Business Development Coordinator - Capital Markets
Apply NowCompany: Allen & Overy
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
Job description
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department Purpose and Structure
The U.S. Marketing & Business Development team (U.S. MKT Team) is a sophisticated group of experienced professionals charged with guiding the Firm's fee earners to grow U.S. and global revenues, expand existing client relationships and strategically tackle new client pursuits.
This is a team that is all-in. As business professionals at one of the largest law firms in the world, the U.S. MKT Team thrives on market challenges and outside-the-box thinking. It is a team where fresh ideas are not only entertained, they're encouraged.
Role Purpose
The Business Development Coordinator - Capital Markets role is a fantastic opportunity to gain global experience working for one of the largest law firms in the world and to learn the unique approach that a truly global firm utilizes towards business development and marketing. Our U.S. team works cooperatively with our colleagues located in close to 50 offices throughout the world as one integrated team.
The Business Development Coordinator will provide day-to-day business development support focusing primarily on the Capital Markets practice. The Business Development Coordinator will work with business development teams across the firm to help support these groups worldwide. This includes, but is not limited to, responding to client requests for proposals, coordination of involvement in firm-wide initiatives, sponsorship and event management, collateral creation and management, and legal directory submissions.
Key Relationships
The candidate will be one of the main points of contact and work with the Manager on all day-to-day business development support for our Capital Markets team and business development initiatives.
Role and Responsibilities
This position reports directly to the Business Development Manager, Capital Markets and will interact with all of the U.S. Corporate Business Development team.
Key Requirements
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced business development professional working closely with an energetic group of people, in a fast-paced law firm environment. We are looking for an individual who is proactive, persistent, committed to "getting the job done," and a supportive colleague.
Additional information - External
This role is open for individuals based in New York. For individuals assigned to or hired for this opportunity in New York, the estimated annualized base salary range for this position is $79,000 -$92,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on the overall qualifications of the individual applicant for the position and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Equal Employment Opportunity
A&O Shearman is an equal opportunity employer. Every individual has the right to work in a professional environment that promotes equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination and harassment. It is A&O Shearman's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status or alienage, disability, pregnancy or related medical issue, military or qualified veteran status, familial status, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, gender, including gender identity, gender expression or transition status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and/or sex offenses, sexual and reproductive health decisions, unemployment status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of an individual's relationship with A&O Shearman, including, without limitation, recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, compensation, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
If you are vision-impaired or have another disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law and wish to discuss accommodations related to applying for employment at A&O Shearman, please contact US HR Transactions at US-HRTransactions@aoshearman.com or call +1 212 610 6300 and ask for HR Transactions.
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department Purpose and Structure
The U.S. Marketing & Business Development team (U.S. MKT Team) is a sophisticated group of experienced professionals charged with guiding the Firm's fee earners to grow U.S. and global revenues, expand existing client relationships and strategically tackle new client pursuits.
This is a team that is all-in. As business professionals at one of the largest law firms in the world, the U.S. MKT Team thrives on market challenges and outside-the-box thinking. It is a team where fresh ideas are not only entertained, they're encouraged.
Role Purpose
The Business Development Coordinator - Capital Markets role is a fantastic opportunity to gain global experience working for one of the largest law firms in the world and to learn the unique approach that a truly global firm utilizes towards business development and marketing. Our U.S. team works cooperatively with our colleagues located in close to 50 offices throughout the world as one integrated team.
The Business Development Coordinator will provide day-to-day business development support focusing primarily on the Capital Markets practice. The Business Development Coordinator will work with business development teams across the firm to help support these groups worldwide. This includes, but is not limited to, responding to client requests for proposals, coordination of involvement in firm-wide initiatives, sponsorship and event management, collateral creation and management, and legal directory submissions.
Key Relationships
- Business Development Manager, Capital Markets (based in New York)
- Business Development Director, Practices (based in New York)
- U.S. business development team
- Partners and fee earners in the U.S. Capital Markets group
- Peers across the wider business development, marketing and communications team
The candidate will be one of the main points of contact and work with the Manager on all day-to-day business development support for our Capital Markets team and business development initiatives.
Role and Responsibilities
- Pitches, Proposals and Credentials: Working directly with the Manager to create and manage competitive proposals, credentials, pitches and presentations.
- Marketing Systems: Maintaining practice and attorney specific-information in marketing collateral and on our marketing systems, including lawyer CVs, deal lists, pitch tracking activities, and client contact database.
- Awards and Rankings: Assist with the preparation of legal directories submissions and other rankings and surveys.
- Market Research: Conducting market research on existing and prospective clients and market issues which may impact clients' businesses.
- Client Events: Working with the U.S. events team to plan and facilitate client events and seminars.
- Sponsorships: Coordinating firm sponsorships of conferences.
- Cross-Practice & Global Integration: Leveraging the firm's international partner and business development network to coordinate existing projects and develop new opportunities; share ideas with colleagues to enhance quality and efficiency of work; and develop best practices for practice groups and the business development team as a whole.
This position reports directly to the Business Development Manager, Capital Markets and will interact with all of the U.S. Corporate Business Development team.
Key Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years of legal or professional services experience working in a high-profile, fast-paced environment; previous paralegal experience will be considered.
- High attention to detail and strong client focus.
- Culturally astute with a strong ability to work effectively with colleagues from other countries on cross- border activities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal, and influencing skills.
- A self-starter with the ability prioritize, multi-task and drive forward multiple projects.
- Willingness and enthusiasm to develop an in-depth understanding of markets in which your practice areas operate.
- Bachelor's degree required.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced business development professional working closely with an energetic group of people, in a fast-paced law firm environment. We are looking for an individual who is proactive, persistent, committed to "getting the job done," and a supportive colleague.
Additional information - External
This role is open for individuals based in New York. For individuals assigned to or hired for this opportunity in New York, the estimated annualized base salary range for this position is $79,000 -$92,000. The actual base salary offered will depend on the overall qualifications of the individual applicant for the position and other job-related factors permitted by law.
Equal Employment Opportunity
A&O Shearman is an equal opportunity employer. Every individual has the right to work in a professional environment that promotes equal opportunity and prohibits discrimination and harassment. It is A&O Shearman's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity for all individuals, without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status or alienage, disability, pregnancy or related medical issue, military or qualified veteran status, familial status, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, gender, including gender identity, gender expression or transition status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking and/or sex offenses, sexual and reproductive health decisions, unemployment status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of an individual's relationship with A&O Shearman, including, without limitation, recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, compensation, discipline, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
If you are vision-impaired or have another disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law and wish to discuss accommodations related to applying for employment at A&O Shearman, please contact US HR Transactions at US-HRTransactions@aoshearman.com or call +1 212 610 6300 and ask for HR Transactions.