Are you a highly organized relationship-builder who enjoys turning insights, research, and strategy into meaningful business development opportunities?
Kirkland & Ellis is seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Practice Development Coordinator to join the Marketing & Business Development team in New York, supporting a portfolio of Litigation practices. In this role, you will partner closely with attorneys, business development professionals, and cross-functional teams to drive strategic growth initiatives, strengthen client relationships, and enhance the market presence of one of the world’s leading litigation practices.
This is an excellent opportunity for an analytical, collaborative professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and wants broad exposure to business development, marketing, competitive intelligence, client engagement, and strategic planning within a premier law firm. Reporting to the Litigation Practice Development Associate Director, you will play a key role in helping the practice achieve its growth objectives while building valuable expertise and professional relationships across the firm.
Business Development Initiatives: Support the execution of business development plans, strategic priorities, and growth initiatives while tracking progress, deliverables, and deadlines.
Pitches & Proposals: Assist in preparing customized client presentations, pitch materials, and Request for Proposal (RFP) responses that showcase the firm’s litigation capabilities and value proposition.
Rankings, Directories & Awards: Coordinate submissions, award nominations, and survey responses by gathering information, drafting content, managing timelines, and ensuring accuracy.
Marketing Materials: Maintain and update practice descriptions, case summaries, attorney biographies, website content, brochures, presentation templates, and other marketing collateral.
Litigation & Market Monitoring: Track significant litigation developments, legal news, judicial decisions, and industry trends while identifying and communicating potential business development opportunities.
Attorney Relationship Management: Build strong working relationships with attorneys, proactively gather information, respond to requests, and serve as a trusted resource for business development support.
Research & Competitive Intelligence: Partner with the Competitive Intelligence team to conduct research on industries, prospective clients, competitors, market trends, and firm experience.
Client Events & Sponsorships: Assist with the planning, execution, and tracking of seminars, conferences, sponsorships, speaking engagements, client entertainment activities, and other marketing events.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Maintain accurate data within the firm's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, including contact information, mailing lists, client activities, and engagement records.
Experience & Data Management: Collect, draft, and maintain litigation matter descriptions, representative experience records, and case updates within the firm's experience database.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with colleagues across Business Development, Marketing, Communications, Research, and other business services teams to support firmwide initiatives.
