Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. (SWX:RLD), UniCredit Bank AG and Atlas Merchant Capital LLC agreed to acquire 32.8% stake in Kepler Cheuvreux SA from Blackfin Capital Partners SAS, Caisse des dépôts et consignations and others on June 27, 2018. Under the terms of transaction, Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. will buy 19.7% stake and Atlas Merchant Capital LLC will buy 8% stake in Kepler Cheuvreux SA. Post completion of transaction, management and staff remain the largest shareholders with a stake of 25.5% and 40% voting rights; UniCredit has increased its stake from 5.2% to 10.3%; La Caisse des Dépôts will hold 5.2% stake. Existing shareholders Crédit Agricole, UniCredit, Rabobank, Swedbank and Belfius will stay invested in the business. Atlas Merchant Capital and ERES will have four seats on a management board, which comprises 15 seats and where the five ECM partnership banks are also represented. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. The transaction is expected to close by the end on September 2018. Florent Bonnard, Marc Castagnede, Frederic Moreau, Ageu Pires, Julie Poincheval, Romy RICHTER, Chris Salter, Côme Tauveron, Olivier Thebault and Guillaume Valois of Allen & Overy France acted as a legal advisor of Kepler Cheuvreux SA. Guillaume Rougier-Brierre of Gide acted as legal advisor to Credit Agricole. Compagnie Financière Lazard Frères SAS acted as financial advisor to Atlas Merchant Management Securities LLC. Rothschild & Co SCA acted as financial advisor to Blackfin Capital Partners SAS. Linklaters, Chammas & Marcheteau acted as legal advisors, Hervé Demoy, Sylvain Fondeur of PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Services acted as financial due diligence advisors and Deloitte acted as tax due diligence advisor for Atlas Merchant Capital LLC and Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. Nick Sheumack of Sheumack & Co. GMA, LLC acted as financial advisor for Kepler Cheuvreux SA.