M&A Deal Summary

Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA Acquires RBS Coutts Bank

On March 27, 2015, Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA acquired financial services company RBS Coutts Bank from NatWest Group

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA’s 5th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA’s 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-03-27
Target RBS Coutts Bank
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA
Sellers(s) NatWest Group
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

RBS Coutts Bank

Hong Kong, China
RBS Coutts Bank Ltd offers banking and financial advisory services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Union Bancaire Privée UBP SA

Geneva, Switzerland

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Financial Services
Employees1,308
DESCRIPTION

Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA is a provider of private banking and asset management products and services.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector: Financial Services M&A 5 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 4
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-27 Royal Bank of Scotland - Private Banking and Wealth Management business

United Kingdom

Royal Bank of Scotland - Private Banking and Wealth Management business comprises client relationships outside the British Isles and associated staff.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

NatWest Group

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1727
Sector Financial Services
Employees59,400
Revenue 14.7B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

NatWest Group provides support to customers to manage their finances and do business. NatWest Group was founded in 1727 and is based in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 18
Sector: Financial Services M&A 11 of 11
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 15 of 15
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2015 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-27 Royal Bank of Scotland - Private Banking and Wealth Management business

United Kingdom

Royal Bank of Scotland - Private Banking and Wealth Management business comprises client relationships outside the British Isles and associated staff.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-05 Cruise

Redditch, United Kingdom

Cruise is an online travel agent serving UK for cruise reviews and cruise related questions and answers and publishes unique content and consolidates comparison tables of on-board facilities. Cruise was founded in 1984 and is based in Redditch, United Kingdom.

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