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Business Development Executive

Posted 25 Mar 2024
Work experience
1 to 4 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)

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We're Norton Rose Fulbright - a global law firm with over 50 offices and 7,000 employees worldwide.

Our London office is currently recruiting for a Business Development Executive. As well as the relevant skills and experience, we're looking for people who are innovative, commercial and value the work that they do. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and believe diversity drives innovation, so we're building a culture where difference is valued.

The role

This role supports two business development managers in our Tech and disputes practice. Core responsibilities include supporting the asset finance, general banking and debt capital markets practices for EMEA. The role holder will work in close co-operation with global MBD teams, Knowledge teams and our expanding support team located in Newcastle.

  • Assisting with all aspects of planning and development of business development activity and the targeting of marketing activity (all channels).
  • Working with the sector/practice leadership team and BD Managers to plan and implement business plans, budget proposals and campaign plans for the EMEA region.
  • Implementing BD and marketing activity for the practice and sector. This includes, but is not limited to, business development, client development, profile raising, marketing and communications, pitching and event management.
  • Acting as a key point of contact and ambassador for the practice with the wider business, MBD and other key stakeholders.
  • Establishing a close and effective relationship with the lawyers and partners within the sector and practice.
  • Producing bespoke bids, pitches and other client development presentations/content (formal and informal).
  • Supporting, and helping to drive, client development plans and activities.
  • Working closely with other MBD teams, for example, client relationship team, strategic bids, events, design and digital, and our expanding Newcastle Office
  • Coordinating practice and sector directory submissions, credentials and marketing collateral production.
  • Supporting the management of practice and sector MBD budgets, including reporting of ROI.
  • Contributing and leading on best practice and being curious about the possible.

Skills and Experience:

  • Graduate calibre with demonstrable and/or professionally recognised marketing or communications qualification (such as CIM, etc).
  • Experience in marketing and business development is desirable, as is experience of working in a legal/professional services/partnership environment.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong attention to detail.
  • Confident and willing to take on additional responsibility as required.
  • Highly organised with a professional, confident, collaborative and proactive approach to their role.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities, multiple tasks and stakeholders.
  • Experience in managing and writing bids.
  • Understands the need, and has the ability, to manage expectations.

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

  • 25 days hols + Bank hols - Buy up to 5 days
  • GP Service
  • Bupa Healthcare
  • Pension
  • Flexible working

We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Recognised for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and…


We provide the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. We have more than 4,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Recognised for our industry focus, we are strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare. Through our global risk advisory group, we leverage our industry experience with our knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide our clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

Wherever we are, we operate in accordance with our global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. We aim to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of our offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Our London office delivers domestic and multi-jurisdictional legal services to corporates, financial institutions, governments and other public sector organisations. We excel across a range of legal practices, including corporate, M&A and securities; banking and finance; dispute resolution and litigation; real estate; antitrust and competition; tax; employment and labor; intellectual property; regulation and investigations; and risk advisory. We also advise on US law, and we have a worldleading Islamic finance practice. We are particularly well-known for our focus on industry sectors and are strong in financial institutions, including insurance; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

Legal
London
10,000 employees

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