Bio

Justin M. Garrod is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Stonington Capital Advisors. Mr. Garrod has over eighteen years of experience working with alternative investment funds having sourced capital for private equity funds from public pension funds, large institutions, fund of funds and family offices. At Stonington, Mr. Garrod has raised capital from institutional investors for funds and direct investments as well as secondary transactions. Mr. Garrod has also advised private equity firms on fundraising strategies and has assisted in the negotiation of strategic investments in new firms. Prior to co-founding Stonington, Mr. Garrod was the Head of Investor Relations and Business Development at Fundamental Advisors, a private equity firm headquartered in New York. At Fundamental, Mr. Garrod sourced a significant amount of institutional capital for the firm. Prior to joining Fundamental, Mr. Garrod was a Vice President in Lehman Brothers’ private equity fund placement group where he advised clients on fundraising strategies and managed relationships with limited partners. Prior to Lehman Brothers, Mr. Garrod was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank, where he assisted with product structuring of Deutsche Bank’s proprietary alternative investment funds. Mr. Garrod began his career as an attorney at Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and securities law and then at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP where his focus was on private equity and hedge fund structuring. Mr. Garrod earned a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review and earned a B.S. from Boston University. Mr. Garrod also holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 licenses through Stonington Drive Securities LLC and is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars.