With more than 15 years of experience. Mr. Paterson has helped raise and refinance debt across varied situations, with a focus on hospitality, leisure and aviation. He has worked with a range of debt products, including bonds, leveraged loans, structured, real-estate and development finance, ABL and special situations debt.

Mr. Paterson’s notable engagements include helping a European airline develop and implement their financing strategy before ultimately raising billions of funding via transactions in the debt and equity markets; advising on debt raising and refinancing mandates for multiple clients in the leisure sector in growth and complex situations; and completing numerous capital-raising processes in the hotel sector (combined, these projects have 15,000+ hotel rooms).

Previously, Mr. Paterson helped a footwear manufacturer and retailer with global operations complete a recapitalisation and upsizing of their incumbent debt facility; raised a funding line for a specialist lender that provided residential development finance; and helped a U.K.-based steel manufacturer develop and implement their financing strategy (ultimately, £265 million of debt was raised from ABL lenders and a U.S.-based credit fund).

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Paterson spent 10 years at AlixPartners, where he led its debt advisory practice.

Mr. Paterson earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.