Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, in connection with the formation of its latest secondaries fund, Dover Street IX. The fund was oversubscribed, and closed above its $3.6 billion target at $4.77 billion.

HarbourVest’s secondaries platform focuses on acquiring fund interests diversified by stage, geography and investment year. Limited Partners in the fund span the globe and consist of corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations and high net worth private sector investors.

The Debevoise team was led by partner David J. Schwartz and included partners Andrew M. Ahern, Kenneth J. Berman, Lawrence K. Cagney and Adele M. Karig, associates Jason Auerbach, Nicholas C. Cassin, Benjamin J. Freeman, Stephen J. Kozey, Adam M. Namm, Aaron Christopher West and Senior Blue Sky Attorney Deborah P. Kubiak.

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