Board Member Profile

Don Glendenning
Partner
Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

Don Glendenning has extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and securities matters and transactions. He is experienced in private equity and venture capital transactions, senior and subordinated debt financings, asset and stock acquisitions, going-private transactions and divestitures, spin-offs, and corporate mergers. He represents public and private companies in public offerings and private placements, advises issuers and investors concerning corporate governance, securities law disclosure and filing requirements, and also is active in a number of civic and charitable organizations. Mr. Glendenning is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers, which refers to him as “brilliant and one of the most client-service oriented lawyers out there.”

Education

• J.D., Stanford Law School, 1979
  Associate Editor, Stanford Law Review
• B.A., magna cum laude, Rice University, 1976
  Phi Beta Kappa
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1979
  

Representative Experience

• Represent public and private companies in merger and acquisition transactions (asset sales, stock sales, spin-offs and mergers).
• Represent investors and issuers in private equity, venture-stage and growth companies.
• Advise issuers and investors concerning corporate governance and securities law disclosure and filing requirements.
• Represent special committees and acquirers in going-private transactions.
• Represent issuers in domestic and European bond offerings and technology and manufacturing clients in international joint ventures in Asia and Latin America.
  

Articles

• Attorney Couple Lay Down Law: No Shop Talk — 4/4/2010
• Dallas Morning News: Glendenning focuses on 'preservation' causes — 7/1/2007
  

Press Release

• Locke Lord Practices And Attorneys Recognized For Excellence In Chambers USA 2010 — 6/15/2010
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Recognized Among The Best Lawyers in America 2010 — 8/17/2009
  
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Receives Strong Rankings in Chambers USA 2009 - 6/26/2009
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Partners Recognized Among The Best Lawyers In America 2008 — 1/4/2008
  
• Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers 2007 in Texas Monthly Magazine — 10/10/2007
  
• Locke Liddell & Sapp Attorneys Named Texas Super Lawyers 2006 In Texas Monthly Magazine — 9/29/2006
  
• Locke Liddell & Sapp Elects Nine Partners to Firm Management Committee — 12/22/2005
  
• Locke Liddell & Sapp Elects Management Committee Through 2005 — 12/23/2002
  

Events

• 8th Annual Robert H. Dedman Award for Ethics and Law Dinner
  Professional History
• Associate (1979 – 1986) and Partner (1986 to present), Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP (and predecessor firms)
• Member, Firm’s Executive Committee
• Managing Partner, Dallas

Professional Affiliations & Achievements

• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law
• Listed, Chambers, Corporate Law
• Named, Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine
• Listed, Who's Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Law
• Member, Dallas, Texas and American Bar Associations and Dallas and Texas Bar Foundations
  

Community Leadership

• Co-Chair, The Campaign for Parkland
• Chairman, Thanks-Giving Foundation
• Past Chairman, Dallas Zoological Society
• President, Scenic Dallas and Scenic Texas
• Past President, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
• Past President, Rice University DFW Alumni
• Director, Dallas Chamber of Commerce
• Director, Dallas Holocaust Museum
• Director, Parkland Foundation
• Director, TACA, Inc.
• Director, Texas Trees Foundation
  
• Member, United Way Tocqueville Cabinet
  
• Former Director, National Tree Trust
  
• Recipient, Anti-Defamation League of Dallas Schoenbrun Jurisprudence Award
  
• Recipient, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas “Angel of Freedom” and “Distinguished Lifetime Service” Awards
• Recipient, Legal Aid of Northwest Texas Pro Bono Award
  
• Recipient, Dallas Zoological Society “Good Egg” Award