Through its take-over of BHF Kleinwort Benson Group S.A. Oddo & Cie, Paris, (“Oddo”) is indirectly acquiring BHF-Bank, a leading German private bank with international branches in Luxembourg, Switzerland, the UAE, Egypt and Vietnam.

Oddo is an independent Franco-German financial services group active in investment banking and capital management. 60 per percent of Oddo Group’s capital are held by the Oddo family and over 30 percent by Oddo employees.

Hengeler Mueller advised Oddo on regulatory and merger control issues of this transaction. The Hengeler Mueller team included partners Hendrik Haag (Regulatory, Frankfurt) and Markus Röhrig (Merger Control, Düsseldorf) as well as associates Andreas Lischka, Jochen Schnepper (both Regulatory, Frankfurt) and Malcom Tiffin-Richards (Merger Control, Brussels).