David R. Dobies
Managing Director
Head of Middle Market Origination

David R. Dobies serves as a Managing Director of the Company and Head of its Middle Market lending division. He also serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Mr. Dobies joined the Company from Fleet Securities, Inc. where he was a Managing Director and Head of the Media, Entertainment and Sports Finance syndication businesses. Under his leadership, the media origination and syndication effort grew to a top five media lead arranger ranking in 2003. As Head of the Media Syndication business, he provided strategic counsel to clients, senior management and a 35 member industry coverage team regarding transaction structure, capital market solutions, due diligence, credit analysis, rating agency strategy and multi-product capital markets support. The group originated, structured, priced and executed over 100 syndicated transactions during that time period raising in excess of $25.0 billion in debt capital. Prior to joining Fleet, Mr. Dobies worked in a new business development role at The Bank of New York and The Bank of Nova Scotia. Over his 14 year career, he has developed numerous relationships within the issuer, investor (finance company, commercial bank, and portfolio management), private equity, financial sponsor and rating agency communities.

Mr. Dobies holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Villanova University and an MBA from The William E. Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester.

500 Boylston Street, Suite 1250
Boston, MA 02116
P 617.848.2541
F 617.848.4300
ddobies@newstarfin.com