Felix Paterson

Partner

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Overview

Felix Paterson is a partner based in the firm’s London office, and a member of the firm’s Finance Group. Mr. Paterson, who joined Debevoise ... Read Full Biography

Publications

LMA Fund Finance Insights: The Growing Focus on Collateralised Fund Obligations (CFOs)
2 April 2026

LMA Fund Finance Insights

Pierre Maugüé
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Christine Shu Gilleland
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Felix Paterson
Another Unwelcome Surprise on Risk Retention in Securitisations – EBA Q&As
16 September 2025

Patricia Volhard
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Felix Paterson
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Eric Olmesdahl
Private Equity International: Debevoise & Plimpton on a new string in fund finance’s bow
31 January 2021

Private Equity International

Thomas Smith
,
Felix Paterson

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Recent Events

Liquidity in the Age of Scarcity – What Can LPs and GPs Do?
10 June 2025

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Webcast

Speaker: Gavin Anderson, Dominic Blaxill, Geoffrey P. Burgess, Felix Paterson

Speaking Engagements

Felix Paterson is a partner based in the firm’s London office, and a member of the firm’s Finance Group.Mr. Paterson, who joined Debevoise as a trainee solicitor in 2012, was named by the Fund Finance Association to its 2023 list of Rising Stars. He is also recommended for Fund Finance by both The Legal 500 UK (2026) and Chambers UK (2026), where clients describe him as “a solid professional who is extremely diligent and thorough” and “a real up-and-comer in the market.”He graduated from Trinity College Dublin with first class honours in History (M.A. (Dubl)) in 2010 and subsequently completed the GDL and LPC with distinction at the University of Law in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Mr. Paterson is a co-author of “Debevoise & Plimpton on a new string in fund finance’s bow,” Private Equity International (January, 2021); “Side letters: Pitfalls and Perils for a Financing,” in Global Legal Insights to Fund Finance (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 editions); “What You Need To Know About Sub Lines For SMAs,” Private Debt Investor (August, 2018) and “Mega-Funds and Their Mega-Financings,” Private Equity International (February, 2018).Mr. Paterson was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2014.