Get Ahead of the Deal in 2027: Emerging Deal Themes to Build Your Law Firm Business Development Strategy

As law firms begin planning growth initiatives and business development priorities for the year ahead, one question remains at the center of every strategy: where will the next opportunities come from? Fundraising activity, emerging deal trends, sector investment patterns, and early market signals can provide valuable insight into where future legal work is likely to develop. The challenge is turning that intelligence into an actionable strategy that helps firms prioritize industries, identify prospective clients, and engage opportunities before competitors.

Join experts from S&P Global Market Intelligence and With Intelligence for a discussion on how law firms can leverage fundraising intelligence, deal activity, relationship data, and forward-looking market insights to uncover opportunities earlier and support business development efforts. The session will highlight how the combined capabilities of S&P Global Market Intelligence and The Deal bring together fundraising intelligence, market insights, and transaction activity in a unified workflow, helping firms spot emerging opportunities and engage prospective clients earlier in the business development cycle.

Key Takeaways

• Identify sectors and markets likely to generate future legal work
• Use fundraising and deal intelligence to uncover opportunities earlier
• Support practice growth initiatives with data-driven business development planning
• Align partner outreach and client targeting with emerging market activity
• Build a proactive framework for identifying opportunities before deals come to market

Speakers

Michael Brown

Editor, The Deal
S&P Global Market Intelligence

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Juie Solerwitz

Head of Business Development, With Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence

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Joseph Toomey

Director, Data and Research
S&P Global Market Intelligence

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