Legal Structuring - Infrastructure Investments

The role

The individual will focus on the structuring, negotiation and execution of infrastructure secondary transactions. They will be responsible for the closing of all investments across the Pantheon infrastructure platform including primary fund investments, secondary transactions and co-investments.

What you will do

• Lead execution of investment types including complex transactions and fund restructurings
• Negotiate legal documents including term sheets, SPAs, LPAs, framework agreements, shareholder agreements and side letters
• Work with lenders on the execution of deal level debt transactions
• Structure investments to accommodate tax characteristics of clients and minimize tax leakage
• Form and operate acquisition structures including Pantheon-managed SPVs
• Execute sales of fund interests
• Resolve complex structuring challenges for global investment professionals
• Ensure compliance with investor restrictions
• Review client legal documentation regarding feasibility and investment restrictions
• Identify and sponsor improvements to closing and operational processes

Required qualifications

• Status as a qualified lawyer / attorney permitted to practice law in any recognised jurisdiction
• At least four years of prior experience in a law firm or in-house environment of executing private markets transactions
• Substantial prior experience negotiating transaction documents including sale and purchase agreements, framework agreements, transfer documents, limited partnership agreements, shareholders’ agreement
• Ability to work across jurisdictions and time-zones with different cultures and negotiating styles
• A high degree of attention to detail and accuracy in work completed
• Highly organised with strong project management skills and exceptional responsiveness
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and transactions at once
• Ability to work well in a team and to review and supervise junior team members’ work
• High level of professionalism, confidentiality, discretion and judgement
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Computer literacy, including excellent working knowledge of Microsoft applications such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage and prioritise workloads and work to tight deadlines/under pressure

Nice to have

• Prior experience of the structuring, formation, marketing and regulation of private markets investment vehicles
• Prior experience of executing debt transactions such as fund financings or project finance transactions

Benefits

• Generous employee benefits package
• Discretionary bonus

About the company

Pantheon has been at the forefront of private markets investing for more than 40 years. The firm manages approximately $82.3 billion in AUM across all its strategies.