Bio

Stewart McDowell is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Practice Group, Co-Chair of the Capital Markets Practice Group. Ms. McDowell’s practice involves the representation of business organizations as to capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting, corporate governance and general corporate matters. She has significant experience representing both underwriters and issuers in a broad range of both debt and equity securities offerings. She also represents both buyers and sellers in connection with U.S. and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments. Ms. McDowell received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995 and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1991. Ms. McDowell is frequently ranked by Best Lawyers’ as a “Lawyer of the Year,” most recently for 2021 Banking and Finance Law in San Francisco. The Recorder named Ms. McDowell as a “Women Leader in Tech Law” for four years in a row and she is consistently ranked by Chambers USA for Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (California). She was also named a “Top Woman Lawyer” by the Daily Journal in 2017. Ms. McDowell is a member of the California State Bar and the New York Bar Association.