Senior BD Advisor

Location: London
Salary: Market Rate
Salary band: Dependant upon experience
Contract type: Permanent
Date posted: 15th April 2025

Blue Legal has partnered with a leading law firm who are recruiting for a Senior BD Advisor to join their London office. The role will support the teams' fast-paced energy and Infrastructure team, which will involve: identifying opportunities, driving cross-selling, executing client-centric BD activities, and strengthening client relationships. The ideal candidate will be comfortable with data, analytics, have a client-centric mindset and will have similar practice/group knowledge.

The Responsibilities:

• Support the development and execution of business development plans aligned with global Energy & Infrastructure growth objectives and overall firm strategy, ensuring local efforts are connected to global priorities.
• Build strong relationships across global BD teams to maintain alignment with global processes, strategies, and tools, leveraging shared services effectively.
• Assist in creating focused product, sector, and client growth plans, identify cross-selling opportunities, and contribute to winning pitch strategies in collaboration with sector, client, and pitching teams.
• Partner with marketing to deliver compelling, product-led go-to-market campaigns that effectively engage target clients and drive awareness of group capabilities.
• Drive data-led insights to support opportunity spotting and pipeline management, while analysing market trends to shape BD strategy and support growth.
• Contribute to global initiatives such as client feedback programs to enhance relationships, generate insights, and deliver on strategic goals across the practice.

The Candidate:

• Proven professional experience in business development and marketing, with a strong track record of creating high-quality client documents under pressure and using data to identify growth opportunities.
• Deep understanding of the Energy & Infrastructure sector, with experience influencing senior stakeholders and securing buy-in for strategic initiatives.
• Skilled at managing relationships across all levels, both internally and externally, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration.