Our Story
Royalton Partners began as a principal investor: before opening its platform to third-party sponsors, the partners managed their own buyout funds — Royalton Capital Investors LDC and Royalton Capital Investors II — deploying over USD 370 million across Central and Eastern Europe. Today Royalton Partners acts exclusively as a third-party AIFM. That principal heritage remains our main differentiating factor: the same partners who invested and returned capital as principals now take the portfolio management decisions for the funds we manage.
A shared beginning
The future partners begin investing together in Central and Eastern Europe.
Royalton Partners is founded
Nigel Williams and Roman Babka co-found Royalton Partners, an independent firm owned by its partners, building on their years managing investments at Creditanstalt Investment Company.
Royalton Capital Investors LDC
Royalton Partners launches its first own buyout fund, investing as principal across Central and Eastern Europe. On realized investments the fund achieved a 3.2x multiple and a 23.5% gross IRR.
Royalton Capital Investors II
The second fund managed as principal follows. Across both funds the team deployed over USD 370 million in the region.
CSSF authorisation
Royalton Partners receives its AIFM licence from the Luxembourg regulator in May 2014 and launches its third-party AIFM service, a regulatory gateway for fund sponsors seeking access to EU investors.
Approx. EUR 12 bn Committed Capital across 48 AIFs
48 AIFs under management with close to EUR 12 billion of committed capital, and further AIFs in marketing and pre-marketing with target commitments of EUR 5 billion. A multidisciplinary, multilingual team of 26 professionals representing 15 nationalities, headquartered at Boulevard Royal, Luxembourg.
Royalton Partners in Numbers
AIFs under management
approx. committed capital
years of partners investing together
professionals · 15 nationalities · figures as of 2026
Independence
Royalton Partners is a pure-play, independent AIFM: owned by its Luxembourg-based partners, with no depositary, fund administration or fund distribution business competing for the relationship. Our business is managing alternative investment funds for our clients.