LEADING PRIVATE EQUITY PLACEMENT ADVISORY FIRM

Athos Partners

PROVEN RESULTS

SENIOR EXECUTION

TOP-TIER INVESTOR COVERAGE

Athos Partners was established by highly experienced individuals and offers unique, bespoke fundraising solutions. Our team has longstanding relationships with leading institutional investors worldwide.

Proven Results

  • 52 funds closed, 40 since the establishment of Athos Partners with 100% success rate
  • Secured on average approximately 50% of new capital for our clients
  • Committed, owner-managed team, ensuring full alignment of interest

Senior Execution

  • Completed most mandates within 12 months by generating strong fundraising momentum
  • Minimise GPs resource drain whilst accelerating LP’s due diligence processes
  • Engage with a limited number of clients to add value in all aspects of the fundraising

Top-Tier Investor Coverage

  • Coverage of top-tier institutional investors in Europe and North America via key decision-makers
  • Prioritise high-quality investors based on their fit and ability to add value beyond capital
  • Secure the best commercial terms for GPs

Our Approach

Reduced fundraising time and significant capital contribution from highly regarded Limited Partners.

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ATHOS PARTNERS’ INSIGHT

Based on a highly focused placement approach, we distinguish ourselves by our in‐depth knowledge of our clients’ propositions and their markets. This allows us to act as a virtual extension of the fund manager. In consequence, we are able to interact with investors in a more detailed and effective manner, whilst our clients can keep their attention on making and managing investments.

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ATHOS PARTNERS’ COMPETENCE

We have successfully advised both well established and emerging managers and tailor our services to each client’s specific requirements. The entire team is fully active on each transaction and fully dedicated to all aspects of the fundraising process, from drafting documentation, interacting with investors up to coordinating legal advisers at closure.

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ATHOS PARTNERS’ DEDICATION

We partner with a select number of clients each year and have a preference for highly differentiated propositions in situations where our team can add significant value in the different stages of the fundraising processes. Our firm is fully owned by its partners, ensuring complete dedication and alignment of interests.

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ATHOS PARTNERS’ REACH

Our team has well-established and longstanding relationships with leading institutional investors worldwide, including asset managers, banks, family offices, funds of funds, public bodies, insurance companies, investments trusts and pension funds.

FULLY DEDICATED AND DEEPLY INVOLVED TEAM

Athos Partners was established by highly experienced individuals and offers unique, bespoke fundraising solutions. With over four decades of experience in private placements, investment banking and management consulting, the team has developed a highly complementary and relevant skill-set for raising funds successfully across economic cycles.

Our international team is able to communicate with most investors in their native tongue. Collectively, we have successfully
raised 52 private equity funds.

Managing Partner

Paul Arent

Paul has almost 20 years of experience in private equity advisory and management consulting. He has been involved in 50 fundraising and advisory mandates across Europe, CEE and Asia.

Partner

Viktor Bergström

Viktor has over twelve years of experience in private equity advisory and investment banking. He has been involved in 44 fundraising and advisory mandates across Europe.

Director

Salma Ifriquine

Salma has four years of experience in private equity advisory and audit. She has been involved in 17 fundraising and advisory mandates across Europe.

Vice President

Pietro Rosci

Pietro has four years of experience in private equity advisory and investment banking. He has been involved in seven fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Álvaro Amigó Muñoz

Álvaro has four years of experience in private equity advisory and investment banking. He has been involved in seven fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Paolo Giorgetti

Paolo has one year of experience in private equity advisory, analytics and financial management. He has been involved in five fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Matthew Alnwick

Matthew has five years of experience in private equity advisory, private equity and financial advisory. He has been involved in two fundraising and advisory mandate in Europe.

Associate

Luke Ford

Luke has three years of experience in private equity advisory and investment banking.

Analyst

Alexander Hasley

Alexander has two years of experience in private equity advisory and financial advisory. He has been involved in seven fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Analyst

Anish Aggarwal

Anish has one year of experience in investment banking and private equity advisory. He has been involved in one fundraising and advisory mandate in Europe.

Analyst

Ignacio Medina Olascoaga

Ignacio has two years of professional experience in consulting and banking. He has been involved in one fundraising and advisory mandate in Europe.

Analyst

Diego Tagliazucchi

Diego has one year of professional experience in Capital Markets and M&A advisory as well as private equity advisory. He has been involved in one fundraising and advisory mandate in Europe.

Analyst

Robert Park

Robert has two years of professional experience in hedge fund origination and wealth management as well as private equity advisory.

Analyst

José Luis González Martín

José Luis has one year of professional experience in private equity and M&A advisory.

Analyst

Karolina Zgierska

Karolina has four years of professional experience in equity research and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Giulia Ballocchi

Giulia has two years of professional experience in investment banking and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Sebastian Salinas

Sebastian has two years of professional experience in investment banking and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Ignacio Elía

Ignacio has two years of professional experience in corporate finance and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Federico Aielli

Federico has two years of professional experience in corporate finance and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Lucas Corbeau

Lucas has two years of professional experience in private equity and private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Meraj Ali Ajmal

Meraj has one year of professional experience in private equity advisory.

Office Manager

Rebecca Foster

Rebecca has over 20 years of experience in executive and personal assistance as well as office management roles.

Deep transaction experience raising 52 funds, our approach has been proven successful in an increasingly competitive environment.

PROVEN TRACK RECORD

European leader with 100% success rate partnering with likeminded firms.

LEO III (DUBAG)

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Fund Size
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Fund Raising
€80m
Prior Fund Size
2x
64mFund Size

KEY FACTS

  • Established in 2009 and headquartered in Munich (Germany)
  • Special situation investments in the DACH region
  • LEO III (DUBAG) (2024 vintage) with €80 million hard cap fund size

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Reached final closing at hard cap of €80 million
  • Increased fund size by 2x
  • Converted new highly sophisticated institutional investors from Europe and the US

Contact Athos Partners

Paul Arent
Managing Partner
paul@athospartners.com
Viktor Bergström
Partner
viktor@athospartners.com
Palais Albany,
26 Boulevard des Moulins,
98000, Monaco
40 Wall Street,
Suite 2914 & 2915,
New York, NY, 10005, USA