# BD Senior Advisor, Private Equity

**Company**: Linklaters
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are looking for a BD Senior Advisor, Private Equity to join our Business Development and Marketing function on a six-month fixed-term contract.

You will play a key role in delivering BD strategies that drive growth across Private Equity and align with the firm’s wider client, sector and strategic priorities.

Using market insights and data-led intelligence, you will identify opportunities, support cross-selling and help strengthen client and internal stakeholder relationships, working closely with lawyers and colleagues across our global BDM function.

**Your Key Responsibilities:**

- Support the development and delivery of Business Development plans for Private Equity, helping to drive growth and align activity with the firm’s wider strategic priorities.

- Collaborate with global BD teams to ensure UK Private Equity initiatives are connected to global strategies, priorities and growth objectives.

- Work across the wider Business Development and Marketing function, including Client and Sector teams, to identify opportunities and support targeted go-to-market activity.

- Deliver Private Equity, sector and client growth initiatives, identifying and facilitating cross-selling opportunities across global practices and product areas.

- Support the development of win strategies, pitches and panel submissions, providing timely, high-quality input to strengthen the firm’s position with priority clients and prospects.

- Use data-led insights and market intelligence to support horizon scanning, opportunity identification, pipeline management and targeted client development.

- Analyse market developments and external trends to help shape BD priorities, initiatives and growth opportunities across Private Equity.

- Support the effective use of MarTech, data infrastructure, global processes and shared services to deliver proactive, targeted insights and efficient BD activity.

**What we’re looking for:**

- Proven business development experience within Private Equity, ideally gained within a legal or professional services environment.

- Strong understanding of the Private Equity market, including relevant transactions, fund formation, portfolio companies and wider market trends.

- Experience supporting the development and delivery of BD strategies, with the ability to identify growth, client development and cross-selling opportunities.

- Strong analytical and commercial skills, with experience using market intelligence, data and technology to identify opportunities and inform BD activity.

- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders and colleagues across global teams and functions.

- Experience contributing to pitches, proposals and client-facing materials, alongside an understanding of global professional services processes and shared service models.

**What's on offer:**

- This role can be based in our London offices, with a hybrid working model available.

- Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll 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

## Skills

### Required
- Business Development
- Client Presentation Strategy
- Communication
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System
- Domain Expertise
- Insight Generation
- New Business Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Business Planning

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