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The Forensic Investment Team is a dedicated investment team at UBS with over 40 years of wealth management experience. Our team focuses on managing investments and sophisticated relationships in pre-liquidity and post-liquidity situations for business owners, executives, family offices, and institutions with significant wealth by utilizing the firm’s global capabilities and resources.

Our key differentiator is the unique ability to recommend concentrated equity positions using UBS's number-one-ranked global institutional equity research and UBS Evidence Lab. We provide direct institutional-level access to senior strategists, research analysts, portfolio managers, and tax and estate experts across the firm. Additionally, we specialize in evaluating and investing in select private equity offerings, leveraging the strength and capabilities of UBS's best-in-class Alternative Investments platform.

As the world's largest global wealth manager, we are uniquely positioned to provide you with bespoke solutions and execution spanning across the globe.

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  • David Smith

    David Smith

    Managing Director–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    As a Managing Director of the team, David has over 30 years of experience advising high-net-worth individuals on all aspects of their wealth.  David is the lead portfolio manager for the team's proprietary concentrated equity and private equity strategy.  He specializes in collaborating with business owners and entrepreneurs on pre-liquidity and post-liquidity events.

    Past experience

    • Managing Director, Private Banking at Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse

    Education

    • B.A., Economics, University of Mississippi  He enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids as well as fishing at his ranch in East Texas.   

    Life

    • David resides in Dallas, TX with his wife and has three children
    • He enjoys fishing, developing world-class bass lakes, and traveling
    • David's grandfather (Tad Smith) was the Athletic Director at Ole Miss
    • Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024The Forbes rating is compiled by Shook Research and awarded annually in April based on information from a 12 month period ending June of the prior year.

        100 Crescent Court
        Dallas, TX 75201
        saman.samii@ubs.com
        David Smith
        100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201
      • Nat Mosley

        Nathaniel Mosley, CIMA

        Senior Vice President–Investments

        Financial Advisor

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        As a Senior Vice President for the team, Nat has over 42 years of experience managing investments for affluent individuals, families, and institutions.  Nat leads the institutional level portfolio research and analytics for our team that is aligned with UBS's proprietary intellectual property.  He has been with UBS for over 34 years. 

        Past experience

        • Senior Vice President Lehman Brothers and E.F Hutton

        Education

        • University of Mississippi
        • Certified Investment Management Analyst - CIMA® designation

        Life

        • Nat resides in Dallas, TX with his wife and has five children and eight grandchildren
        • He is very active in the Dallas community.  He is on the advisory board and a mentor for the Men of Nehemiah and Every Moment Matters

         

            • Certified Investment Management Analyst®
            100 Crescent Court
            Dallas, TX 75201
            nathaniel.mosley@ubs.com
            Nathaniel Mosley, CIMA
            100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201
          • Jordan Glaeser

            Jordan Glaeser

            Vice President–Wealth Management

            Financial Advisor

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            As a Financial Advisor, Jordan focuses on investment strategy due diligence as well as constructing and managing concentrated equity holdings for the team.  He began his career as an M&A analyst, gaining 5 years of investment banking experience in the healthcare sector.  After leading several transactions, Jordan ventured into entrepreneurship and was a small business owner in the Dallas area.  Subsequent to a successful exit, he was led back to finance where his deep knowledge of financial modeling and private company valuation serves the team's sophisticated clients.

            Past experience

            • Senior M&A Analyst at Encompass Health
            • Vice President - Finance, Comerica Bank 
            • Small business owner

            Education

            • B.A., Financial Management, Abilene Christian University 

            Life

            • Jordan resides in Fort Worth, TX, with his wife and two daughters
            • He enjoys traveling with his wife and having a ton of fun being a girl-dad 

                  100 Crescent Court
                  Dallas, TX 75201
                  jordan.glaeser@ubs.com
                  Jordan Glaeser
                  100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201
                • Saman Samii

                  Saman Samii, CEPA

                  Financial Advisor

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                  As a Financial Advisor, Saman focuses on providing wealth strategies for the team's High-Net-Worth clients.  His primary focus on the team is to evaluate and source Direct Private Equity offerings vetted by the UBS Investment Bank.  Saman works closely with business owner clients on pre-liquidity and post-liquidity situations leveraging UBS's broad set of global capabilities to create and expand their wealth.  He takes pride in being a "connector" to our clients - delivering the access, advice, and expertise they need across the firm and our extensive network to simplify their lives.   

