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In this episode of This Legal Life, Ben Chiriboga speaks with Robin van Keeken, Senior Business Development Manager at Buren, about building an outbound BD role inside a law firm. Robin shares how he thinks about his place in a partnership, why proactive business development works, and how a "try it and see" approach helped him create opportunities.
About Robin
Robin van Keeken is the Senior Business Development Manager at Buren, an international corporate law firm with offices in Amsterdam, The Hague, Beijing, Shanghai, and Luxembourg. He studied law at the University of Leiden and worked in legal recruitment, banking, and legal publishing before moving into law firm business development. At Buren he focuses on outbound, client-facing BD and founded the firm's International Legal Counsel Community.
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