Banque Havilland


Banque Havilland S.A. is a private bank headquartered in Luxembourg. It is owned by the Rowland family and provides services in private banking, wealth and asset management as well as fund services to private clients and institutions. Banque Havilland has nine offices these are based in Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, United Kingdom, Dubai and Switzerland.

History

Banque Havilland obtained a banking license in Luxembourg in 2009. David Rowland and his son Jonathan achieved this by obtaining the good bank of the failed Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg via their investment company Blackfish Capital. The bad bank was renamed Pillar Securitisation, for which Havilland acted as administrator.
It opened its first overseas entity in Monaco by acquiring Dexia Private Bank S.A.M. from Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg in 2012. A year later, in 2013, it launched its London branch and acquired a majority stake in Banque Pasche AG and 100% of shares in Pasche Bank & Trust Limited forming two new subsidiaries Banque Havilland AG and Banque Havilland Ltd.
In 2016, Banque Havilland acquired Banque Pasche S.A. in Switzerland allowing it to start operating in Switzerland, both in Geneva and Zurich. Moreover, through its acquisition of Banco Popolare Luxembourg S.A. from Banco Popolare, the bank extended its services to institutional clients.
In November 2017, leaked emails showed that Yousef Al Otaiba, ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in the United States, allegedly had hired Banque Havilland to draw up a plan on how to start a financial war against Qatar. Since 5 June 2017, several countries abruptly cut off diplomatic relations with Qatar for their alleged support for terrorism.