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Anthony & Cie
Founded in 1978 by Robert Anthony, the firm opened its doors in Sophia Antipolis to serve an international clientele navigating French administrative,...
Anthony & Cie
Founded in 1978 by Robert Anthony, the firm opened its doors in Sophia Antipolis to serve an international clientele navigating French administrative, legal, and tax systems. Its multi-family office model co-ordinates legal counsel, notaries, bankers, and estate agents for families and entrepreneurs — primarily around real estate acquisition, wealth structuring, and cross-border relocation. The firm functions through a dual lens: domestic French administration for non-residents and offshore structuring for French nationals deploying capital abroad. Anthony & Cie operates across asset classes that include private equity, real estate, private credit, and venture — with the latter channelled through angel-stage commitments in PropTech and Digital Health. The investment architecture blends direct co-investments and special-purpose vehicles with fund-of-funds allocations. Confirmed angel-stage interests include biotech. Its real estate practice extends to active property management, legal review, and fiscal oversight for secondary residences and commercial holdings. Geographic coverage spans Europe, North America, South America, and Africa, reflecting the mobility of its client base. An eight-person professional team runs the practice from Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, with no additional offices disclosed. The firm's footprint widened materially in 2024 when AntCo joined Côme Maison Financière to operate under the AntCo by Côme identity — a move that brought listed and unlisted portfolio management and consolidated reporting under a shared roof. Robert Anthony holds multiple professional designations, including ACCA fellowship, CNCGP and CGPC certifications, and a leadership role as European Regional Chair for the Trust & Estate Planning group within Geneva Group International — a global alliance of 970 firms across 126 countries. Unlike firms that build scale through headcount or managed fund vehicles, Anthony & Cie's architectural difference is its legal-advisory density. The firm directly places principals in corporate-officer roles for client holding companies — a structure designed for families needing hands-on governance of French real estate SCI vehicles — and layers that with a financial-house partnership that supplies institutional-grade investment management without absorbing the internal cost. This hybrid of fiduciary administration and investment access creates a posture closer to embedded family counsel than a standard wealth manager.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
1978
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
France
City
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis
Corporate office
473 route des Dolines, Villantipolis 7, 06560 Valbonne Sophia Antipolis, France
Principals
Robert Anthony
Principal Partner
Emily Watterlot
Christophe Maulny
Zakia de Medeiros
Charles-André Mareel
Karima Chaabane
Iryna Gubina
Marc Hedoux
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Anthony & Cie?
Robert Anthony, the founder and principal partner, leads the firm's investment and advisory operations. He is supported by a compact team of professionals with expertise across legal, tax, accounting, and real estate. The firm integrates investment decisions with its broader wealth-structuring work, rather than operating a separate CIO function. Specific investment-committee composition is not publicly detailed.
How is Anthony & Cie related to Côme Maison Financière?
In 2024, Anthony & Cie joined Côme Maison Financière and now operates under the brand AntCo by Côme. The merger allows AntCo to offer portfolio management, access to listed and unlisted investments, and consolidated reporting through Côme's financial infrastructure. AntCo maintains independence in working with external partners and designing client strategies.
Does Anthony & Cie participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm uses a hybrid approach. Its deployment model includes direct co-investments and special-purpose vehicles, particularly for real estate and private companies, alongside fund-of-funds allocations. It also holds angel-stage venture interests, with confirmed activity in PropTech and Digital Health.
What is Anthony & Cie's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
The firm's structure supports direct co-investments and SPVs, which suggests a willingness to invest alongside external managers when the opportunity fits a client's objectives. However, it does not publicly articulate a formal co-investment program or dedicated allocation to GP co-investment strategies. Most documented activity emphasizes principal-led direct engagements, particularly in real estate.
Where does the underlying wealth of Anthony & Cie's clients come from?
The firm has not publicly disclosed the wealth origins of its client base. Its operational history and geographic footprint — anchored on the French Riviera with cross-border reach into Europe, the Americas, and Africa — suggest a mix of European entrepreneurial families, international professionals, and non-resident property investors seeking French administrative and tax expertise.
What investment stages does Anthony & Cie typically target?
On the venture side, the firm operates at the angel stage, with a focus on early-stage companies in PropTech, Digital Health, and biotech. Its private equity and real estate activities span a wider range — from direct asset acquisition and development to longer-duration holdings managed through corporate structures such as French SCIs. There is no public evidence of growth-equity or buyout fund management.
Does Anthony & Cie maintain philanthropic structures?
The firm has one known philanthropic association: the Association of Combined Youth Clubs, linked through its Altss research record. No separate charitable foundation or donor-advised structure has been publicly disclosed. Philanthropy does not appear to be a client-facing pillar of the current AntCo service model.
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