Senior Business Development Executive
Apply locations Hong Kong time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R-100984
The Opportunity
Our Business development team works alongside our partners and lawyers across our sectors, services and offices to support and develop our relationships with clients, delivering an exceptional service and exploring new avenues through which we can help them meet their business needs. Our brand, marketing and digital team help position us as thought leaders amongst our target markets in the areas we most want to be known for, by creating intuitive and engaging collateral, events and campaigns.
As part of the business development team, you will play a hands-on role in contributing to the firm’s success and helping to achieve its objectives. This could be as one of our business development professionals, coaching partners on relationship building, or building our brand as one of our marketing, design or events professionals.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Business Development Executive to join the Hong Kong Disputes Business Development Team. As part of the team, you will play a hands-on role contributing to the firm’s success and helping to achieve its objectives.
We are looking for someone who can provide high quality BD assistance to the HK disputes practices and the wider Asia team. You will assist in the execution of business development plans, help drive BD initiatives as well as assist in the preparation of pitches, proposals and tender submissions. The successful candidate will forge strong, effective relationships with sector and regional peers as well as advocating the aims of the firm's business development agenda and guiding their implementation.
Skills, experience and qualifications:

At least two years' experience working in a BD role in a law firm or other professional services environment
Fluent in spoken and written English and Chinese skills
Practical, proactive, commercially minded and service driven, with a positive and "can do" attitude
Be an effective team-player with highly developed interpersonal skills, confidence and resilience
Have strong organisational skills and attention to detail, as well as the ability to assimilate information quickly and handle multiple priorities; responsiveness
Knowledge of client management and related systems would be an advantage

Team: Business Development
Working Pattern: Full time
Location: Hong Kong
Contract type: Permanent Contract
Diversity & Inclusion
At Herbert Smith Freehills, you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work.
About Us
As one of the world’s leading law firms, we advise many of the largest and most ambitious organisations across all major regions of the globe. With over 5,000 people, including 3,100 lawyers and over 2,000 business services professionals, operating from our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America, Herbert Smith Freehills is at the heart of the new global business landscape providing premium quality, full-service legal advice.
We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. Our environment is one in which high performance is expected, in return, we will provide you with rewards and opportunities tailored to your personal and professional goals.
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