Bio

As a Managing Director of Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes is active in all day‐to‐day activities of the firm and investment activities. Prior to Bay Grove, Mr. Brandes spent over nine years at Shorenstein Properties LLC, a large real estate private equity firm that has sponsored funds totaling $6.7 billion. At Shorenstein, Mr. Brandes was responsible for sourcing, negotiating and executing capital transactions within the Western United States. During his time there, Mr. Brandes executed over 30 transactions worth in excess of $4.9 billion on behalf of the firm's closed‐end investment funds and various non‐fund accounts. Mr. Brandes started his career with Morgan Stanley in its investment banking group in San Francisco, where he focused on M&A and covering financial sponsors. Mr. Brandes graduated from the University of California at Berkeley.