Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Business Development Rep

• Respond to the specific challenges and opportunities for the US corporate practice
• Support and execute on US and global corporate practice marketing and business development strategy
• Create and manage compelling proposals and pitches to respond to fast turn-around bids, strategic panels, or other opportunities
• Maintain the quality and accuracy of each practice’s collateral materials, experience lists, and related marketing resources.
• Produce and oversee US corporate specific content, campaigns, events and relevant directory and award submissions to increase engagement with key clients and enhance the personal brands of leading practitioners and the firm’s global reputation
• Identify strategies for new business opportunities by staying informed about clients' present and emerging needs and the issues and trends in their industries
• Mentor and guide junior colleagues on live work projects

Senior Business Development Specialist

Revenue Operations

• Serve as the primary financial advisor to assigned partners, building strong, trusted relationships
• Own the full revenue lifecycle: budget validation, WIP management, billing, and collections
• Provide advanced financial analysis at the matter and partner level, including realization, margin, and working capital metrics

Revenue Operations Analyst

Billing Specialist

• Processing and managing billing transactions
• Processing client bills, including uploading to the client’s ebilling system as required
• Ensuring compliance with client fee deals, local regulations, tax requirements, and internal billing policies
• Accurately processing time and cost transfers and write-offs/write-downs
• Maintaining a proper audit trail of work performed
• Acting as a liaison for internal stakeholders
• Investigating and resolving discrepancies or disputes related to client accounts
• Generating and analyzing financial reports related to billing processes
• Ensuring all billing processes comply with relevant regulations and firm policies
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and improve billing processes
• Train new team members on processes

Global Billing Analyst

Executive Assistant

• Provide an efficient and professional administrative support service to fee earners
• Complex calendar management and proactive diary management
• Document production including preparing correspondence and amending documents
• Support fee earners in adhering to the firm’s risk and compliance

Operations

• Build the US MBD Operating Model
• Create playbooks for core activities: pitch development, chambers submissions, events, research, client intelligence
• Standardize and embed workflows
• Influence behavior and train US teams
• Set up competitive intelligence systems
• Build AI-powered relationship management
• Drive AI Adoption
• Improve Data & Systems
• Manage US MBD budget

MBD Innovation & Operations Lead

• Understand the specific challenges and opportunities for the M&A/Corporate group
• Support the Senior Managers and Managers to develop and execute the tasks that will help the team to deliver the strategy
• Support and manage compelling credentials, proposals including pitches, RFP responses, and other opportunities to win work for the regional practice group
• Help develop practice group content, campaigns or events and relevant directory and award submissions
• Support on webinars, events and relevant initiatives to enhance the profile of our Group’s offer
• Support the internal processes, including but not limited to entries in Salesforce, Foundation and Teams’ folders
• Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and MBD colleagues
• Contribute to continuous improvement in the firm’s approach to business development

Senior Business Development Executive – M&A

Business Analyst

• Take ownership of Business and Functional Requirements across the Legal Operations project portfolio
• Lead structured requirements gathering activities with Legal stakeholders, including workshops and one‑to‑one sessions
• Analyse and document current‑state and future‑state processes, workflows and operating models
• Produce high‑quality, clear and comprehensive requirements documentation that can be directly consumed by IT and Product teams
• Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of business‑led change and automation projects, typically 2–3 projects concurrently
• Define project scope, approach, milestones, dependencies, risks, benefits and success measures
• Coordinate small delivery teams (typically 2–3 people), ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities
• Track and report progress, risks and issues, escalating where required
• Build trusted working relationships with stakeholders across the Legal Department, including senior Legal leadership

Business Analyst/Project Manager

Attorney

• Shape the future of our Legal & Risk systems.
• Define and deliver an ambitious roadmap, including a major cloud transformation programme.
• Collaborate directly with senior business stakeholders to define outcomes and lead delivery across internal teams and external partners.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of the roadmap and transformation programmes, managing scope, prioritisation, and execution.
• Act as the primary accountability point for Legal & Risk technology, fostering strong relationships with business and IT stakeholders.
• Manage key vendor and partner relationships, ensuring value and quality.

Product Owner – Legal & Risk

• Support FIG SGLs on sector client strategy and internal reporting
• Develop an excellent understanding of the FIG market, using this to anticipate revenue generating opportunities, and to adapt the local marketing and business development approach accordingly, such that client outreaches and collateral can be generated quickly
• Drive cross selling activities together with other BD colleagues
• Provide direction and support to the Frankfurt based SGL to further develop the FIG group in Continental Europe
• Work very closely with the SGLs and other relevant partners to take advantage of these opportunities and help develop opportunities with our priority and target clients
• Take the lead on working with client teams to develop the relationships they have with priority clients
• Be a constant source of advice, expertise and coaching for all FIG lawyers and MBD colleagues
• Work with colleagues in MBD to develop a market leading communications strategy that delivers on the FIG brand aspirations
• Take the MBD lead on all major FIG projects, including product working groups and client targeting initiatives
• Work closely with FIG lawyers to support strategically important pitches effectively

Business Development Manager, Financial Institutions Group

• Support the identification of brand and profile enhancement opportunities.
• Support the tactical execution of events.
• Drive and track post-event client follow-ups.
• Support budget tracking and documentation of strategic marketing spend.
• Manage and enhance key client relationships.
• Identify and pursue strategic growth opportunities.
• Develop tailored pitches and track results.