Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, a life insurer and a provider of employee benefits, in its strategic partnership with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE). As part of the transaction, Hamilton Lane will manage Guardian’s existing private equity portfolio of nearly $5 billion. For more information, please see the company’s press release.

The Debevoise team is led by insurance M&A partner Andrew Jamieson and M&A partner William Regner and includes associate Robert Geren, tax partner Rafael Kariyev and associates Corey Mavleos and Miriam Yeger, investment management partner Jonathan Adler, counsel Colleen Bernaiche and associates Ellen Kim and Daniel Randazzo, and employee benefits and executive compensation partner Simone Hicks and associate Rebeka Cohan.