David Spurr
Advisor at Merrill
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Advisor at Merrill
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Location
Manzanita, OR
Credentials
Series 63, Series 66
Industry experience
25 years
David Spurr is a Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, where he has been associated since 2014. He has extensive experience in financial advisory, with a background that includes significant roles in investment banking and legal practice. Before joining Merrill Lynch, David was Managing Director and Global Head of the Liability Management Group within the Investment Banking Division at Goldman, Sachs & Co, where he advised corporations on balance sheet optimization and the financial, tax, and accounting aspects of debt restructuring.
David's prior experience includes positions at Credit Suisse and a legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell, following a clerkship with the Honorable Lewis Kaplan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Additionally, he worked in investment banking at Salomon Brothers before attending law school. He earned his A.B. with honors from Dartmouth College in 1993 and his J.D. with honors from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1998, where he served as Managing Editor of the Virginia Law Review. David holds professional designations including CERTIFIED PLAN FIDUCIARY ADVISOR (CPFA), Personal Investment Advisor (PIA), and Retirement Accredited Financial Advisor (RAFA).
Outside of his professional role, David contributes to community and environmental efforts by serving on the Board of Columbia Riverkeeper and has previously served on the Board of Ecotrust Finance.
Based on Merrill
$0 - $2,000,000: 1.10% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA under $2 million) $2,000,000+: 1.00% (for Managed Strategy with MFSA at and above $2 million)
Account minimum: $2,000,000 minimum to qualify for Premium Access Strategy per SEC data and Merrill brochure context; no other firm-wide minimum clearly stated
Manzanita, OR
California · New Jersey · Texas
Bank Of America, N.a.
2014 - Present (12 years)
Merrill
2014 - Present (12 years)
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