Your complex wealth. Our singular focus.

Private Wealth Management

At The Helios Group, we help successful entrepreneurs, business owners, and multigenerational families transform their wealth to create legacies to support the people and causes they care most about.

With a deep understanding of the complexities you face at each business, financial and personal milestone, we deliver sophisticated solutions for all aspects of your life and help you preserve the wealth you have worked so hard to create.

Beyond the breadth and experience of our Private Wealth Management team, we draw on our extensive capital markets and investment banking background to build customized investing strategies for you. Over the years, we have developed a deep analytical process for evaluating investment solutions and building resilient portfolios that support your goals – no matter how complex.

We are proud of our thriving entrepreneur network and active role in connecting leaders in our community. With close connections to successful entrepreneurs, we frequently introduce like-minded executives in our network – to share recent business success, gain new insights or simply provide a fresh perspective to a challenging situation.

You have a vision for your future. We have the experience and dedicated resources to help you achieve it. It all starts with a conversation.

“We’re passionate about helping entrepreneurs preserve wealth and shape their legacy. We truly understand the challenges associated with significant wealth, and our advice is tailored precisely to your needs.”

– The Helios Group

  • Alax Gittler

    Alax Gittler

    Senior Vice President

    Private Wealth Advisor

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    • CA
    • CO
    • DE
    • FL
    • HI
    • IL
    • MA
    • MD
    • MI
    • NC
    • NJ
    • NV
    • NY
    • OH
    • PA
    • SC
    • SD
    • TN
    • TX
    • WY

    Alax has over twenty five years of experience in the financial services industry advising corporate executives and entrepreneurs. From 1991 to 1999, Alax was a municipal investment banker with Bear Stearns covering the southeast region. During that time, he worked on over $5 billion of transactions, including work for Huizenga holdings when they purchased the Miami Dolphins and restructured the debt on the football stadium. He also worked on several other stadium and arena deals for the Miami Heat, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Alax joined the Private Wealth Management division of Credit Suisse in 2000, choosing to focus his advisory practice on helping entrepreneurs and their families navigate the complexities of managing personal wealth before and after the sale of their business. He remained with Credit Suisse until the firm exited the US wealth management business at the end of 2015 when he joined UBS Private Wealth Management. Alax and Meryl have been partners since 2008.

      • University of Denver, B.A. Business
      • University of Florida, M.B.A.
      • Private Wealth Advisor
      Business succession
      Business owners
      Entrepreneurs
      Professionals
      Financial Services professionals
      Family Offices
      Corporate executives
      Sustainable investing
      550 Biltmore Way
      Coral Gables, FL 33134
      alax.gittler@ubs.com
      Alax Gittler
      550 Biltmore Way,Coral Gables,FL,33134
    • Beverly

      Beverly Steinbook

      Authorized Officer

      Senior Wealth Strategy Associate

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      • CA
      • CO
      • FL
      • HI
      • IL
      • MA
      • MD
      • MI
      • NC
      • NJ
      • NV
      • NY
      • OH
      • PA
      • SC
      • SD
      • TN
      • TX

      Beverly rejoined UBS Private Wealth Management in 2024. As a Senior Wealth Strategy Associate, Beverly brings over 17 years of investment industry experience. Prior to a her role as a Senior Wealth Strategy Associate, she was the Branch Administrative Manager for the UBS Financial Services Inc. Downtown Miami office. Prior to her current role at UBS, she gained experience at Morgan Stanley, Bernstein Private Wealth Management, and Scottrade Inc. 

      Beverly has a B.A. in Economics from the University of South Florida and an M.B.A. specializing in Financial Valuation and Investment Management from Lynn University. She is a Certified Financial Planner.™ She holds FINRA licenses 7,63,65,9, and 10.

      Beverly lives in the Brickell, Miami neighborhood with her husband, Darren, and daughter, Stella. 

        • University of South Florida, B.A. Economics
        • Lynn University, M.B.A Specialing Financial Valuation and Investment Management
        • CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER
        550 Biltmore Way
        Coral Gables, FL 33134
        beverly.steinbook@ubs.com
        Beverly Steinbook
        550 Biltmore Way,Coral Gables,FL,33134

      Entrepreneurs and executives

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      Creating a legacy for your family’s future

      Getting ready to exit?

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      Launch. Grow. Exit your business.

      We understand that when it comes to the business you have personally built, you're going to be invested at every level. From launching to growing to ultimately exiting your company our team can help you make smarter decisions each step of the way. 

      Launch. Grow. Exit your business.

      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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