Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising affiliates of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group in the strategic minority investment in Annexus, a leading designer of annuities and insurance-based retirement products.

Blackstone is a leading global investment firm with over $457 billion assets under management, including investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds.

The Debevoise team is led by partner Kevin M. Schmidt and Marilyn A Lion and includes partners Lawrence K. Cagney, Peter A. Furci, Michael Schaper and Scott B. Selinger; counsel Judith L. Church; and associates Samuel M. Duncan, Katherine E. Durnan, Matthew B. Parelman, Alana Simone Walker and Charity Brunson Wyatt.

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