Mr. Dubow and the Asia team bring A&M’s hands-on and action-oriented approach to private equity, banking, and corporate clients in all disciplines, including pre-acquisition due diligence, performance improvement, restructuring, fraud investigations, and data analytics.
Mr. Dubow helps companies and their stakeholders grow revenue, increase profits, and enhance cash return on assets. When control is important to driving change, he has taken Chair, CEO, CFO, Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Transformation Officer, and Director roles at private equity-owned local companies, multinationals, and a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE). Mr. Dubow has handled operating transformations and assisted companies in raising capital, restructuring debt, navigating regulatory and compliance issues, and completing trade sales. His industry experience spans retail, commodity trading, energy, healthcare, and financial services.
Mr. Dubow’s key Asian engagements include: serving as Executive Chairman of a commodity trader following a major debt restructuring; serving as China CEO of a multinational retailer undergoing a comprehensive transformation of product and operations; serving as CEO of a distressed forestry and wood products company, leading to its sale to a strategic investor; acting as CFO of an Asian energy company, where he grew and guided the company to a trade sale to a large SOE, which asked him to lead the post-merger integration; and acting as CTO of one of the largest Chinese luxury auto dealership groups, where he transformed operations and trade financing.
Prior to joining A&M Asia to establish its China operations, Mr. Dubow was with A&M’s US Corporate Restructuring practice. He helped companies improve performance while preparing to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection or sell their assets under court protection, often taking officer positions during the process. Mr. Dubow started his career supporting multinationals negotiating joint ventures and establishing operations in China.
Mr. Dubow earned a bachelor’s degree in history (China emphasis) from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA (finance concentration) from the New York University Stern School of Business. He studied at Beijing University as an undergraduate and is fluent in written and spoken Mandarin.
