Business Development Coordinator - Litigation & Enforcement

Ropes & Gray LLP; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Ropes & Gray LLP is seeking a Business Development Coordinator to assist the Senior BDM in implementing marketing and BD initiatives for the Litigation & Enforcement Practice Group.

You will help generate new business, deepen client relationships, and boost market visibility within a global law firm.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 0-3 years of business development within a law firm or professional services.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to identify and solve problems independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong attention to detail and professionalism.
• Proficiency with databases, presentations, and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Support the Sr. BDM in developing and executing BD and marketing efforts to generate new business.
• Identify client opportunities and understand LEPG's BD imperatives.
• Collaborate across attorneys, coworkers, and administrators.
• Maintain reporting frameworks to track progress and share outcomes.
• Support client relationship development, meetings, and market research.
• Assist in pitches, proposals, and RFPs with content updates and follow-ups.
• Assist with events, including webinars and conferences, and track ROI.
• Partner with marketing to create branding campaigns and target client markets.
• Support other LEPG and initiative projects.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Database software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Job description

About Ropes & Gray

Ropes & Gray is a preeminent global law firm. The firm has been ranked in the top three on The American Lawyer's prestigious A-List for eight consecutive years and #1 on Law.com's UK A-List twice in the past three years - rankings that honor the "best of the best" law firms.

The firm has approximately 2,500 lawyers and professionals serving clients in major centers of business, finance, technology, and government in Boston, Chicago, Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Milan, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.

The firm has consistently been recognized for its leading practices in many areas, including asset management, private equity, M&A, finance, real estate, tax, antitrust, life sciences, health care, intellectual property, litigation & enforcement, privacy & cybersecurity, and business restructuring.

Ropes & Gray is an equal opportunity employer.

Overview

The Business Development Coordinator (BDC) supports the Senior Business Development Manager (Sr. BDM) in developing and executing business development and marketing initiatives designed to generate new business, deepen client relationships, and enhance market visibility for Ropes & Gray’s Litigation & Enforcement Practice Group (LEPG).

Responsibilities

• Support the Sr. BDM in the development and execution of business development and marketing efforts designed to generate new business and enhance market visibility for LEPG and related initiatives.
• Cultivate a thorough understanding of LEPG’s business development imperatives, helping to identify, assess, and pursue client opportunities.
• Collaborate effectively and professionally at all levels of the organization, including with attorneys, coworkers, and administrators.
• Support the Sr. BDM in maintaining internal reporting and communication frameworks to track progress and share outcomes, including communicating best-practice business development activities and successes across the group.
• Help drive the development of existing client relationships in collaboration with the Sr. BDM and other business support colleagues, including organizing and supporting business development meetings, tracking client and target development efforts, and conducting business research to stay current on market intelligence in support LEPG’s strategies.
• Support new business generation by assisting the Sr. BDM in project-managing pitches, proposals, and RFPs—ensuring timely completion, document storage, and follow-up actions—including maintaining current pitch content, materials, and client information, participating in scoping and preparation for in-person meetings and pitches, and tracking wins, losses, and follow-up efforts.
• Support the Sr. BDM with the development and execution of events, including webinars, conferences, receptions, roundtables, firesides, and other profile-raising external events. This includes assessing market conference opportunities, providing regular RSVP reports, tracking business development activities in connection with each event, preparing research on expected attendees, and assisting the Sr. BDM with related event follow-up and ROI tracking.
• Collaborate with the Sr. BDM, marketing team, and other business support colleagues to identify opportunities to create and implement integrated branding and profile-raising campaigns, and to determine appropriate client and market targets for knowledge-marketing initiatives.
• Support other daily LEPG, specialty group, and initiative projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 0-3 years’ experience in business development within a law firm, professional services, or corporate environment.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to identify and solve problems, work independently, and take initiative.
• Ability to compile and analyze qualitative and quantitative data from varies sources to draw logical conclusions and develop actionable recommendations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency with technology tools, including database, presentation, and spreadsheet software.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to establish credibility with Ropes & Gray attorneys and professional staff, combining confidence, tact, and persistence.

Compensation and Total Rewards Package

Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members. The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture. The anticipated pay range for this role is listed below and represents our good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting salary range at the time of posting. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance. The actual offered rate for this position will be determined based on job-related, non-discriminatory factors, including qualifications and experience, geographic location, education, external market data and consideration of internal equity.

Boston: $52,600 - $76,300

Working Conditions

This position requires hybrid on-site presence as an essential function of the role. Consistent and predictable on-site presence is required for ongoing business continuity, professional development and effective collaboration with colleagues and management.