M&A Deal Summary

SVB Acquires Leerink Swann

On November 13, 2018, SVB acquired financial services company Leerink Swann from Lovell Minnick Partners for 280M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SVB’s 1st transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is SVB’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SVB’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is SVB’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-11-13
Target Leerink Swann
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) SVB
Sellers(s) Lovell Minnick Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 280M USD
Advisor(s) Sandler O'Neill + Partners (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

Leerink Swann

Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Leerink Swann LLC is an investment bank, specializing in healthcare and life sciences. Our knowledge, experience, and focus enable us to help our clients define and achieve their strategic, capital markets and investment objectives. We partner with companies that develop and commercialize innovative products and services that are defining the future of healthcare. Leerink Partners LLC is a member of FINRA/SIPC.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SVB

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1983
Sector Financial Services
Employees4,656
Revenue 6.2B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
SVB's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
SVB's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

SVB is a diversified financial services company. Through various subsidiaries and divisions, SVB offers a variety of banking and financial products and services to clients across the US. SVB offers commercial and private banking products and services through its principal subsidiary, Silicon Valley Bank, a California state-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System. Through its subsidiaries, the Bank also offers investment advisory, asset management, private wealth management, and brokerage services. SVB was founded in 1983 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 3
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-05-08 SVB Financial Group - CapMx Business

Santa Clara, California, United States

SVB Financial Group - CapMx Business comprises equity management software product that helps private companies, their investors, and their law firms easily track and analyze corporate securities.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-01-04 Boston Private Financial Holdings

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. is a wealth management company that offers a full range of wealth management services to high net worth individuals, families, businesses, and select institutions through its three functional segments: Private Banking, Investment Management, and Wealth Advisory. Boston Private Financial Holdings was formed in 1987 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Buy $900M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lovell Minnick Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 5.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Lovell Minnick Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in financial services companies located in North America and Europe. Specific areas of interest include asset management, financial planning, financial product distribution, outsource providers, specialty finance, and related administration and business services companies. The Firm looks to commit $40 to $150 million of equity capital per investment. Prospective transaction situations include divestitures, management buyouts, growth capital financings, and recapitalizations. Lovell Minnick was formed in 1999 and is headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 31
Sector: Financial Services M&A 18 of 26
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 10
State: Massachusetts M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 19 of 29
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-13 SRS Acquiom

Denver, Colorado, United States

SRS Acquiom is a provider of technology-enabled services related to M&A settlement support and risk mitigation. SRS Acquiom provides an integrated platform for professional services, technology solutions, and data that enables corporate acquirers, private equity firms and venture capital firms to navigate the complex M&A deal execution process more efficiently. SRS Acquiom was founded in 2007 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-08 ATTOM Data Solutions

Irvine, California, United States

ATTOM Data Solutions provides premium property data to power products that improve transparency, innovation, efficiency, and disruption in a data-driven economy. ATTOM multi-sources property tax, deed, mortgage, foreclosure, environmental risk, natural hazard, and neighborhood data for more than 155 million U.S. residential and commercial properties covering 99 percent of the nation's population. ATTOM Data Solutions was founded in 1996 and is based in Irvine, California.

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