Pickwick Capital Partners
Garrison Belles has a diverse work experience in the financial and real estate sectors. Garrison began their career in 2000 as a Vice President at ABN AMRO, where they focused on institutional equity research sales. Garrison then moved on to positions as a Managing Director at Blaylock & Partners, Fulcrum Global Partners / Soleil Securities, and Collins Stewart, where they managed and oversaw equity sales and trading groups.
In 2007, Belles joined J. Streicher as the CEO and Managing Director, overseeing business development, relationship management, and advisory services. Garrison later served as the Managing Director at J. Streicher Asset Management LLC.
Belles has also worked as a Partner at Alpine Investment Group, a Principal at Southlake Ventures, and as a Member and Advisor at Trail Creek Fund LLC, where they were involved in real estate investment and development projects.
Currently, Belles is the Managing Director at Pickwick Capital Partners, an investment banking firm involved in M&A advisory, private capital raises, and fund capital placement services.
Throughout their career, Belles has demonstrated expertise in sales, financial analysis, relationship management, and strategic advisory.
Garrison Belles attended the UCLA Anderson School of Management from 1994 to 1996, where they earned an MBA degree. Prior to that, they attended American University, where they obtained a B.A. degree in Economics/Government/Communications. In addition to their academic achievements, Garrison also holds several certifications including a Private Pilot certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, a Real Estate Broker [Inactive] certification from the California Department of Real Estate, and Series 24, Series 55, Series 63, and Series 7 certifications from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). However, specific information about the dates of obtaining these certifications is not provided.
Pickwick Capital Partners
Pickwick Capital Partners, LLC assists middle-market companies and alternative investment firms achieve their strategic, financing and M&A objectives. We do this through a focused and collaborative process driven by the talent of our advisors, who bring a wealth of experience from leading investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Jefferies & Company, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, and others. Our team is comprised of energetic, hands-on solution providers. We focus on quality, and each and every transaction is important to us. Pickwick clients can be assured their advisors are true partners with the capabilities, motivation and experience necessary for success. Our advisors have collectively completed capital raising and M&A transactions worth billions of dollars. Pickwick’s primary services are investment banking, focused on M&A and debt/equity, and third-party-marketing placements, in which we raise capital for alternative asset funds including hedge funds, private equity groups and venture capital funds. We offer our clients the advantage of a well-established and broad network of institutional investors, family offices, qualified purchasers, private equity and buy-out groups, strategic buyers, growth capital providers, senior, junior and mezzanine lenders and debt providers, and emerging and middle-market companies. We also provide our clients strategic insights into a diverse range of industries, including: cyber/physical security, banks/financial institutions and financial technology (Fin-Tech), real estate, Big Data, aerospace/defense, alternative energy/clean tech/green tech, entertainment, industrial, health IT/medical devices/biotech/pharmaceuticals, e-learning and tech-enabled business services. An SEC-registered Broker/Dealer and member of FINRA and SIPC, Pickwick is located in Westchester, New York, with advisors across the country, including in the metro DC-area, Boston, Los Angeles, Richmond, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin and Houston.