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Senior Business Development Manager, European Business Services
Dentons. Act as a principal business development and market-positioning adviser to the Competition & Antitrust Practice Group Leaders, providing commercial insight and practical recommendations on priorities, investment and delivery.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in business development and market positioning within the legal sector, with a strong focus on Competition and Antitrust practices. Capable of translating market insights into actionable strategies while managing practice initiatives and building trusted relationships with senior leaders.
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Business DevelopmentMarket PositioningCompetition And Antitrust ExperienceCRM Systems ProficiencyFluency In English
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Hard Skills
Practice ManagementCommercial JudgementAnalytical CapabilityProposal DevelopmentBudget ManagementCross-Border Opportunity IdentificationReturn-On-Investment ReportingDirectory SubmissionsClient DevelopmentCampaign Development
Soft Skills
Relationship BuildingAdvising Senior LeadersInfluencing SkillsConstructive Challenging
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft OfficeCRM SystemsAI Tools
Industry Keywords
Competition LawAntitrust LawRegulatory PracticesDisputesTransactional Law
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Act as a principal business development and market-positioning adviser to the Competition & Antitrust Practice Group Leaders, providing commercial insight and practical recommendations on priorities, investment and delivery.
- Manage practice initiatives, monitor progress and deadlines, and provide updates to the Head of Practices and Sectors.
- Lead the annual budget proposal process, monitor expenditure and prepare return-on-investment reports.
- Implement market-positioning guidelines, develop credentials and proposal materials, and support requests for proposals.
- Identify and progress cross-border opportunities, bringing together the appropriate lawyers and teams to deliver agreed actions.
- Use client, pipeline, market and competitor intelligence to identify commercial opportunities and inform practice priorities.
- Lead regional legal directory and league table submissions, including Chambers and Global Competition Review, and use results to identify improvement opportunities.
- Represent the Europe Competition & Antitrust practice on relevant global calls and coordinate follow-up on global actions.
- Plan and deliver strategic internal and client-facing events, collaborating with Marketing and Communications and the Events Department.
- Report to the Head of Practices and Sectors; work with Practice Group Leaders, partners, country practice and sector leaders, marketing and business development leaders, and Europe Practices and Sectors colleagues; no direct or indirect reports.
Requirements
What you’ll need- At least ten years’ relevant experience in business development, marketing, practice management or client development, including at least two years at manager level or equivalent.
- Experience building trusted relationships with senior leaders and advising, influencing and constructively challenging them.
- A track record of turning practice strategy into commercial plans, campaigns and measurable activity across jurisdictions.
- Experience supporting a Competition, Antitrust, Regulatory, Disputes or Transactional legal practice.
- Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability and an ability to translate market and client insight into action.
- Experience using CRM systems, Microsoft Office tools, proposal processes, directory submissions and AI tools.
- Fluency in English.
- Additional European languages are an asset.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and competencies.