Associate General Counsel

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years, earning a reputation for an innovative approach to investing in secondaries, co-investments, and primary fund investments, as well as capital formation across commingled funds, evergreen vehicles and customized solutions. Our specialist investment capabilities span multiple strategies across private equity, infrastructure and real assets, and private credit. Through our collaborative and committed culture, we find new ways to solve complex problems together and deliver innovative investment opportunities across private markets. Pantheon currently manages approximately $82.3 billion in AUM across all its strategies, serving more than 750 institutional and 638 private wealth clients worldwide For further details please visit www.pantheon.com Purpose of Position Pantheon Ventures (“Pantheon”), a $90B multi-strategy investment firm, is seeking a Associate, Fund Finance for its International Private Wealth strategy.  The candidate will have meaningful participation across a wide range of job functions supporting the investment platform. The candidate should appreciate the entrepreneurial nature of the position and the opportunity to play a key role in the ongoing launching of new funds and products within a well-established, global investment firm. The candidate should be well-versed in Private Equity, Infrastructure and/or Multi-Stratgies fund management, accounting, valuation, risk management, semi-liquid private markets products in Europe, the role of third-party fund service providers and general finance and reporting oversight functions. The individual will join the Private Wealth Operations team based in London. The Associate, Fund Finance – Private Wealth, working with the Principal, Fund Finance - Private Wealth, will play a central role in the Private Wealth Fund Finance team. This will include key fund finance activities such as fund administrator accounting oversight, fund audit, reporting, valuation procedures, and other operational processes that may be required. Key Responsibilities * Partner with the Private Wealth Operations team to provide financial and operational support to ensure that business objectives are met. * Build, develop and maintain good working relationships between the teams and its internal/external clients and suppliers. * Provide financial and operational support for the set-up of new structures or funds including working with the structuring team, internal counsel, external advisors, and Private Wealth Operations team to ensure that operating frameworks are set up appropriately. * Fund accounting review for the International Private Wealth products, ensuring that financial deliverables are of high quality and financial statements are accurate and complete. * Review and approval of fund expenses - ensuring these are reasonable and understood. * Review and approval of management/performance fees, as required. * Review and approval of the funds' reporting and any regulatory reporting that may be required. * Oversight of third-party fund administration providers, transfer agency, and other service providers in conjunction with the Third-Party Administration Management team. * Assist with external audits for Private Wealth products, which will include liaising with the funds' external auditors and ensuring that audit queries are addressed and completed in line with deadlines. * Review and approve capital events such as calls, distributions and equalisations, as required. * Ensure applicable control and risk frameworks and policies are adhered to and that existing procedures are refined to reduce operational risk. * Complete other ad-hoc projects and tasks from time to time. * Support the Investor Relations team. * Provide transaction support for acquisitions and creation of new entities to ensure transaction closings are achieved as planned. * Attend the relevant investment team meetings to understand the current deal pipeline, future transactions, new funds and anticipating and coordinating any operational requirements. * Attend the relevant month-end or quarter-end valuation meetings to understand the valuation methodologies of the Private Wealth products. * Assist with any fund launches, sales, and extensions where necessary, related to the Private Wealth products. Knowledge and Experience Required   * Recognised accounting qualification, with strong accounting skills. * Broad knowledge of Private Equity, Infrastructure and/or Multi-Strategies, semi-liquid products such as SICAV’s and the processes involved in servicing these funds. * Customer focused, with a passion for quality and efficiency. * A strong risk and control mindset. * Experience in designing, monitoring and understanding the internal controls frameworks in place at each stage of a fund/product life cycle. * The ability to lay out processes, controls and procedures in simple, clear formats including data flows, controls matrices, etc. * Ability to prioritise and manage own workload. * Experience in process change and improvement projects. * Excellent organisational and planning skills. * Proficient Excel skills. * Comfortable acting proactively and always with integrity. * Strong communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to develop meaningful partnerships with both internal and external teams. * Professional scepticism: an ability to ensure that things are not taken at face value and always asking "does this make sense?" * Problem solver: an ability to, and an interest in searching for solutions to problems and establishing the root causes of any issues that arise. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. You may be required to perform other job-related duties as reasonably requested by your manager. Pantheon is an Equal Opportunities employer, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't perfectly align we'd still encourage you to apply.

