MeesPierson

MeesPierson is a Netherlands-based private bank headquartered in Rotterdam.

The bank is known for managing the assets of the Dutch royal family.

The name derives from the November 1992 merger of merchant banks Mees & Hope (founded by Franco Cordelois, Jan de Vrijer & Rudolf & Gregorius Mees as Cordelois, de Vrijer & Mees in 1720, becoming G. Mees & Zoon and was renamed R. Mees & Zoonen which merged with Hope & Co. (founded by Scots Jan & Henry Hope in 1762) in 1962) and Pierson, Heldring & Pierson (founded by Athanase Adolphe Henri Boissevain in Amsterdam as Boissevain & Co. in 1875, renamed Pierson & Co. by Jan Pierson in 1917 and founded as Heldring & Pierson by Justinus Heldring & Henri Pierson in 1879 in the Hague , both companies merged in 1952).

In 1996, Fortis bank acquired MeesPierson from ABN AMRO for $1.43 billion.

According to some sources the board of directors decided not to change the name under pressure of the wealthy clients.