
Freddie Powles
Managing Director
Mr. Powles is a managing director within the European Private Debt strategy and serves on the investment committee for the European Capital Solutions platform. He joined Oaktree in 2013 in the European Principal Group concomitantly with the foundation of the European Private Debt strategy and has since fully transitioned his responsibilities to European Private Debt. Mr. Powles is a qualified English lawyer and prior to Oaktree worked in private practice as a restructuring lawyer on cross-border restructuring and private equity transactions at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and Clifford Chance LLP. Mr. Powles holds a B.A. (hons) and M.A. in experimental psychology from University College, Oxford and postgraduate diplomas in law and legal practice from BPP Law School.