development Manager – Funds & Investment Management.

Responsibilities:

• Pitching & proposal support – assist with the preparation of capability statements, tailored client proposals and RfPs; responsible for maintaining business development materials such as practice group descriptions and lawyer biographies.
• Research & Analysis - conduct research on clients, competitors, and industry sectors to prepare partners for client/pitch meetings and to feed into business/client plans in the region.
• Events – coordinate and assist Business Development Managers and the Events team to plan and facilitate client events and seminars (including staffing events where appropriate).
• Managing information – proactively engage with associates to ensure that they feed into our experience database and capture and maintain deal information for league table submissions, directory submissions, pitches, partner biographies, awards and other external and internal communication activities; manage relevant mailing lists within our CRM database for targeted client and prospect mailings.
• Communications: assist the Business Development Managers and the Communications team to profile our practices and deals both internally and externally, including taking ownership of our internal practice area newsletter.
• Legal Directories: work with the Business Development Managers and the global directories team to manage the annual legal directory submission process for the various product groups.

Requirements

​​​​​​Your experiences

• 4+ years of relevant work experience in a law firm or professional services firm; prior business development/marketing experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Must have superior client service skills demonstrated through:
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Ability to work independently
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team and with colleagues of all seniority levels
  • Ability to work under pressure and to manage competing needs
  • Proactive and positive approach
  • Commitment to quality and attention to detail
  • Analytical and research skills
  • Understanding of our clients’ commercial objectives and marketplace
• Must keep abreast of market developments pertaining to the practice area and develop a deep understanding of the practice area's offerings, clients and markets
• Must have strong proficiency in Microsoft Office; proficiency in Interaction or CRM systems preferred
• Ability to work outside of core business hours as needed
• Must be independently legally authorized to work in the United States

Clifford Chance US LLP offers a comprehensive benefits and compensation package. The salary range for this role is $95,000 to $105,000. Actual salary will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience.