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Allington Investors
Founded in 2017 by Riklef von Schüssler, Allington Investors carries forward a legacy of more than two decades of private-wealth advisory.
Allington Investors
Founded in 2017 by Riklef von Schüssler, Allington Investors carries forward a legacy of more than two decades of private-wealth advisory. The firm emerged when von Schüssler departed his managing-partner position at Feri Family Office, taking a team with experience that spans investment management, portfolio construction, and operational control. The office was built deliberately outside the constraints of a large financial group, operating instead on a partnership model that the firm describes as entrepreneur-for-entrepreneur management. Allington runs multi-asset mandates across listed equities, bonds, hedge strategies, commodities, and private investments. The public-markets allocation uses ETFs supplemented by specialist active managers for specific asset classes, while private-market exposure comes through direct participations and club deals sourced from the partners’ long-standing German and European networks. Confirmed areas of operation include equity co-investments and distressed assets / NPL portfolios in Germany and Europe, with the firm additionally evaluating property acquisitions, selling mandates, and usage optimisation for its families’ real-estate holdings. Structurally, Allington acts as a single point of contact, managing custody accounts domestically and internationally, with compensation drawn entirely from the client on a fee-only basis. Investment management is led by Marian Henn, formerly of Berenberg and Feri, while Conrad Lauterbach runs fund and portfolio management and York Irmer oversees digital management, controlling, and real estate. The team is supported by a supervisory board that includes Prof. Dr. Claus Freiherr von Campenhausen (former head of restructuring at Hudson Advisors Germany and Crédit Agricole CIB) and Jens W. Klemann, founder of the financial-services advisory Strateco.group, expanding the office’s reach into NPL analysis and institutional network building. The principals also operate groundr e.V., a professional network co-founded by von Schüssler and Klemann. What separates Allington from a conventional private bank is that it runs no proprietary products, accepts no retrocessions, and manages client capital across both liquid and illiquid sleeves on a single transparent fee schedule. The firm’s posture as an independent partnership, with supervisory oversight steeped in restructuring and institutional sales, gives it a multi-year capital perspective that typical fee-based advisory models lack.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
2017
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Germany
City
Bad Homburg
Corporate office
Bad Homburg, Germany
Principals
Riklef von Schüssler
Vorstand, Partner
Conrad Lauterbach
Vorstand, Partner
Marian Henn
Leiter Investment Management, Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Allington Investors?
Day-to-day portfolio management sits with Marian Henn (Leiter Investment Management) and Conrad Lauterbach (Vorstand, Fonds- und Portfoliomanagement). Riklef von Schüssler sets strategic direction and oversees private participations, while the supervisory board — chaired by Prof. Dr. Claus Freiherr von Campenhausen — provides governance and restructuring expertise. The firm operates as a partnership and does not delegate investment authority to an external third party.
Is Allington Investors structured as a single family office or a multi-family office?
Allington operates as an independent asset manager serving multiple families, making it a multi-family office in function. Its founding mandate in 2017 was to free the team from the constraints of a large corporate structure and offer personalised, fee-only wealth advisory to more than one principal family. The firm does not manage a single-family balance sheet.
Does Allington participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Allington blends both. For public markets, it uses ETFs and specialist active-manager funds. On the private side, the firm accesses direct co-investments, club deals, and distressed / NPL portfolios — primarily in Germany and across Europe — through the partners’ own networks rather than blind-pool fund commitments.
What is Allington's posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
The firm’s model is built on club deals and direct participations sourced through its partners’ relationships. Co-investment alongside external managers is a practical expression of that model, particularly in the distressed-asset and NPL segments where supervisory-board expertise provides an underwriting edge. Allington does not disclose the names of co-investing GPs.
Which sectors does Allington explicitly avoid?
Allington does not publish a formal exclusion list. The website positioning emphasises an opportunistic, entrepreneurially-minded approach — taking investment chances as they arise, irrespective of whether they are popular trends or fallen angels. No negative sector screening is disclosed in available sources.
Does Allington maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
The firm’s principals co-founded and sit on the board of groundr e.V., a professional network. This association operates outside the commercial entity and is not a grant-making foundation. No other philanthropic vehicles are disclosed, nor is there evidence of commingled charitable and investment activities.
How does Allington source proprietary deal flow?
Deal flow originates from the collective 20-plus-year networks of the senior partners, built primarily during their tenures at Feri Family Office and related German private-banking circles. The supervisory board adds further lines of sight, especially into distressed and NPL opportunities via Prof. Dr. Claus Freiherr von Campenhausen’s restructuring background and Jens Klemann’s Strateco advisory platform.
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