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

  • 50 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 50 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 45 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 39 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 twelve fundraising and advisory mandates across Europe.

Vice President

Laurenz Reifferscheid

Laurenz has three years of experience in private equity advisory, private equity, private banking and asset management. He has been involved in two fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Álvaro Páez Pérez

Álvaro has two years of experience in private equity advisory and consulting. He has been involved in four fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Pietro Rosci

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

Associate

Álvaro Amigó Muñoz

Álvaro has two years of experience in private equity advisory, investment banking and consulting. He has been involved in two fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Associate

Matthew Alnwick

Matthew has five years of experience in private equity advisory, private equity and financial advisory.

Analyst

Thomas Sabato

Thomas has one year of experience in private equity advisory and financial advisory. He has been involved in two fundraising and advisory mandates in Europe.

Analyst

Alexander Hasley

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

Analyst

Avi Arora

Avi has one year of experience in private equity advisory and private equity.

Analyst

Paolo Giorgetti

Paolo has one year of experience in private equity advisory, analytics and financial management.

Analyst

Joaquín Oliver Vermeulen

Joaquín has one year of experience in investment banking and private equity.

Analyst

Jacob Finn

Jacob has two years of professional experience in investment banking.

Analyst

Anish Aggarwal

Anish has one year of experience in investment banking and private equity advisoy.

Junior Analyst

Simon Ettori

Simon has three years of experience in corporate finance advisory.

Junior Analyst

Lucie Paulet

Lucie has one year of professional experience in investment banking and private equity.

Junior Analyst

Tony Yeung

Tony has two years of professional experience in private debt.

Junior Analyst

Ignacio Medina Olascoaga

Ignacio has two years of professional experience in consulting and banking.

Junior Analyst

Jaime de Soto Enrile

Jaime has two years of professional experience in investment banking.

Junior Analyst

Andrés Nuñez Yebra

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

Junior Analyst

Diego Tagliazucchi

Diego has one year of professional experience in Capital Markets and M&A advisory as well as private equity advisory.

Junior Analyst

Lorenzo Genovese

Lorenzo has one year of professional experience private equity and private equity advisory.

Deep transaction experience raising 50 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.

Ceder Capital III

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Fund Size
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Fund Raising
SEK 1500m
Prior Fund Size
56%
SEK1200mFund Size

KEY FACTS

  • Established in 2013 and headquartered in Stockholm (Sweden)
  • Growth and buyout investments in Swedish and Finnish lower-mid market
  • Ceder Capital III (2023 vintage) with SEK 1,200 million target fund size

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Reached first and final closing at hard cap of SEK 1,500 million within six months
  • Increased fund size by 56%
  • Converted new highly sophisticated institutional investors from Europe

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