Business Development Manager - Real Estate

Ashurst Perkins Coie; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options – part-time

Working from home and additional leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie in London is seeking a Business Development professional to drive the Real Estate practice across a global network. You will collaborate with the Real Estate Senior Manager and partners to support strategy, growth, and client engagement in priority sectors.

The role works closely with the broader Business Development function to deliver a comprehensive, firm-wide approach to clients, across multiple sub-industries and economic corridors. Hybrid working is available.

Qualifications

• Experience in a law firm or industry business development environment.
• Desirable experience in real estate sector.
• Proven ability to manage projects or initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with senior stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with strong execution focus.

Responsibilities

• Support practice and industry collaboration across EMEA and APAC to ensure global connectivity.
• Utilize market and client insights to identify client needs and growth opportunities.
• Manage strategic real estate industry accounts and campaigns.
• Develop deep understanding of industry clients and share insights internally.
• Contribute to pitches, tenders, and overall go-to-market planning.

Skills

Business development

Real estate sector

Project management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Job description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options - part‑time, working from home and additional leave
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award‑winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity

Ashurst Perkins Coie Business Development team is located in major cities across EMEA, Asia Pacific and the US. We execute the firm's strategy and drive profitable growth with a specific focus on our chosen industries, markets and clients. We focus on industry solutions and client experience, driving campaigns, leveraging client insights, and managing strategic initiatives to service our client's needs.

This is a key role in the team, responsible for supporting practice and industry collaboration, growth and client engagement across the priority areas of the Real Estate sector.

The individual will be a core part of the team and will work closely with the Real Estate Senior Manager and partner stakeholders to support the strategy.

The position also requires close collaboration across the Business Development function to bring a comprehensive "whole of Firm" approach to our clients.

The role will support several priority growth areas across a variety of sub-industries within the real estate sector as playing a leading role in supporting the firm's global capital relationships and investor engagement initiatives across key economic corridors.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Support the successful delivery of the practice & Industry strategy collaborating with counterparts in EMEA and APAC to ensure global connectivity and knowledge sharing.
• Utilise market and client insights to keep up to date with current and emerging issues impacting the industry. Identify areas of client need and opportunities for lead generation, with the goal of deepening our client relationships and market penetration.
• Strategic account management responsibility for several real estate industry accounts.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of the industry clients and their businesses and assist with the sharing of that information within Ashurst Perkins Coie.
• Strategic decision making and planning (go / no‑go) as well as contributing and controlling the drafting and coordination of pitches and tenders.

This is a full‑time permanent role, based in our London office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site Careers | Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience in a law firm / industry business development environment.
• Previous experience in the real estate sector is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience of managing projects and / or initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to effectively interact with peers and influence internal clients including senior stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with strong focus on execution.