Research Expert- CIBI

The role

In this role you will support the Global Client & Market Development group and lawyers across the Clifford Chance (CC) network through the delivery of business insights for the purpose of business development client focus and marketing initiatives.

Who you will work with

As part of the CIBI team you will work with local and international colleagues and stakeholders across the Clifford Chance network.

What you will be responsible for

You will be responsible for delivering business insights on specific business development opportunities and initiatives by conducting research on existing and prospective clients competitors and sector/market/product opportunities client development planning and providing researchbased strategic insights to partners on winning new business and developing existing clients. The opportunities are typically multijurisdictional meaning close collaboration is necessary with offices throughout the network.

The role will also require the successful candidate to organise and coordinate with global teams supporting client opportunities as well as business planning and reporting.

What you will do

• Practice Area Support: As a Research Expert you will be expected to provide research support and intelligence within Clifford Chance:
• Support to lawyers: You will be working closely with senior members of the BD Corporate practice operating from various Clifford Chance offices to enable them to offer optimal problemsolving approaches to their clients
• Comprehensive Research: You will gather the necessary raw information and will be required to organize analyse and synthesize the findings into targeted firmformatted end products that have a clear structured storyline (when appropriate) demonstrating the sowhat and implications of the information through text and datadriven charts and conceptual frameworks. These end products may be in the form of clientready fact packs primers and advanced spreadsheets utilizing financial concepts ratios and calculations
• Business/Knowledge Development: You are expected to possess and build on an extensive knowledge base develop forwardlooking insights by utilizing a wide range of internal and external sources. To help build your expertise you may be expected to:
• Practice Documents: Produce fact packs teasers and detailed company profiles sector/industry research packs M&A deals screening and analysis competitors intelligence knowledge documents proposals thematic reports as well as participate in knowledge capture and project debriefs
• Practice Knowledge: You will play the role of a coordinator of the practice knowledge by proactively developing and maintaining knowledge documents for internal and external use

Qualifications :

Your experience 

Candidates for this role will be entrepreneurial selfstarters who enjoy the challenges and rewards of research work in a dynamic and changing environment. They will likely possess:

• A bachelors degree from a reputed institute. Masters degree will be preferred.
• At least 57 years of overall crosscultural research experience preferably working with senior management and key stakeholders in a consulting environment with demonstrated involvement in discrete research projects in area of expertise. Sector focus and experience on Energy & Resources or Infrastructure sectors will be preferred.

Other experience and competencies include:

• Communication Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills including appropriate style confidence and structure; effective listening skills
• Analytical Thought and Problem Solving The ability to gather and analyse information and to use the results of that analysis to make effective decisions and find innovative solutions to problems
• Service orientation: Excellent customer focus including proactive responses to practicearea needs with thoughtfulness commitment and diligence
• Industry/functional knowledge: Indepth understanding of the landscape in area of expertise (mergers & acquisitions private equity investments market dynamics issues regulations and development of forwardlooking insights etc.). Knowledge of building SWOT PESTLE and Porters 5 Forces
• Source knowledge: Extensive source knowledge in area of expertise; excellent understanding of source quality and creative data proxies
• Request scoping/problem solving: Excellent investigative collaborative problemsolving approaches; ability to advise teams on objectives and project issues; ability to scope complex projects individually
• Numerical/financial skills: Excellent comprehension and use of complex economic financial and business terms and advanced financial concepts and ratios
• Relationship building/networking: Development of strong mutually beneficial relationships with colleagues and clients and proactive utilization of expertise within and outside the firm
• Research output: Structured clientready packs with concrete storylines using conceptual frameworks; qualitative interpretation and presentation of facts on topics of interest
• Knowledge Output: Contribution to knowledgebuilding activities of the unit/practice and leading participation in knowledge capture (when required)
• Commitment and Selfmotivation Commitment to both Clifford Chance and its clients demonstrated in the drive to improve both quality of delivery and personal performance;
• Team skills: Collaborative and Cooperative attitude towards work and colleagues
• Creativity: Suggests outofthebox solutions to complex problems
• Time management: Reliable dependable and able to manage workload effectively
• Database Knowledge: CapitalIQ Mergermarket LSEG Pitchbook Bloomberg and Global Data among others
• IT Proficiency: Excellent MS Office skills (Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook Projects)
• Ethics: Maintains confidentiality and compliance of company policies at all times

How we will support you 

From your first day with us you will have varied opportunities to continuously grow and development your skills and knowledge. From formal training informal coaching and mentoring through to skillsbased and technical training and on the job learning.

You can also get involved in a variety of employee affinity groups. There is also opportunity to be part of charitable events and volunteering

Additional Information :

Equal opportunities statement

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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. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.

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. 

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