Bio

David Martland is a partner in Nixon Peabody’s Corporate group. David advises major strategics, including leading domestic and international companies, as well as investment funds, and healthcare not-for-profits, on acquisitions, investments, and other transformative transactions. I counsel private and public companies and healthcare not-for-profits on the full range of corporate matters. I also represent a variety of private equity and venture funds in connection with their investments. In addition, I represent corporate and healthcare clients on antitrust matters. I headed Nixon Peabody’s Corporate Transactional practice from 2009 to early 2019. I was also a member of the board of directors of TerraLex®, a worldwide network of more than 155 leading independent law firms in 100 countries and 44 US states, of which Nixon Peabody has been a member for over two decades. In addition, I serve on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations. I am currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Native Plant Trust, the United States' oldest plant conservation organization. I was the chair of the Board of Trustees of Historic New England for six years, from early 2016 to early 2022, and am currently a trustee emeritus of the organization. Historic New England is dedicated to preserving New England buildings, landscapes, and objects dating from the 17th century to the present. I am also a trustee emeritus of the Glessner House Museum in Chicago. I clerked for Walter R. Mansfield, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.