Business Development Manager

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

Blue Legal are partnering with a leading law firm who are recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join their London office. The primary focus of the role will be on revenue growth and raising the profile of the group across the region and, by extension, globally.

The Responsibilities:

• Monitor industry trends to identify new opportunities and drive strategic BD initiatives.
• Build strong internal relationships with partners, lawyers, and global BD teams to foster crossfunctional collaboration and leverage global capabilities.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of high-quality, tailored pitches, proposals, and marketing collateral, ensuring materials reflect current experience and wins.
• Manage brand positioning through events, sponsorships, and profile-raising initiatives.
• Lead BD planning and support team development within FIG EMEA.
• Support attorneys in generating leads, integrating new lateral partners, and identifying opportunities through internal collaboration.
• Track ROI on BD activities, manage CRM data, oversee directory submissions, PR opportunities, and ensure consistent messaging across marketing channels.

The Candidate:

• Minimum of 5 years’ business development experience in a law firm or professional services environment.
• Excellent communication, project management, and problem solving skills, and able to manage multiple priorities under pressure with a customer-focused and proactive mindset.
• Demonstrates sound judgment, professionalism, flexibility, and collaboration.