Joel Davila

Senior Vice President, Senior Financial Advisor
NMLS #1623278
15 Second Street
Suite 210
Guaynabo PR 00968
787 294 3402
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Our mission is to deliver the ultimate financial services experience to clients. Our team is focused on working closely with our clients and cultivating deep, long-lasting relationships by providing exceptional service, customized advice and helping them organize their finances using a disciplined approach that connects their wealth to all aspects of their lives in order to have a holistic experience with their financial needs.
Profile


Joel has been in the financial services industry since 2001, working as an actuarial consultant with a human resources consultancy and as a financial advisor at another financial firm before joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management in 2006. Joel focuses on portfolio design and construction, selecting products that are aligned to clients’ goals, time horizon, risk tolerance and liquidity needs. His mission is to help clients organize and simplify their financial lives so they can spend more quality time with their families and loved ones.

Joel is a qualified Portfolio Manager who, in addition to providing traditional advice and guidance, can help clients pursue their objectives by building and managing his own personalized or defined strategies, which may incorporate individual stocks and bonds, Merrill model portfolios and third-party investment strategies. When servicing clients through the firm’s Investment Advisory Program, a Portfolio Manager may manage his strategies on a discretionary basis. His hobbies are Golf and Cross Fit.
Recognition
Forbes "Best-in-State Wealth Advisors", 2025
(Published on April 8, 2025. Rankings based on data as of June 30, 2024.)
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About Me
Welcome

Our team is composed of highly skilled & knowledgeable professionals with 15 years of combined experience helping affluent individuals and families address their sophisticated wealth management needs. From our office in Guaynabo, we provide hands-on financial advice and guidance to entrepreneurs, executives and business owners residing across Puerto Rico and the United States. We also serve a number of businesses on the island. Combining the extensive resources and broad capabilities of a global wealth management firm with intimate, personalized service, our team seeks to help clients pursue their goals through disciplined wealth management based on an in-depth understanding of their priorities and financial situation. Our goal is to simplify clients' financial lives by helping integrate the various facets of their wealth management and giving them a single point of contact for their needs, requests and questions. Many of our relationships with clients span several decades and multiple generations. We believe this is a testament to the high level of professionalism and responsiveness that we bring to every interaction and our commitment to making their wealth management experience both effective and enjoyable.

Meet Our Professional Staff
Yesenia Lopez
Wealth Management Client Associate
787.294.3413
Additional Resources
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Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor™, CRPC™, and the CRPC™ logo are certification marks or registered certification marks of The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corp. in the United States.
Joel Davila is registered to do business in AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NJ, NY, PA, PR, TX, VA, VI, WA.