Patricia Volhard is a European based partner and European Chair of Debevoise’s Investment Management Group.

She is a member of the firm’s Funds/Investment Management Group and her practice focuses on advising private funds and fund managers on structuring and managing European funds. She is also a member of the firm’s Funds/Investment Management Regulatory Practice and advises on European financial regulatory aspects for fund managers and in a fundraising context.

Ms. Volhard is a leading European lawyer in the field of fund formation and regulation and plays a prominent role in the ongoing development of this area. She is Chair of Invest Europe's Financial Services/Regulatory Working Group and a member of its SFDR Working Group. In Germany, she is a member of the legal committee of the German Private Equity Association (BVK). In the UK, she is a member of the Regulatory Committee of the British PE Association (BVCA).

Ms. Volhard has been named amongst Europe’s most influential lawyers by Financial News and by Private Equity News, and has also been consistently recognised by the major legal directories as a leader in her field. She is recommended by JUVE (2023/24), where she receives praise for her “unbelievable knowledge of the law and of market standards,” and where sources note “she negotiates calmly but unerringly in the interest of her clients.” The Legal 500 UK (2026) recognises Ms. Volhard for her work in private funds, regulatory matters and ESG, where clients note that she has “the best oversight of the European regulations affecting the PE market” and that she is “an absolute market leader.”