Investment bank opens office in Charlotte

Banks Street Partners LLC, an Atlanta-based investment bank that does business in the Southeast, has opened an office in Charlotte.

Gary McNorrill, a managing director and general counsel for the firm, will head the Charlotte office, located at 200 Providence Road. He'll focus on banks in the Carolinas and Virginia.

McNorrill graduated from the University of Georgia and earned a law degree at Emory University. Before coming to Banks Street, he was an inevstment banker at JPMorgan Securities and was an attorney at Alston & Bird LLP.

Banks Street Partners helps banks under $10 billion in assets raise capital, advises mergers and acquisitions and guides strategic planning.