About the transaction

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg (BIL) announces the coordination of a $120m senior syndicated financing for the Quilvest Group, an independent and global financial group headquartered in Luxembourg.
BIL Corporate Finance was appointed as Sole Coordinator, Agent, Lender alongside Banque et Caisse de l’Epargne Luxembourg (BCEE) acting as Lender.
This financing provided by the Lenders is a combination of a term loan to support the global growth of the Group and revolving loans for working capital purposes.

About Quilvest

Closely held for seven generations by the Bemberg family, Quilvest is born from an industrial success finding its roots at the end of the 19th century.
With approximately $15 billion of assets under management, Quilvest is a leading global independent private equity investor and wealth manager dedicated to wealth preservation and generation.
By managing third party money as well as that of its shareholders, Quilvest provides unparalleled alignment.

About BIL Corporate Finance

BIL Corporate Finance delivers a unique offer combining lending and financial advisory services dedicated to entrepreneurs, corporates and asset managers to support their strategic transactions.
A team of pan-European corporate finance experts provide tailor-made solutions across the capital structure (senior-junior debt, quasi-equity, equity) from Luxembourg and Switzerland in various projects, sectors and geographies (Benelux, Switzerland, France, Germany and Greater China).

Quote Quilvest

Adrien de Boisanger, Executive Chairman of Quilvest SA says:
We are happy to have partnered with BIL and BCEE in this important transaction for our group. The finalisation of this financing in a volatile period underlines the efficiency of the cooperation between the Quilvest Group and BIL. We are certain this will pave the way for renewed collaboration in the future.

Quote BIL Corporate Finance

Julien Ruggeri & Kay Backes (BIL Corporate Finance), Lionel Bodson (Head of Institutions) say: “We are very proud to support a local and global historic investment group in both daily businesses and ambitions for international development and growth. It was a pleasure to advise and work closely with our long-lasting partners Quilvest and BCEE.