Business Development Manager – Structured Transactions Practice

Role Overview

The Business Development Manager will support client-focused initiatives for the Structured Transactions practice and related transactional practices, industry teams, and strategic initiatives. This includes advising banks, Fortune 100 companies, hedge funds, and other clients on complex structured finance and securitization transactions. The Business Development Manager will work closely with lawyers and practice group leadership to support business development efforts that highlight the practice’s capabilities in structuring innovative financing solutions, navigating evolving regulatory requirements, and helping clients access capital and manage risk through sophisticated transaction structures.

What You Will Do

The Business Development Manager will shape strategy, drive client engagement, lead business generation efforts, amplify visibility, and analyze and advise on market trends, competitor activity, and internal performance data to inform go-to-market strategies and deliver actionable insights.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role offers the opportunity to work with a dynamic practice, collaborating with leading lawyers and an experienced Business Development team to facilitate practice generation and business growth. The Business Development Manager will contribute to strengthening client relationships, supporting growth initiatives, and to the firm’s success by ensuring it remains competitive and adaptable in the dynamic legal industry while facilitating and delivering exceptional client service.

Requirements

• proven business development professional
• strong strategic thinking and execution skills
• minimum of 5 years of business and practice development experience at a manager level
• experience in professional services, preferably in a law firm environment
• knowledge of legal competitive landscape challenging major global law firms and trends and business issues in securitization and structured finance
• strong communication skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate, and build trusted relationships
• a data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies

Benefits

• medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits)
• vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• 401(k) eligibility