Hoplon Investment Partners

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.