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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Offices
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-0921
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Stewart McDowell
Work Department
Capital Markets
Position
Co-Chair of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice Group. Practice involves the representation of business organizations as to capital markets transactions, M&A, SEC reporting, corporate governance and general corporate matters. Represents both underwriters and issuers in a broad range of both debt and equity securities offerings, including complex IPOs, convertible notes offerings and debt offerings.
Career
For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/mcdowell-stewart/.
Memberships
Member, California State Bar and New York Bar Association.
Education
J.D. University of Virginia, 1995; BA, Princeton University, 1991
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has an outstanding record in debt offerings. It has impressive links to a multitude of issuers, along with a number of underwriters. It recently advised Amazon.com on its SEC-registered offering of notes, totalling $12.75bn. General Electric is another major client. The capital markets team benefits from the firm’s strong expertise in securities regulation and corporate governance. Andrew Fabens has a huge reputation in big-ticket investment grade debt offerings, while Houston partner Hillary Holmes is noted for energy-sector offerings. San Francisco partner Stewart McDowell is another key partner, while the arrival of Douglas Horowitz in April 2022 brings further senior-level credibility.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense