Strategic Intelligence Analyst (Legal & Market Insights)

Dechert LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Dechert LLP is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst in the United States to research, prepare, and deliver bespoke reports on clients, industries, and regions. You will synthesize financial and legal data from multiple sources to guide client meetings and business development efforts, collaborating across levels in theFirm.

The role requires 5+ years in research within a law firm, strong writing/editing skills, and proficiency with LexisNexis, Factiva, Capital IQ, and similar tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, JD, or MS LIS preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years experience in a research-focused role, in a law firm preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis of companies, industries, technologies, and competitors to uncover key, actionable information and insights in support of client meetings, pitches and RFPs, as well as practice and business development projects.
• Ability to identify, analyze and synthesize large amounts of data, including deal and financial, into recommendations that inform strategic business decisions
• Provide meaningful recommendations to help inform litigation and transactional business development and marketing strategy.
• Identify and monitor trends to aid business development for both transactional and litigation clients, as well as cross-disciplinary industry groups.
• Monitor various news/intelligence sources for business development and market visibility opportunities.
• Enhance custom formats for delivering business information requests.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Research analysis

Multitask

Writing skills

Communication skills

Internet research tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/JD/MS LIS preferred

Tools

LexisNexis

Factiva

Capital IQ

Bloomberg Law

PitchBook

Mergermarket

ALM Research Online

MS Office

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Dechert LLP is seeking a Competitive Intelligence Analyst in the United States to research, prepare, and deliver bespoke reports on clients, industries, and regions. You will synthesize financial and legal data from multiple sources to guide client meetings and business development efforts, collaborating across levels in theFirm.

The role requires 5+ years in research within a law firm, strong writing/editing skills, and proficiency with LexisNexis, Factiva, Capital IQ, and similar tools.