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Societe Generale Acquires Commerzbank AG - Equity Markets and Commodities’ Business

On May 13, 2020, Societe Generale acquired financial services company Commerzbank AG - Equity Markets and Commodities’ Business from Commerzbank

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Societe Generale’s 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Societe Generale’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-05-13
Target Commerzbank AG - Equity Markets and Commodities’ Business
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Societe Generale
Sellers(s) Commerzbank
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Commerzbank AG - Equity Markets and Commodities’ Business

Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Commerzbank AG - Equity Markets and Commodities’ (EMC) Business covers the activities of ETF market-making, which consists of ensuring the market liquidity for ETFs issuers and of executing orders for institutional clients, as well as the listed investment products offered to sophisticated retail investors, such as warrants and certificates.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Societe Generale

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1864
Sector Financial Services
Employees111,754
Revenue 52.5B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Societe Generale is a provider of retail banking, insurance, private banking, investment management, and corporate and investment banking services. Societe Generale was founded in 1864 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2020 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-27 ITL Equipment Finance

Paris, France

ITL Equipment Finance is an equipment leasing specialist in health, environmental and industrial sectors offering flexible, scalable and tailor-made financing solutions. ITL Equipment Finance was founded in 1995 and is based in Paris, France.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-06-19 Shine

Paris, France

Shine is a French company that provides software solutions to make the lives of the self-employed and small businesses easier. Shine was founded in 2017 and is based in Paris, France.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Commerzbank

Frankfurt, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1870
Sector Financial Services
Employees39,787
Revenue 12.4B EUR (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Commerzbank a bank in Germany and Poland, Commerzbank is a competent and fair partner to its private and corporate clients. It has one of the densest branch networks among German private banks and is on its way to become a modern multichannel bank. It serves its clients in all markets worldwide. Commerzbank was founded in 1870 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Financial Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 3
Country: Germany M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2020 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-09 DC380

Harlow, United Kingdom

DC380 is a 389,444-square-foot distribution warehouse with office space that is strategically located in an established industrial and trade area of Harlow in the south east of England between London and Stansted Airport. The property is currently leased to Industrial tool supplies. DC380 is based in Harlow, United Kingdom.

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