Mirabaud Group Builds European Platform Around Entrepreneur Clients

Selling a company is, for many business owners, the first time they have ever needed a private bank. For years — sometimes decades — their capital was tied up in their enterprise. When that changes, the transition can be abrupt.

Mirabaud & Cie (Europe) SA, the European arm of the Geneva-founded Mirabaud Group, has designed its model notably around that moment. Émilie Serrurier-Hoël, who became CEO of the Luxembourg-based entity in June 2025, describes a structure that works with entrepreneurs before a sale closes — not after. The Bank coordinates with both in-house advisory services and external partners to help clients structure their assets and plan for family succession ahead of a business transfer.

What sets this approach apart is the nature of the platform itself. Rather than positioning as a traditional private bank, Mirabaud & Cie (Europe) SA functions closer to what Serrurier-Hoël calls a large family office — one that retains the full infrastructure of a regulated bank. Clients get access to relationship managers, investment specialists, and management, with a service model built for long-term engagement rather than transactional volume.

A Platform Across Six Markets

Mirabaud & Cie (Europe) SA operates from six locations across the continent: Luxembourg, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and London. Luxembourg serves as the entity’s booking center and regulatory anchor. Each national office adapts the Group’s investment approach to local tax and regulatory conditions, while overall portfolio direction is set at the Group level.

For entrepreneurs whose interests often span multiple jurisdictions, that structure carries practical weight. A French business owner selling a family company faces different succession rules than a counterpart in Spain. Mirabaud’s presence in each market means the Bank draws on local knowledge without applying a uniform solution.

Nicolas Mirabaud, Managing Partner of Mirabaud Group, has noted that Luxembourg’s combination of political stability and openness to international talent makes it a key hub for the Group’s European operations. Talent recruitment remains competitive in the Grand Duchy, but its status as a business-friendly financial center supports the platform’s ability to serve clients with cross-border needs.

Private Assets as a House Practice

Mirabaud’s approach to private assets sets it apart from firms that have recently added alternatives to their menus. The Group has committed capital to private markets over multiple generations — a history that shapes how the Bank offers similar access to clients. Structures include semi-liquid evergreen strategies providing access to leading private equity managers, as well as direct co-investments through club deals.

Nicolas Mirabaud has described the club deal process as deliberate: each opportunity is vetted for portfolio fit, regulatory compatibility, and tax treatment before being presented to clients with the appropriate risk profile. These are not broadly distributed products — they are offered selectively, consistent with a relationship-based model.

For entrepreneurs who have spent years building illiquid wealth in a single business, gaining access to private market opportunities through a bank that invests alongside them carries a different quality of alignment than a standard wealth management relationship.

A Two-Century Perspective on Succession

Mirabaud Group was founded in Geneva in 1819 and has remained family-controlled across seven generations. Nicolas Mirabaud currently serves as Managing Partner alongside Camille Vial and Lionel Aeschlimann. That continuity shapes how the Group approaches client relationships — not as account holders to be managed through a lifecycle, but as families whose interests evolve over decades.

Serrurier-Hoël describes a growing demand from clients who want the Bank to engage with the next generation — not by revealing the full details of the family’s wealth upfront, but by gradually familiarizing heirs with investment concepts and decisions. Mirabaud has developed programming to support that, including the Mirabaud Academy, which brings clients’ children to the Bank for multi-day educational experiences each year.

“Our mission is to ensure our clients’ assets are secure today and positioned for growth tomorrow,” Serrurier-Hoël said in a 2025 publication.

That framing — security first, growth second — reflects a long-term orientation that runs through the Group’s two centuries of history. For entrepreneurs stepping away from the enterprise that defined their careers, it is precisely the kind of continuity that matters.