BT Capital Partners, brokerage company of the Financial Group Transilvania Bank and the largest retail broker in Romania, takes over the investment banking activity of Capital Partners, the most important independent Romanian consulting company in the field of M&A and Corporate Finance. The transaction consists of acquiring the Capital Partners brand and team, and in the new formula, after completing the legal steps, BT Securities will become BT Capital Partners. The Transilvania Bank Financial Group estimates that the transaction will be finalized at the end of March this year.

BT Capital Partners will offer companies assistance for listing on the capital market and for attracting investors, brokerage services, consultancy for mergers and acquisitions, financing and structuring of complex financing schemes, market research, and consultancy for strategic management.

Horia Ciorcila, President of the Board of Directors of Transilvania Bank, declares: „Entry into the investment banking market represents a milestone for the Financiar Group Banca Transilvania as it fully facilitates the completion of the range of products and services offered to clients in the large corporate segment. Through BT Capital Partners, we aim to offer top, specialized, and complementary financial services to banking ones, thus contributing also to the financing of the economy. Our intention is to combine the platform and experience of BT Capital Partners and the Bank's Corporate Division with the area of expertise of Capital Partners in the investment banking field. This new acquisition is part of the Financiar Group Banca Transilvania's strategy to capitalize on the growth opportunities offered by the local market”.

Doru Lionachescu, Principal Partner and President of Capital Partners, adds: „BT Capital Partners will focus on Romanian companies with investment potential and will contribute to the consolidation of the strongest financial hub with Romanian capital”.

Capital Partners is a company founded 10 years ago by Doru Lionachescu and several partners. Since its founding until now, it has intermediated transactions worth over 2 billion euros. The company is the exclusive member in Romania of M&A International, the most important global alliance of independent specialists in the field of mergers and acquisitions. BT Capital Partners, in its 15 years of activity, has distinguished itself by brokering primary and secondary offers of corporate and municipal shares and bonds. It was recently awarded by the Bucharest Stock Exchange for its contribution to the development of the capital market in Romania.