At Ledgy, we’re on a mission to make Europe a powerhouse of entrepreneurship by building a modern, tech-driven equity management and financial reporting platform for private and public companies. In 2026, we aim to be the leading provider for European IPOs and reporting for share-based payments. We are a value-based company with a core focus on being humble, transparent, ambitious and impactful, all in order to delivery the best experience for our customers and end users. We are proud to partner with some of the world’s leading investors. New Enterprise Associates led our $22m Series B round in 2022, with Philip Chopin joining Sequoia’s Luciana Lixandru on our board. We were founded in Switzerland in 2017 and today we operate globally from offices in Zurich and London. We encourage diversity and are an international team coming from 26 different countries and speaking 25 different languages.   About the Role As General Counsel, you will lead and continue to develop our legal team, inheriting a strong, capable group and taking it to the next stage of growth. You'll remain hands-on across commercial, corporate, compliance and operational legal matters, acting as the senior legal voice in the business and a trusted advisor to the leadership team as we continue to scale across multiple jurisdictions, manage risk, and mature our legal infrastructure, processes and governance. Key Responsibilities Team leadership * Act as a strategic legal advisor to the executive team and board on key business decisions. * Lead, manage and continue to develop our existing legal team, building further capability and capacity in line with the company's continued growth. * Direct and manage relationships with external counsel and fractional advisers. Corporate and governance * Lead on corporate governance matters across the group's entities. * Act as company secretary (or oversee this function), ensuring the business meets its ongoing corporate compliance obligations in relevant jurisdictions, including Switzerland, the UK and Germany. * Support investor relations from a legal perspective, including shareholder communications, corporate actions and any future fundraising activity. * Maintain and continuously improve the group's corporate structure, including subsidiary governance and inter-company arrangements as the business expands. Commercial contracting * Lead negotiation of high-value, bespoke commercial agreements with customers, partners and vendors, including enterprise SaaS contracts, MSAs, DPAs and strategic partnership agreements. * Continue to refine the existing suite of template agreements and playbooks to enable faster, lower-risk deal cycles as the business scales. * Provide pragmatic, commercially-minded legal input that balances risk mitigation with deal velocity. Legal operations and AI governance * Working hand-in-hand with our AI and RevOps teams, build on existing legal operations, including contract lifecycle management, legal tech tooling, workflows, knowledge management and budgeting, identifying opportunities for further improvement. * Develop and maintain the company's approach to AI governance, including policies and frameworks for the use of AI tools internally and AI-related features within the product, working closely with product and engineering teams. * Drive efficiency and self-service across the business through clear processes, training and accessible legal resources. Risk management and compliance * Identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risk across the business, horizon scanning for upcoming changes in law and regulation across the UK, EU and further afield. * Own and maintain the company's compliance frameworks, policies and corporate governance documentation. * Strong working knowledge of data privacy law (UK/EU GDPR, Swiss FADP), with the judgement to apply this confidently in collaboration with the information security and data teams. Cross-functional partnership * Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders across finance, sales, marketing, product and information security, embedding legal input proactively in business processes. * Support the sales team on deal structuring, contract negotiation and escalations to help close revenue efficiently. * Partner with finance on corporate matters and governance requirements arising from the company's investor relationships. International expansion * Lead on the legal aspects of continued international expansion, including new entity set-up, employment and regulatory considerations, and local law advice coordination across new jurisdictions. * Manage relationships with external counsel across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring cost-effective and high-quality legal support. About You * 8+ years PQE, with significant experience gained in-house in a fast-paced, dynamic scale-up environment. * Proven experience leading and developing a small legal team in a resourceful way. * Strong commercial experience in a SaaS business, including negotiating high-value, bespoke contracts with customers, partners and vendors. * Demonstrable legal operations experience, with an understanding of how to approach AI governance for both internal tooling and product development. * A track record of building effective partnerships with stakeholders across finance, sales, marketing, product and infosec. * Strong risk management skills, with the ability to horizon scan and anticipate emerging legal and regulatory issues. * Experience supporting international/global expansion, ideally across UK, European and US jurisdictions. * Excellent judgement, with a pragmatic, solutions-oriented and commercially astute approach to legal advice. * Strong and effective communication and influencing skills, comfortable operating at board level. * Will hold and maintain a legal practising certificate with the SRA in England (highly preferred) Nice to Have * An AI-first mindset, with experience embedding AI tools into legal workflows to drive efficiency * Swiss law experience * Experience supporting M&A or other corporate transactions * Financial services regulatory experience, in particular familiarity with the regulatory landscape for equity/share plan administration across jurisdictions * Experience inheriting an existing legal team Being part of Ledgy means: * Recharge and re-energize with flexible working hours, 25 days of vacation, and up to 40 days of remote work from outside your home country * We make space for your own professional development, with a generous yearly learning & development budget * This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. All salaries are aligned with competitively benchmarked ranges based on work location and levelling * Private health insurance * Enhanced parental leave * Cycle-to-work scheme * This is a London-based role with a hybrid work model of 2 days in the office per week Ledgy is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.