Alan Dubin

Alan Dubin serves as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University School of Law, teaching secured transactions, while maintaining an active partnership at Arent Fox LLP in Washington, DC since 1985. His dual career spans banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate law, and business organization law, with specialized expertise in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. He chairs the firm's Committee on Opinion Letters Rendered in Commercial Transactions and serves on the Professional Conduct Committee.

His research focuses on the practical application of commercial law in complex financial transactions, particularly secured lending, bankruptcy proceedings, and structured finance. He has represented institutional lenders, borrowers, and professional sports teams in loan restructurings, asset securitizations, venture capital deals, and intellectual property licensing arrangements. His scholarly work examines evolving UCC applications in modern finance, including cash collateral management and mezzanine loan structures.

His publications demonstrate consistent engagement with commercial law practice trends over two decades, specifically addressing gaps in UCC implementation for emerging financial instruments. The 1999 and 2009 articles reflect his focus on collateral enforcement mechanisms in distressed financing scenarios, contributing practical frameworks for practitioners navigating secured transactions in bankruptcy contexts.