Glenn Luinenburg counsels technology and growth companies across all stages of the corporate life cycle, from seed-stage startups and emerging public companies to mature public enterprises.

Glenn is a highly sought-after advisor to founders, executives, boards and special committees on a wide range of corporate matters and transactions across the technology industry, and has led hundreds of successful transactions, including IPOs, public and private M&A, venture financings, going private transactions and other complex corporate restructurings.

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His practice blends strategic leadership suited to fast-paced transactional settings with the business insight and creativity needed for complex, high-stakes matters. He regularly advises public and private companies and their management on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate governance responsibilities, equity incentive plans and arrangements, employment matters, intellectual property issues, regulatory compliance and commercial transactions. He also counsels entrepreneurs on company formation, equity structures and negotiations with seed and venture capital investors, venture capital firms, corporate strategic groups and other institutions investing in technology companies.

As one of the country’s most active deal lawyers, his experience includes structuring, managing and negotiating venture financings, strategic alliances, M&A transactions, public equity offerings, private placement equity and debt transactions, joint ventures, spin-outs, recapitalizations and other corporate reorganizations.

Glenn’s transactional work spans a wide range of industries, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, autonomous electric vehicles (A-EVs), aviation and electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, big data, cleantech and clean energy solutions, digital health and wellness, digital media and entertainment, fintech, semiconductors, and software and SaaS, among other emerging and disruptive technologies.

Prior to joining Pillsbury, Glenn was a partner at the Palo Alto office of two international law firms. He was also an attorney at an international law firm based in Canada.

Representative Experience

  • Completed hundreds of venture capital financings involving the issuance of debt and equity securities, ranging from early-stage seed rounds to complicated dilutive financings and recapitalizations.
  • Counseled venture capital firms, including Wellington Management, Atlantic Bridge Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Alsop Louie Ventures, Vive Venture Capital and Bee Ventures.
  • Represented various private life sciences companies in complex transactions involving pre-negotiated sale transactions and scientific development agreements involving novel structuring and drafting.

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Prior to and since joining Pillsbury, Glenn’s notable representations include:

  • Representative VC Financings Experience
    • Represented Clutch in its $65 million Series B financing.
    • Represented Introhive in its $100 million Series C financing and $15.2 million fundraising round.
    • Represented Catch+Release in its $14 million Series A financing.
    • Represented 1366 Technologies in its $18 million Series E financing.
  • Representative Mergers & Acquisitions Experience
    • Represented Lion Semiconductor in its sale to Cirrus Logic for $335 million.
    • Represented Greyrock Energy in its sale to Infinium.
    • Represented Lattice Engines in its sale to Dunn & Bradstreet.
    • Represented Cubiware in its sale to TIVO.
    • Represented Greystripe in its sale to ValueClick.
    • Represented Numonix B.V. in its sale to Micron Technology.
    • Represented Kabira Technologies in its sale to Tibco Software.
    • Represented Sun Microsystems in its sale to Oracle.
    • Advised on various exit transactions involving Identify3D, Ryu Technologies, FitPay, Carlypso, Blue Spurs, CashEdge, Health Hero Network, and more.
    • Represented Jumio in its restructuring, which was awarded M&A Advisor’s 2016 Restructuring Community Impact Deal of the Year.
  • Representative Securities Offerings Experience
    • Advised multiple clients in connection with initial public offerings, including Tokai Pharmaceuticals, Tesla Motors, Pacific Biosciences, NextG Networks and Evolve.
    • Advised many clients in connection with follow-on offerings and other registered public offerings, including underwritten offerings, shelf registration statements, PIPEs, registered direct placements, committed equity financing facilities and resale registration statements, including multiple transactions for ARC Document Solutions, PMC-Sierra, Cell Genesys, DIVA Systems, Limelight Networks, AXT and QuickLogic.
    • Advised underwriters in connection with the initial public offering for ExactTarget.
    • Advised on multiple public debt transactions, including debt offerings and tender offers for Linear Technology and Cell Genesys.

Professional Highlights

  • Glenn is a regular faculty member for Practicing Law Institute (PLI) and a guest lecturer at Santa Clara Law School. He is also a member of the Subcommittee on Transactional Documents and Issues of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Venture Capital and Private Equity.
  • Glenn has written articles on the legal issues related to Regulation Crowdfunding, which have been featured in the Daily Journal. He is very active in the Silicon Valley robotics community.

Education

  • J.D., University of Western Ontario, 1996
    cum laude

    M.B.A., Ivey School of Business, 1998
    cum laude

    H.B.A., Ivey School of Business, 1991

Admissions

  • California

    British Columbia, Canada

    Calgary, Canada