Our client, a premier global law firm, is building a dedicated Business Development function for its Litigation practice. This is the founding role: a senior, client-savvy professional whose primary mission is to help elite litigators win mandates. It is fundamentally a business development role, not marketing. As the function scales, practice-area specialists will be added and this Director will help build the team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Owning BD strategy across the litigation platform, including mass torts, antitrust, complex commercial, white collar, appellate and beyond
• Leading the client pitch process end-to-end: diligencing opportunities, developing strategy, overseeing materials and preparing teams to execute and win
• Building and managing a structured opportunity pipeline across both existing client expansion and new client development
• Overseeing market intelligence and competitive analytics, incl...