David Broughton serves as trusted advisor to companies and individuals in a variety of corporate matters. Mr. Broughton has significant experience assisting private, public and nonprofit companies in various industries with:
- Mergers and acquisitions;
- Corporate finance transactions;
- Other commercial transactions; and
- Corporate and board governance matters.
In addition, Mr. Broughton is a leader of Womble Bond Dickinson’s multidisciplinary approach to serving continuing care retirement community (CCRC) and other senior living providers by providing a broad range of legal services. Mr. Broughton serves as the North Carolina representative to the Legal Committee of Leading Age, a national association of nonprofit senior living providers, and has served on the North Carolina Department of Insurance's CCRC Legislation Task Force.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Broughton worked as an investment banker for a boutique investment banking firm that focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital raises for healthcare companies.
Representative Experience
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- Closed numerous sales, divestitures, acquisitions and mergers in a variety of industries, including furniture, textiles, telecommunications, food products, home health/durable medical equipment, medical provider practices, battery manufacturing, steel product manufacturing, printing, paving and asphalts, and others.
- Serve as corporate counsel to multiple CCRCs in assisting with corporate governance, regulatory compliance, resident matters, contracts, tax-exempt and taxable financings and other matters.
- Represent one of the world’s largest manufacturers of food service equipment in corporate structure and governance matters, commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions and other matters.
- Represented a leading provider of home health services and durable medical equipment in multiple acquisitions and its sale.
- Represent one of the nation's leading educational products and services company.
Professional & Civic Engagements
Professional Activities
- Bar Associations: American Bar Association (Business Law Section); and North Carolina Bar Association (Business Law Section)
- Immediate Past Chair, Vice Chair Secretary, and Council Member, North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section
- Past Co-Chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Business Law Section’s Annual Meeting and Business Institute Planning Committee
- Member of the LeadingAge Legal Committee
- Member of the North Carolina Department of Insurance's CCRC Legislation Task Force
Civic Activities
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Past Member, Board of Visitors, and co-chaired National Student Recruitment Committee. Served on other committees in support of UNC-CH
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation: Vice Chair and Member of Board of Directors; Member of Executive Committee and Chair of Development Committee
- Wake Forest University Family Business Center (now the Center For Private Business): Past Member, Board of Advisors; served as Womble Bond Dickinson's liaison to the Family Business Center
- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church: Current Co-Chair, Annual Stewardship Campaign; Past Co-Chair, reNEWal Capital Campaign; Past Co-Chair, 2015 Annual Stewardship Campaign; Past Chair, Long-Range Vision Committee; Past Senior Warden, Junior Warden and Vestry Member; Recipient of St. Paul’s Cross award, given for outstanding leadership to the church; chaired or co-chaired numerous church committees; Member of the HR Committee; Usher; Lector; and former Sunday School Teacher
- Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina: Chair, The Fair Share Appeals Board and Past Member, Bishop Suffragan Transition Committee
- The Rotary Club of Winston-Salem: Past Member
- Woodberry Forest School: Member, Triad Region Alumni Board; Amici Fund Class Representative; Member, Advisory Council
- Summit School: Past Co-Chair, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Parents’ Annual Fund Campaign
Honors and Awards
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings) in the fields of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2019 – Present
- Elected to Business North Carolina Magazine's Lega Elite, 2025
