Responsibilities

• Partner with practice chairs and working group leaders to develop and execute business development strategies for select transactional practice areas.
• Identify market trends, client opportunities, and cross-selling initiatives across practices and industry groups.
• Drive collaboration among attorneys and practices to deepen existing client relationships and pursue new business opportunities.
• Lead the development of client-focused pitches, proposals, and RFP responses that effectively communicate the firm's value proposition.
• Coach attorneys on business development best practices and prepare them for client meetings and presentations.
• Develop and maintain business plans supporting individual attorney and practice growth objectives.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of practice descriptions, marketing collateral, and client-facing materials.
• Manage league tables and experience databases for transactional practices.
• Coordinate webinars, client events, and other thought leadership initiatives.
• Lead strategy and execution for legal directory and award submissions, including Chambers rankings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of six years of marketing and business development experience.
• Prior law firm, professional services, financial services, or investment banking experience preferred.
• Experience supporting corporate, finance, restructuring, tax, or related transactional practices strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of law firm and professional services business development.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated success managing complex projects and competing priorities.
• Ability to build credibility and strong working relationships with partners and senior stakeholders.
• Experience supervising and mentoring team members.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with CRM platforms, Foundation, and other marketing or financial databases is preferred.

Benefits

• For benefits information, please click here https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/careers/professional-staff/benefits.