M&BD Manager – Corporate & Finance (Structured Finance and Derivatives)

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Job Title M&BD Manager – Corporate & Finance (Structured Finance and Derivatives)

Office Location London

Department Marketing and Business Development

We have a well-established global Marketing and Business Development (M&BD) team, which supports the firm on a wide range of business development, marketing and client relationship management activities. The team is divided into a number of key areas: including practice M&BD, clients and markets covering industry M&BD, pitches and pursuits, which manage strategic global and regional pitches; corporate communications, which comprises public relations, brand, design, events, and digital; and campaigns and projects. There are also regional M&BD teams in the Americas, Continental Europe, Asia and South Africa with who this role will interact.

Structured Finance and Derivatives Practice

We have one of the largest and most experienced Structured Finance and Derivatives practice in the market, with more than 220 lawyers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. We bring together market‑leading structured finance, securitization, derivatives and structured products capabilities to advise on the full spectrum of transactions across asset classes and jurisdictions.

Working Hours 35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Role Overview The Marketing & Business Development Manager (Structured Finance and Derivatives) will work closely with the Corporate & Finance (C&F) Business Development team (including with the Senior M&BD Manager – C&F, Structured Finance and Derivatives; Head of M&BD - C&F, Finance, and the Head of M&BD C&F - EMEA) and the global Structured Finance and Derivatives partnership, to drive global strategy forward for the Structured Finance and Derivatives practice.

Role They will play a critical role in supporting client development and profile raising initiatives in the UK and international markets to ensure that we:

• Maximise our opportunities to grow our revenues from existing and prospective clients across the Structured Finance and Derivatives practice.
• Raise the firm’s profile and position within our key markets.
• Leverage and coordinate our people, knowledge and resources in an effective and efficient manner.

This candidate will work closely with other members of our global M&BD team, including the M&BD Advisor (C&F – Finance); M&BD Manager - Banking & Loan Finance and RSS; and M&BD Advisor (Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects), to ensure that UK and International M&BD programmes support the firm, practice and sector priorities.

Key Responsibilities Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program.

M&BD Strategic Initiatives and Budget

• Working closely with the Senior M&BD Manager – C&F, Structured Finance and Derivatives, the Global Practice Area Leads of the Structured Finance and Derivatives practices, and the wider partnership to deliver strategic initiatives in line with the group’s overall business strategy and objectives, including leveraging M&BD resource across the international network.
• Working with counterparts in the global M&BD team to develop comprehensive budgets for the Structured Finance and Derivatives practice and helping to actively manage those budgets during the financial year.

Client Targeting and Development

• Client account management responsibility for some of the firm’s key strategic priority clients in the Structured Finance and Derivatives practice.
• Supporting the Corporate & Finance practice group’s global Client Listening Programme and embedding this into the practice.
• Leading strategy around specific client opportunities to broaden existing relationships and drive the development of new relationships.
• Advising on new business opportunities, providing support on the development of our proposition, approach, team, and supporting materials, inc…