Jonathan Pugh-Smith is General Counsel – Funds and Compliance Officer, Europe, at Bregal Investments. Prior to joining Bregal in 2013, Jonathan trained and qualified as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, during this period of his career he also spent time on secondment as in-house counsel at Schroders plc. Jonathan has also spent time as a legal consultant in the Philippines for an anti-trafficking NGO and continues to act as an advocate in this field as well as a director for a multi-national anti-trafficking charity outside of his role at Bregal.

Jonathan graduated from Durham University with a degree in Geography.