                  Past experience

                  • Director of Development at ClubCorp
                  • Small business owner 
                  • Tennis Professional

                  Education

                  • Dual Major: B.A., Business Administration and B.A., Communication, Cameron University
                  • M.S., Kinesiology, University of Central Oklahoma
                  • Certified Exit Planning Advisor - CEPA designation

                  Life

                  • Saman resides in Dallas, TX with his wife
                  • He enjoys traveling with his wife, cooking, and playing sports
                  • NCAA All-American Tennis Player - 2008 and 2009
                  • Competed to earn a world ranking on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) tour representing his native country of Sweden

                     

                      • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
                      100 Crescent Court
                      Dallas, TX 75201
                      saman.samii@ubs.com
                      Saman Samii, CEPA
                      100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201
                    • Heather Brown

                      Heather Brown

                      Authorized Officer

                      Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

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                      As an Authorized Officer, Heather focuses on managing the team's cash management, trading (equity and options), and operational needs and has over 25 years of industry experience as a Financial Advisor.  She is committed to providing a smooth execution of all facets of the client experience.  Heather combines both wealth management insights with high-touch relationship building. 

                       

                      Past experience

                      • Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers
                      • Senior Relationship Manager at Credit Suisse

                      Education

                      • B.A., Economics, University of North Texas  

                      Life

                      • Heather resides in Plano, TX and has two children
                      • She enjoys being an empty nester, playing tennis and golf, and traveling
                      • Member of Alpha Phi sorority 

                            100 Crescent Court
                            Dallas, TX 75201
                            heather.brown@ubs.com
                            Heather Brown
                            100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201
                          • Henry

                            Henry Smith

                            Client Associate

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                            As a registered Client Associate, Henry focuses on providing business analytics, project management, and wealth strategies for the team's High-Net-Worth clients.  He is responsible for all client-service efforts and serves as a liaison connecting clients to the vast global resources of the UBS platform. 

                            Education

                            • Dual Major: B.S., Finance and B.S., Accounting, University of Colorado - Leeds School of Business

                            Life

                            • Henry resides in Dallas, TX and enjoys playing frisbee with his dog Pierre
                            • He enjoys rock climbing, tennis, golf, and skiing
                            • Three time State Champion with the Highland Park HS tennis team
                            • Founder of Boulder Hidden Gems, an organization with the University of Colorado

                                  100 Crescent Court
                                  Dallas, TX 75201
                                  henry.d.smith@ubs.com
                                  Henry Smith
                                  100 Crescent Court,Dallas,TX,75201

                                Understanding entrepreneurs and business owners

                                We work with entrepreneurs, founders, and their families to minimize risk and optimize the sale of their business—potentially one of the greatest liquidity events of their lives and also one of the most complex.  Our early-stage planning insight, disciplined analysis, and ongoing participation in the deal may be useful not only in helping facilitate a successful exit, but also integrating this major financial decision into the overall wealth strategy.

                                From launching to growing to ultimately exiting your company, our team can help you make smarter decisions each step of the way.

                                Advice for business owners and entrepreneurs

                                Business transition and succession planning

                                Access to intellectual capital and global resources of UBS

                                We’re innovative thinkers who look to seize groundbreaking ideas and transform them into opportunities. We take pride in providing access to the expertise, research, and intellectual capital of UBS

                                Our capabilities - focusing on personalized access

                                Portfolio management

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                                Navigating opportunities across your enterprise

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                                Comprehensive planning for significant wealth

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                                A leader in wealth management

                                Backed by the strength of our parent company, UBS AG

                                Global leader

                                UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager

                                #1

                                for High Net-Worth clients

                                Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey (peer review), 2015-2022