Business Development Senior Specialist

Latham & Watkins, a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world, is seeking a Business Development (BD) Senior Specialist to join our dynamic Business Development team in Paris. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

**About Latham & Watkins**
With offices in 14 countries, more than 3,000 attorneys and over 2,500 professional staff, the key to our success and our continued ability to deliver the highest quality service to our clients is our “one-firm” culture - a spirit of teamwork and shared commitment to quality across our global offices that has long distinguished Latham from other law firms.

**About the department**
Latham’s Business Development Department executes a shared vision to protect and grow market share, enhance client service, increase client loyalty, and drive cross-selling efforts across the firm’s global platform. The team holds strong cultural values that include a commitment to sharing knowledge, effective communications, teamwork, and adherence to best practices to ensure exceptional client service to our partners and clients.

**About the team**
The Markets team serves as trusted, commercial advisors for lawyers in a specific geographic location. This highly valued team helps lawyers to engage, retain and expand new and existing client relationships, and to target new clients. By building strong relationships with the lawyers they support, this pivotal team then work closely with their global BD colleagues to help those lawyers capitalise on Latham’s market-leading, global offering. One day is never the same as the next for this flexible, nimble team who drive and execute wide-ranging strategic initiatives for their respective markets.

**About the role**
As a BD Senior Specialist, you will be responsible for enhancing the position and profile of the Finance and Litigation practices, supporting growth and revenue generation and ensure that we constantly strive to improve and innovate the client experience. Other key responsibilities include:

- Working on strategic initiatives with partners, BD colleagues and other functions across the firm, with an emphasis on innovation and development
- Maintaining knowledge of and anticipating key and emerging legal and market developments, and industry trends impacting the practices and complimentary practice areas
- Acting as a strategic adviser to the practice group leaders
- Conducting research of prospective targets, industries, markets, competition and conflicts via firm-wide resources, online databases, and librarian searches
- Preparing and drafting all market-facing materials and communications
- Leading the development and production of client presentations in coordination with the firm New Business Team and working with the global BD team on multi-office opportunities using the firm’s proposal management systems and resources, including follow-up activities with the lawyers and business development personnel to determine, document and share results, best practices and key learning
- Producing, updating and maintaining local marketing materials and working with relevant global BD teams to ensure content in the firm’s systems and databases is current and relevant

**About you**
We’d love to hear from you if you:

- Are able to understand the importance of business issues and to participate in the development of the services rendered by the BD team
- Thrive working in a team with a client service focus
- Display strong communication skills, including the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels of the firm
- Demonstrate excellent writing and oral communication skills both in French and in English

And have:

- Significant relevant experience and related analytical experience in a legal or professional services environment
- Knowledge of specific industries such as Tech or Healthcare and Life Sciences, whilst not essential, would be advantageous
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Marketing or related field required, with legal background as a plus
- Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Advantageous complementary health insurance
- Meal vouchers and 50% firm participation on travel tickets
- Wellness programs (e.g. membership to HeadSpace, access to mental health services, well-being events, gym membership, etc.)
- Professional Development programs
- Employee discounts
- And more

Additionally, we have a range of global affinity groups (including LGBTQ group, multicultural group, women’s group). These provide a platform for staff to share experiences, advice, and interests, encouraging a continued discussion on diversity.

Latham & Watkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity, equal opportunity, pro bono work and sustainability enables Latham & Watkins to draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of