Mr. Paton received his education at Radley College, England (1981), Tulane University, USA (1985) and the University of Westminster, England (1990). He has been admitted to the Bar of England and Wales (1991), the Bahamas Bar Association (1991) and the State of Louisiana Board of Certified Public Accountants (1986).

He is the former chairman of the Bahamas Financial Services Board (2002-2004), and has served as a Commissioner of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas since 2017. He is also a qualified Certified Public Accountant (non-practising) in the United States. Mr. Paton is consistently ranked in Chambers Global, Chambers High-Net-Worth Guide and The Legal 500 Caribbean. He is also ranked by the IFLR 1000 and Citywealth Leaderslist.