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Apply NowProvide strategic and business planning support to the international Finance practice group with a focus on its international Projects practice stream. This includes ensuring the preparation and delivery of effective pitch documents and dynamic marketing and business development action plans designed to achieve the business objectives of the internatonal Projects business.
Projects is one of three core ‘practice streams’ in the international Finance group. As such, this is a pivotal role in helping to drive forward the continued progress of both the practice stream and wider group through a wide range of complex and high profile campaigns, events and client development activity.
Experience in Projects would therefore be beneficial, though not essential. Whilst the role has a broad remit, it does have have a significant focus on planning and producing pitch and similar documents.
This role will sit with the core Finance group Marketing & Business Development (MBD) team in the UK. The team is further supported by aligned marketing colleagues in the wider team and the Global Service Centre (GSC).
This role will work with the International Projects leader and UK Projects leader as well as other senior partners.
As well as working with the Head of Marketing & Business Development – Finance, this role will also work closely with the Special Counsel – International Projects, and the Infrastructure, Transport & Construction sector and Energy sector groups MBD teams.
Some travel within the UK and internationally may be required with the role.
Background:
DLA Piper’s Finance group provides integrated advice and market insight globally, representing leading investment and commercial financial institutions, funds, public and private companies and government entities. We assist clients to realise their finance and investment strategies within the commercial, legal and political environment of the host country/s in which they are operating.
The international Finance group encompasses:
Our Projects team provides legal advice on every aspect of a project from the procurement strategy, tax structuring, contractual documentation and risk allocation through to finance structuring – often working on joint ventures and other collaborations across the infrastructure and energy sectors and beyond.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Contribute to the development and content of the business development, marketing and communications strategy across the Projects practice stream:
The job holder may be required to undertake additional duties as required.
ABOUT YOU
The successful candidate must be/have:
This job description is not designed to be exhaustive and can be varied, as required, to develop, or fulfil, the role of the Finance (Projects) Marketing & BD Manager.
ABOUT US
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers and business service professionals located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.
OUR VALUES
In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
At DLA Piper, diversity and inclusion underpins how we live our values and everything we do. We believe that everyone has a voice, and that everyone’s voice counts. We know that the rich diversity across our firm makes us stronger, more innovative and creative, which helps us to better serve our clients and communities. We are committed to providing an inclusive working environment and culture across our global firm, where everyone can bring their authentic self to work.
Diversity of perspective, thought, background and culture combine to make us the leading global law firm; that’s why we actively seek to build balanced teams. We welcome the unique contribution that you will bring to our firm and actively encourage applications from all talented people – however your talent is packaged, whatever your background or circumstance and regardless of how you identify.
HYBRID WORKING
We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That’s why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.
PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING
In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits and where relevant, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and work-related references.
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