Business Development Executive/Senior BD Executive

Location: 

London, GB

Department or practice area:  Business Development

About us

 

At Winston Taylor,  we set the standard, together.

 

Winston Taylor is a transatlantic law firm built for the businesses, people, and markets driving capital and innovation. Here, you're in the room. In the action. Sleeves rolled up.

 

You'll work with leading clients. Disruptors. Fast-growth companies. And help them to stay one step ahead of the moment and make critical decisions that shape their future. We're present in the U.S., U.K., Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, combining the scale and speed that clients demand.

 

You'll be trusted with real responsibility from the outset and build experience through hands-on work. We take your progression personally. We provide the platform. You shape the work around your goals and aspirations.

 

Step into the moments that matter. Join Winston Taylor.

 

Position summary

 

Join Winston Taylor's global Business Development team and play a key role in driving growth across our Labor & Employment, Tax, and Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits practices.

 

Working closely with partners, the Corporate Business Development Manager, and colleagues across our international platform, you will help deliver strategic business development initiatives, strengthen client relationships, raise the profile of our practices, and identify new opportunities for growth.

 

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded business development professional who enjoys building relationships, influencing strategy, and making a tangible impact within a collaborative and highly respected team.

Position responsibilities

 

  • Supporting the implementation of the Labor & Employment, Tax, and Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Business Development plans.
  • Working with the Business Group manager and senior executive  to translate practice and sector goals into specific BD objectives and tasks.
  • Work with partners, the wider BD team, and the Bids team as required to pitch for new business opportunities, draft or co-ordinate the writing of pitch documents and credential statements.
  • Collaborate with the Events and BD Operations teams on client events for your practices and affiliated sectors and take responsibility for running practice or sector-specific seminars and networking events.
  • Develop and maintain the information necessary to market the groups for which you and the team are responsible, supported by the BD Operations team. 

 

Experience, skills, and qualifications

Essential

 

  • A can-do attitude with a bias for action.
  • Proactive, tenacious and creative approach.
  • Strong commercial awareness and focus.
  • Exemplary communication skills, both written and verbal.

 

Abilities and aptitudes

 

  • Professional, client-focused and solutions orientated.
  • Enthusiastic about Business Development, with a desire to build relationships with internal clients.
  • Reliable, hardworking and committed to learning.

 

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