Debevoise Advises HarbourVest in Its Structured Solutions Vehicle For Private Market Secondaries

27 January 2026

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised HarbourVest Partners, a global leader in private markets investing, in the closing of HarbourVest Partners Structured Solutions 2025, an investment vehicle with the capacity to deploy $1.1 billion into diversified exposures to secondary investments in private equity and private credit.

Ares Alternative Credit funds, affiliates of Ares Management Corporation, and another institutional credit manager have agreed to capitalize the vehicle.

For full details, see the official release here.

The Debevoise team advising HarbourVest was led by partners Pierre Maugüé and Lorna Bowen, and included partner Nicholas Pellicani, counsel Christine Shu Gilleland and Iris Pan, and associates Jag Appleby, Brett Johnson, Shannon Pennoyer, Basya Robinson and Ann Stillman. Tax advice was provided by partner Michael Bolotin and associate John Nelson.