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Hoplon Investment Partners
Hoplon Investment Partners is a London-based investment firm targeting European asset-backed special situations across credit, restructuring, and real...
Hoplon Investment Partners
Hoplon Investment Partners is an independent investment firm founded by Managing Partners Nicolas Ziegelasch and Markus Eckerstorfer. Based in London, the firm was established to target small and medium-sized asset-backed special situations across European markets. The principals brought prior institutional experience to a strategy designed to operate below the radar of larger distressed and special-situations funds. The firm applies a value-based, credit-oriented framework that spans private credit, restructuring, real estate, and direct lending. Deal flow concentrates on situations where asset backing or contractual protections provide a margin of safety, often involving operational complexity that deters conventional lenders. Confirmed sector exposure includes Mobility & Transportation and Gaming. Geographic focus is pan-European, with the firm assessing opportunities across multiple jurisdictions where local insolvency regimes and asset-valuation practices create pricing dislocations. Hoplon maintains a deliberately lean structure, originating and underwriting transactions directly rather than through intermediaries. The firm serves professional investors seeking capital preservation alongside risk-adjusted returns in niche credit markets. No adjacent vehicles or philanthropic structures have been disclosed publicly. Recent operational activity could not be verified from available sources. Hoplon's structural differentiator lies in its narrow aperture: it targets sub-institutional deal sizes in European special situations, a segment where large distressed funds typically cannot deploy efficiently. This creates a sourcing advantage in transactions that require intensive due diligence but fall below the minimum check size of scaled competitors.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Europe
Country
United Kingdom
City
London
Corporate office
London, United Kingdom
Principals
Nicolas Ziegelasch
Managing Partner
Markus Eckerstorfer
Managing Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Hoplon Investment Partners?
Managing Partners Nicolas Ziegelasch and Markus Eckerstorfer lead the firm's investment decisions. Both are named principals with backgrounds in institutional credit and special-situations investing. The firm operates without a public investment committee structure, suggesting decision-making remains concentrated with the founding partners.
What types of transactions does Hoplon Investment Partners target?
Hoplon focuses on asset-backed special situations across corporate credit, restructuring, real estate, and direct lending. The firm seeks opportunities where tangible asset coverage or contractual protections reduce downside risk, often in transactions that are too small or operationally complex for large distressed funds to pursue.
Is Hoplon Investment Partners a single family office or an asset manager?
Hoplon Investment Partners operates as an independent asset manager serving professional investors, not a family office. The firm is not tied to a single family's wealth and raises capital externally for deployment into its credit-oriented strategies.
Which geographies does Hoplon Investment Partners cover?
The firm's investment mandate covers Europe, with a pan-European approach that allows it to evaluate transactions across multiple jurisdictions. Local insolvency frameworks and fragmented asset markets within Europe are central to its sourcing strategy.
Does Hoplon Investment Partners invest in gaming and mobility sectors exclusively?
No. While Mobility & Transportation and Gaming are confirmed sector focuses, the firm's mandate extends to any asset-backed special situation in its target geographies. Its credit-oriented framework is sector-agnostic where the underlying collateral or contractual structure meets its underwriting standards.
Does Hoplon Investment Partners participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm concentrates on direct origination and underwriting of transactions rather than fund commitments. Its strategy relies on sourcing proprietary deal flow in sub-institutional segments of European credit markets where intermediated access through funds would dilute the complexity premium it seeks to capture.
Is Hoplon Investment Partners connected to any larger financial institution?
No public record indicates affiliation with a larger financial institution. The firm presents itself as an independent partnership, and no parent entity or strategic backer has been disclosed in available sources.
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