Practice Areas
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities & Public Companies
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- General Corporate
Education
- Yale Law School, L.L.B. 1984
- Trinity College, B.A., 1981, with honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut, 1984
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Honors and Awards
David Albin is a partner of Finn Dixon & Herling representing clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital and securities law and general representation.
Mr. Albin has significant experience representing private equity and venture capital groups, as well as public and private companies, in their acquisition, disposition, investment, formation and other activities. Clients for whom Mr. Albin has recently provided merger transactional advice include Warwick Group, Palm Ventures, Memry Corporation and Return Path, Inc. Recent representative transactions would include the sale of a public health care product manufacturer to an Italian public company, the sale of a controlling interest in a chain of “for-profit” universities to a private equity fund, the purchase of a controlling interest in an e-business company and the asset sale of a major manufacturer of flooring products to a public company.
Mr. Albin has also provided a number of public companies with advice regarding their securities law matters and both public and private companies with advice and counsel on a wide range of corporate governance, contract and other matters. Clients for whom Mr. Albin has served in the role of outside general counsel are engaged in a wide range of activities and industries including medical devices, health care services, e-commerce, government procurement, and food and beverages.
Mr. Albin is a leader in state and federal bar activities. He has served as Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association and is an active member of the American Bar Association’s Mergers and Acquisitions Committee for which he has served, among other tasks, as Reporter of the Model Asset Purchase Agreement with Commentary, an annual speaker for the National Institute’s annual Mergers and Acquisitions Seminar and co-Chair of the Programs Committee.
Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
- Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, 1984 - Present
- Task Force on Model Asset Purchase Agreement
- Task Force on Revised Model Stock Purchase Agreement
- Task Force on Manual on Acquisition Practice and Procedure
Connecticut Bar Association
Section of Business Law
- Chairman, 2006 - 2008
- Vice President - Programs, 2002-2006
Publications
Reporter, "The Model Asset Purchase Agreement with Commentary" published by American Bar Association, 2001
The Importance of Absolute Clarity in Drafting the Indemnification Provisions of Purchase Agreements, Deal Points – The Newsletter of the Negotiated Acquisitions Committee, Vol. II Issue I, 1997
Recent Cases on Registration Rights Provisions, Deal Points – The Newsletter of the Negotiation Acquisitions Committee, Volume III, Issue 3, 1998
Speaking Engagements
Negotiating Business Acquisitions, ABA National Institute, 2000 - 2009
Ethical Issues in M&A Transactions, American Bar Association, 2005
Everything You Say Can and May be Used Against You: Tips for Sharing Privileged and Competitively Sensitive Information During the Due Diligence Process, ABA
Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions, 2003
Asset Acquisitions, American Bar Association, 2001
Buying and Selling a Company, The Seminar Group, 2001
Venture Capital Transactions, The Seminar Group, 2000
Selling the Troubled Company, Association for Corporate Growth, 1998
Securities Laws & Initial Public Offerings, Connecticut Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1992-1994