Experience

That inspires confidence

Our sole focus is helping entrepreneurs and their families organize, plan, and manage all aspects of their wealth. We offer expertise, insight, and a balance of innovative, yet pragmatic solutions for addressing the full cycle of an entrepreneur's private business needs. This includes:

Partnerships for Pre- and Post-Sale Planning
We have extensive experience working with owners and potential buyers of businesses from the initial stages of assessing ownership structures to evaluating optimal financing solutions.

Succession and Estate Planning Strategies
The decision to exit a business is often very personal and complex. Using appropriate cash flow and portfolio strategies, as well as efficient tax structures, such as trusts and philanthropic vehicles, we not only facilitate the achievement of an entrepreneur's business goals, but also his/her wealth preservation and legacy goals.

Business Community Network
To help further an entrepreneur's long term objectives, build business momentum, and connect him/her with others who share similar goals and perspectives, we can provide access to a high-caliber network of contacts. These resources for an entrepreneur's business include access to key specialists in private equity, M&A advisory services, risk and liabilities management, as well as third-party referrals within the financial services industry and our Wealth Management community.

Shawn A Cantrell

Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

Private Wealth Advisor

Shawn Cantrell joined UBS in 2009. Over the course of his 18 year career, he has employed an approach that blends advanced planning techniques and investment expertise to deliver a customized strategy created for every client's needs and tastes. Recognized by Texas Monthly as a Five Star Wealth Manager, Shawn’s experience includes trust and estate planning strategies, philanthropic strategies and helping solve the complexities related to the sale of private businesses.

Shawn and his wife, Jamie, live in Plano, TX and have three children – Ashlyn, Caden, and Kellan. Shawn is on the board of National Food and Beverage and is involved with the HHT Foundation.

Registered States:
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • FL
  • HI
  • ID
  • MA
  • MI
  • MO
  • NM
  • OK
  • PR
  • TN
  • TX
  • WY

Credentials

  • Private Wealth Advisor
100 Crescent Court
Dallas, TX 75201

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Michael T Reinbold

Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

Private Wealth Advisor

Michael strives to become his clients’ first call for advice. That means putting their needs first, encouraging thoughtful dialogue and focusing on collaboration to achieve the best possible outcomes. He is masterful at integrating every aspect of a client’s financial life including asset management, trust and estate planning strategies, family office formation and governance, philanthropy—and, above all, a client’s vision and purpose—to deliver a plan that is truly personal.

His background working with Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals, Domestic and Multi-Jurisdictional Family Offices gives him a unique perspective and the ability to marshal the extensive global resources available via UBS for the benefit of his clients generational needs.

He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University where he received a B.S. in Economics with Financial Applications and a B.A. in Psychology. He also studied global markets at the prestigious Oxford University in the UK.

Michael and his wife Margaret reside in Dallas, TX with their 3 children – Matthew, Henry, and Jane. He enjoys traveling, spending time with family and friends, and giving back to his community.

Registered States:
  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • FL
  • HI
  • ID
  • IL
  • MA
  • MI
  • MO
  • NM
  • OK
  • TN
  • TX
  • WY

Recognized as an industry leader:

  • Forbes America’s Top Next-Gen (Generation) Wealth Advisors Best-in-State, 2019, 2023The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually between June and September based on information from a 12 month period ending in March of the award year.

Eligibility is based on quantitative factors and is not necessarily related to the quality of the investment advice. For more information on third party rating methodologies, please visit ubs.com/us/en/designation-disclosures

Credentials

  • Private Wealth Advisor
100 Crescent Court
Dallas, TX 75201

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Melissa (Kessler) Neidinger, CFP

Wealth Strategy Associate

Melissa has been supporting clients at UBS with their wealth management needs for 8 years. As a Certified Financial Planner for The Cantrell Reinbold Group, she assists families in all phases of life to better prepare for the future by engaging them in her personalized and disciplined financial planning process. Melissa helps clients to get financially organized and to identify what they'd like their wealth to achieve, then provides them with a roadmap and long-term financial plan to help them get there. As life evolves and needs change, Melissa collaborates with our clients to adjust their strategies so that they can enter their next phase with confidence, no matter the environment.

Melissa is from Tucson, AZ and graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in finance, is a CFP® and holds the Series 7 and 66 licenses. Melissa and her husband, Jim, live in Dallas. She enjoys traveling, working out, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. 
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Registered States:
  • AL
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • CT
  • FL
  • MA
  • MI
  • MO
  • NM
  • NV
  • NY
  • OH
  • OK
  • TX
100 Crescent Court
Dallas, TX 75201

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