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You’ll play a key part in identifying, qualifying and progressing new opportunities across allocated sectors, making sure our lawyers are brought in at the right stage and on the right opportunities.\nWorking closely with partners, sector leads and colleagues across the firm, you’ll help build strong relationships, create meaningful opportunities and support sustainable, firmwide growth through a client-first and commercially focused approach.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nYou'll take ownership of business development activity across your allocated sectors, helping identify, nurture and convert opportunities into new instructions and long-term client relationships.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nBuilding a strong understanding of your sectors, including market trends, client challenges and growth opportunities\n\nDeveloping and maintaining target lists of prospective clients and priority relationships\n\nLeading prospecting and qualification activity through events, campaigns, referrals, networking, relationship mapping and direct outreach\n\nManaging opportunities from initial engagement through to partner hand-off and proposal support\n\nIdentifying opportunities to introduce clients to additional services and practice areas\n\nWorking closely with partners, sector leads and subject matter experts to shape solutions around client needs\n\nMaintaining accurate pipeline data and reporting through our CRM and business development systems\n\nMeasuring activity, conversion and return on investment, using insight to improve targeting and future BD activity\n\nABOUT YOU\nWe're looking for someone who combines strong commercial instincts with a disciplined approach to business development and relationship management.\nYou'll have:\nProven business development or sales experience within professional services or another complex, relationship-led B2B environment.\n\nExperience building, managing and converting qualified pipelines of opportunities.\n\nA track record of developing long-term client relationships and engaging senior decision-makers.\n\nStrong commercial awareness and the ability to understand client challenges and identify valuable solutions.\n\nExcellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.\n\nOutstanding organisational skills, follow-up discipline and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.\n\nExperience using CRM and reporting tools to monitor activity, opportunities and outcomes.\n\nData and technology are essential\nWe're investing significantly in the evolution of our systems, CRM capability, automation and data-driven business development.\nBecause of this, you'll need to be genuinely comfortable working across multiple systems and using technology to drive results. We want someone who sees value in data, embraces change and understands how CRM insights, reporting and automation can support growth.\nYou'll be someone who:\nIs commercially curious and enjoys understanding what makes opportunities worth pursuing.\n\nTakes ownership and drives activity forward without needing close supervision.\n\nIs disciplined, proactive and persistent in follow-up.\n\nBuilds credibility quickly and can influence senior stakeholders with confidence.\n\nEnjoys collaborating across teams to create joined-up, client-focused solutions.\n\nIs motivated by outcomes, growth and creating long-term value for clients and the business.\n\nAgencies: We are not accepting CVs for this role as we are aiming to fill it directly. We value your support and will reach out if required. Please do not send speculative CVs. 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