Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised KKR in the formation of KKR Ascendant Fund SCSp, a $4.6 billion fund dedicated to investing in middle market businesses in North America. For more information, please see the company’s press release.

The Debevoise team was led by investment management partners Andrew Ford and Yana Mereminsky and included associates Deandra Denton, Christopher Duff, Amanda Esteves, Leor Leben, Beier Lin, Andrew Silvia, Nur Sultan and Daniel Yeo and senior client resource attorney Ali Curry, and tax partner Stephen Jordan and associate Jay Evans.