Renzenbrink & Partner advises Yellow Hive on the acquisition of FVB

Renzenbrink & Partner advised Yellow Hive on the acquisition of FVB Gesellschaft für Finanz- und Versorgungsberatung mbH (FVB).

FVB, a renowned German insurance broker with nationwide coverage, specializes in the brokerage of private and commercial insurance as well as financial investments.

Yellow Hive is a Dutch group of specialized insurance brokers and providers of advisory services in the field of occupational pensions. Since 2024, Yellow Hive has been part of a single-asset fund advised by IK Partners. Under the leadership of CEO Ger Knikman, Yellow Hive has evolved from a local insurance broker into a national Dutch distribution platform with a growth strategy focused on the German and Spanish markets in the coming years.

With the acquisition of FVB from HDI Deutschland AG, Yellow Hive enters the German market and directly achieves full national coverage in both Germany and the Netherlands. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the usual antitrust approvals.

Renzenbrink & Partner advised Yellow Hive on the acquisition of FVB as well as on the cooperation with the founder of FVB with a team consisting of Dr. Niels Maier (Partner/Private Equity), Moritz Rojek (Senior Associate/Private Equity) and Dr. Andreas Sandberger (Lawyer/Private Equity). For regulatory aspects together with Waldeck Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt (Lucas Paolazzi, Laurenz Meckmann and Martin T. Kwasny), for employment law aspects together with Schramm Meyer Kuhnke, Hamburg (Dr. Holger Meyer, Dr. Matthias Lodemann and Hannah Lüttge) and for antitrust aspects together with Oppenländer Rechtsanwälte, Stuttgart (Dr. Florian Schmidt-Volkmar and Dr. Christopher Réti).