Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised Apera Asset Management (“Apera”), a leading private debt asset manager providing private capital solutions to lower mid-market companies in Western Europe, in the final close of Apera Private Debt Fund III (“Fund III”), securing total commitments of €2.9 billion including related vehicles and leverage.

Apera’s Private Debt strategy focuses on senior secured unitranche financings across Europe.

For full details, see the official release here.

The Debevoise team advising Apera was led by partner Geoffrey Kittredge, and included associates Hosung Bae, Rachel Stables, and Mitchell Tate. Regulatory advice was provided by partner Sheena Paul, counsel Jin-Hyuk Jang and John Young, and associates Eric Olmesdahl, Alfie Scott, and Johanna Waber. Tax advice was provided by counsel Paul Eastham and Matthew Pincus, and associates Christopher Gossage, Weichi Liu, and Deniz Tanyolac. Finance advice was provided by partner Thomas Smith, counsel Felix Paterson, and associates Eoin Molloy and Anna Moore.