David Clay is a partner with Waller Lansden and practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, general corporate law and securities law. His recent client representation includes both public and private healthcare companies, community banks, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and manufacturers.
Mr. Clay’s healthcare experience primarily focuses on the representation of hospital companies in strategic acquisitions and divestitures of healthcare facilities, as well as joint ventures with other providers of healthcare services, including physicians and physician groups. He also has represented an India-based pharmaceutical company in the strategic acquisition of two U.S. companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of generic inhalation anesthetic gas products.
Mr. Clay’s securities law experience includes counsel to publicly traded companies with respect to registered offerings of debt and equity securities, periodic reporting requirements, and Rule 13e-3 “going private” transactions and the delisting and deregistration of securities. He also advises both public and private companies with respect to private offerings of debt and equity securities, include Rule 144A offerings, and other capital-raising transactions.
Education
J.D., with honors, Emory University, 2004
Articles Editor, Emory Law Journal
Authored Comment: "Federal Attraction for the Interstate Class Action: The Effect of Devlin v. Scardelletti and the Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(e) on Class Action 'Minimal Diversity' Concerns," 52 Emory Law Journal 1877 (2003)
Intern, Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Atlanta, Georgia
B.B.A., magna cum laude, Belmont University, 2001
Professional Activities
Member, Nashville and Tennessee Bar Associations
Member, American Health Lawyers Association
Member, The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy
Civic and Other Activities
Member, Belmont University Alumni Board
Alumnus, Nashville Emerging Leaders
Deacon, First Baptist Church of Nashville
Former member, Steering Committee, Sennet Society, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
