BD Advisor, M&A
BD Advisor, M&A
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Job Description
About us:
Linklaters is a global law firm with 31 offices in 21 countries worldwide.
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative efficient agile entrepreneurial and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives but by fostering a positive supportive fair and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team with a common goal.
About the role:
We are seeking a commercially astute Business Development Advisor to join our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) team in London. You will help drive growth for our M&A service line by supporting strategic business development (BD) initiatives and collaborating closely with our global network. This is a varied strategic and hands-on role where you will work with lawyers and BD colleagues and experience significant opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the delivery of the M&A BD plan and support firm-wide BD strategies.
- Collaborate with global BD teams to ensure alignment and connectivity across the network.
- Help build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including clients and sector teams.
- Contribute to M&A-led go-to-market campaigns pitch materials and panel submissions.
- Use data-led intelligence to spot market opportunities support horizon scanning and manage the opportunity pipeline.
- Conduct market analysis to inform BD initiatives and targeting.
- Support the use of marketing technology and data infrastructure for proactive insights.
- Facilitate cross-selling and client development opportunities within global product teams.
- Ensure compliance and alignment with global processes and shared services.
Your Experience:
- Experience in business development within M&A ideally in legal or professional services.
- Knowledge of M&A products market trends and BD strategy.
- Success collaborating across teams and contributing to pitches and proposals.
- Analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and identify growth opportunities.
- Understanding of cross-selling strategies and global service models.
- Experience using marketing technology and data tools for insight generation.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
This role is based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.
Our benefits:
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution youll be making to our success. These include:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Private Medical Insurance
- Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
- Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments
Finance
- Pension and flexible savings options
- Income protection and life assurance
- Mortgage advice and will-writing services
Family & Lifestyle
- Electric car and cycle to work schemes
- Emergency family care
- Additional holiday/birthday leave
- Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
- Travel insurance and season ticket loan
- Option to join sports and social clubs as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network With Pride or Social Mobility Networks)
If you think this role would suit you please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Technical Skills
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. As such the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Application Policy
Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) areonlyaccepted online via the related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team andnotthe partners practices or stakeholders (forlegal rolesorforbusiness team roles).
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Advisor
