Business development manager

Dentons is seeking a commercially focused Senior Manager to support the Europe Competition & Antitrust Practice. This Europe-focused role will work closely with Practice Group Leaders, partners and colleagues across the Firm to strengthen market position, identify client opportunities and drive cross-border growth.

• Act as a principal business development and market-positioning adviser to the Competition & Antitrust Practice Group Leaders, providing commercial insight and practical recommendations on priorities, investment and delivery.
• Manage practice initiatives, monitor progress and deadlines, and provide updates to the Head of Practices and Sectors.
• Lead the annual budget proposal process, monitor expenditure and prepare return-on-investment reports.
• Implement market-positioning guidelines, develop credentials and proposal materials, and support requests for proposals.
• Identify and progress cross-border opportunities, bringing together the appropriate lawyers and teams to deliver agreed actions.
• Use client, pipeline, market and competitor intelligence to identify commercial opportunities and inform practice priorities.
• Lead regional legal directory and league table submissions, including Chambers and Global Competition Review, and use results to identify improvement opportunities.
• Represent the Europe Competition & Antitrust practice on relevant global calls and coordinate follow-up on global actions.
• Plan and deliver strategic internal and client-facing events, collaborating with Marketing and Communications and the Events Department.

• At least ten years' relevant experience in business development, marketing, practice management or client development, including at least two years at manager level or equivalent.
• Experience building trusted relationships with senior leaders and advising, influencing and constructively challenging them.
• A track record of turning practice strategy into commercial plans, campaigns and measurable activity across jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting a Competition, Antitrust, Regulatory, Disputes or Transactional legal practice.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability and an ability to translate market and client insight into action.
• Experience using CRM systems, Microsoft Office tools, proposal processes, directory submissions and AI tools.
• Fluency in English.
• Будет плюсом: Additional European languages are an asset

• Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and competencies.