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Working with diverse clients with specific needs, our team sees it as our top responsibility to understand each aspect of your unique and often complicated financial life.

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Comprehensive planning for significant wealth

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Business transition & succession planning

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Wealth transfer across generations

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Planning for a changing tax landscape

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Navigating opportunities across your enterprise

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Business owners

Business owners

You’re selling within the year

You’re selling within the year

You’re 3 years away from exiting

You’re 3 years away from exiting

You’re considering an exit in 5 years

You’re considering an exit in 5 years

  • Finalize your trust and estate strategies 
  • Work with us to interview and select the investment banker that works best for you
  • Finalize your exit plan and focus on getting the best deal for the sale
  • Coordinate with your investment banker to help create competitive tension among prospective buyers and meet potential acquirers, review offers and negotiate the sale
  • As needed, prepare employees and managers for the transition
  • Think about what’s next for you and your future, after the sale
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  • Refine your trust and estate strategies with your tax and legal advisors to take advantage of strategies that may increase future net proceeds from a sale*
  • Begin conducting an analysis of likely buyer interest and sector outlook, trends and business cycles to help identify the right timing of the sale
  • Build the right pre-sale advisory team, including an investment banker, attorney and CPA
  • Explore gift and estate strategies to help maximize net proceeds from a sale

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  • Discuss trust and estate strategies and tax and legal advisors to take advantage of strategies that may increase future net proceeds from a sale*
  • Fine-tune your business model to be most appealing to a buyer
  • Make sure business documentation and financial statements are in order
  • Put together a team to prepare the business and optimize value
  • Strengthen your management team
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Exit Planning

   

Getting ready to exit?

What business owners need to know now to prepare for a successful sale

73% of business owners who recently sold their companies spent two years or less preparing to sell. Yet 81% said they wish they’d spent more time preparing. Gain insights from business owners who recently sold in our latest Investor Watch report, Wind in your sales.

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We are here to provide quality strategies customized to your needs. We concentrate on developing long-term relationships through a commitment to quality client service. You can rely on our personalized advice, first-class solutions, and extensive wealth management experience.

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    Greg Sieber, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CEPA®

    Senior Vice President–Wealth Management

    Financial Advisor

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    Greg has been helping clients simplify their financial lives so they can spend more time pursuing the activities they enjoy most for over 20 years. His background in operations and management consulting taught him to look for simplicity in seemingly complicated issues. Greg enjoys bringing this perspective to his clients’ finances.    
     
    Greg enjoys helping his clients - primarily business owners, families, entrepreneurs, individual investors, and business executives develop long term plans. Greg and his clients review these plans on a regular basis so they can change course when their situation or the markets dictate.  The goal is to develop flexible, tax aware strategies that meet our client’s goals through collaboration and education.  
     
    Originally from Turtle Creek, PA, a small mill town outside of Pittsburgh, Greg graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Economics.  He lived in England for 9 years before moving to North Carolina with his wife of 30+ years, Jane, and their 3 children.  Passionate for learning, Greg has continued this throughout his career, leading him to possess the Certified Financial Planner®, Certified Exit Planning Advisor®, Chartered Financial Consultant®, and Chartered Life Underwriter® designations.  

      • Penn State University, Bachelor of Science in Economics
      • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
      • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
      • Chartered Financial Consultant
      • Chartered Life Underwriter®
      Estate planning strategies
      Exit planning
      Business succession
      Custom portfolios
      Executive compensation
      Corporate executives
      Financial planning
      Retirement planning
      3700 Glenwood Avenue
      Suite 300
      Raleigh, NC 27612
      greg.sieber@ubs.com
      Greg Sieber, CFP®, CLU®, ChFC®, CEPA®
      3700 Glenwood Avenue,Raleigh,NC,27612
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      Brendan Farrell, CFP, CEPA

      Financial Advisor

      CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®

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      Brendan has been working as a Financial Advisor at UBS for over 5 years. Prior to partnering with Greg, Brendan worked with private wealth groups and clients mainly located in Texas.  
       
      As a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), Brendan is responsible for providing tailored advice and tax aware investment strategies to the individuals, families, and business owners that he serves. Brendan works with experts across the firm to provide portfolio management, alternative investments, exit planning, and tax and estate planning solutions. Brendan always strives to exceed client expectations with transparency and a high level of personalized service. 
       
      Brendan is a proud graduate of East Carolina University in Greenville, NC with a B.S.B.A. in Finance and Risk Management & Insurance.  
       
      Brendan recently moved back to Raleigh, NC after spending a year in Charleston, SC. He lives in North Raleigh with his wife, Paige, and their two golden retrievers, Duck and Goose. When Brendan is not working, he spends the majority of his time with family and friends or enjoying a round of golf.  

      Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board) owns the CFP® certification mark, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification mark, and the CFP® certification mark (with plaque design) logo in the United States, which it authorizes use of by individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.

        • East Carolina University, BSBA, Double Concentration in Finance and Risk Management and Insurance
        • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®
        • Certified Exit Planning Advisor
        Business owners
        Exit planning
        Financial planning
        Custom portfolios
        Legacy planning
        Business succession
        Asset allocation
        Alternative investments
        3700 Glenwood Avenue
        Suite 300
        Raleigh, NC 27612
        brendan.farrell@ubs.com,greg.sieber@ubs.com
        Brendan Farrell, CFP, CEPA
        3700 Glenwood Avenue,Raleigh,NC,27612

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