Atlas Merchant Capital Announces Completion of its Acquisition of Stake in Kepler Cheuvreux

Atlas Merchant Capital LLC (“Atlas”) has completed the acquisition of 27.7% of Kepler Cheuvreux through one of its affiliated entities. Atlas will own 20.0% and Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies (“ERES”) will own 7.7%. Kepler Cheuvreux is a European independent broker-dealer specializing in research, execution and advisory services. Kepler Cheuvreux’s unique open architecture model has allowed it to develop Equity Capital Markets partnerships with five of Europe’s leading banks: UniCredit, Crédit Agricole CIB, Rabobank, Swedbank and Belfius. It has distribution partnerships with Piper Jaffray in the United States, CIBC in Canada and CIMB Securities in Asia (excluding Japan).