Manager: Business Development; Antitrust

Overview

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Commercial department in our Chicago office, as a Manager:
Business Development.

The Manager:
Business Development will support our Litigation practices, with a primary focus on our Antitrust and Competition practice, as well as other practices as required. In this role, you will help drive growth across high-stakes litigation and regulatory matters—ranging from regulatory investigations and enforcement actions to multi-district class actions and appellate proceedings. You will collaborate with lawyers who pair sophisticated advocacy with deep industry insight to deliver integrated strategies for leading financial institutions, manufacturers, and emerging market participants.

This is an opportunity to shape go-to-market initiatives for practices that tackle multi-forum disputes, class actions, MDLs, and regulatory scrutiny, and to partner with a team recognized for its practical judgment, creativity, and business acumen. You will play a pivotal role in translating technical subject matter into compelling market narratives, building profile through thought leadership and strategic campaigns, and positioning the practices as first-choice counsel for clients facing bet-the-company risks and evolving regulatory expectations.

Essential Functions:

• Business Plans & Infrastructure
  • Develops and supports annual marketing and business development business plan development focused on priorities outlined by firm leaders and/or assigned teams, including thought leadership platforms, communications, and client outreach
  • Collaborate with Business Development & Marketing department leadership and group leaders to develop annual budgets to support initiatives outlined in business plan(s) or as outlined by leadership, including specifying key strategic and tactical objectives and means to achieve annual goals
  • Manage day-to-day responsibilities to ensure that assignments and projects are properly managed and in alignment with the firm’s overall strategic efforts, and that service to clients is exceptional
  • Support the onboarding and integration of lateral lawyers
• Business Development & Profile Raising Initiatives
  • Develop and support the implementation of key BD initiatives, including priority client targeting and campaigns, client satisfaction, client seminars, roadshows, and networking events, as well as other initiatives to enhance business development efforts
  • Engage in research and analysis and competitive intelligence-gathering
  • Support the collection and maintenance of CRM-based contact and other data for marketing planning and for mailing lists
  • Support in the collection and reporting of matter experience
  • Partners with BD&M colleagues to facilitate the completion of directory submissions; regional surveys; league table/industry survey content; specific lawyer and practice awards and accolades; and other profile-raising initiatives on behalf of the industry group
  • Support coordination of business development training for lawyers
• Pitches & Proposals & Marketing Materials
  • Manages responses to RFPs, and pitch, presentation, and other opportunities via the development of written proposal and…