|
|
|
Stewart L. McDowell is a partner in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm's Corporate Transactions Department and is Co-Chair of the firm's Capital Markets Practice.
Ms. McDowell's practice involves the representation of business organizations as to capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and general corporate matters. She represents 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 a member of the California State Bar and the New York Bar Association.
Representative Mergers and Acquisitions
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. – cash merger acquisitions of public companies Verisity Ltd., a Nasdaq listed Israeli company and Simplex Solutions, Inc. Cash merger acquisitions of Denali Software, Inc., Taray, Inc., Neolinear, Inc., Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. and Verplex Systems, Inc., Asset acquisitions of two business groups from IBM.
- China Network Systems – sale of shares of Taiwanese cable system to MBK Partners.
- Softek Storage Holdings, Inc. – sale to IBM in cash merger transaction.
- Antares conTech, Inc. – stock merger with UMD Technology, Inc.
- Serena Software, Inc. – simultaneous US/UK cash and share offer for UK-based Merant plc. Cash merger acquisitions of Pacific Edge Software, Data Scientific Corporation and Apptero, Inc. Representation of founder and management in going-private transaction with Silver Lake Partners.
- St. Jude Medical, Inc. – cash and stock acquisition of public company E.P. Medsystems.
- Wyse Technology, Inc. - representation of the principal shareholders of Wyse Technology in connection with an investment by Garnett & Helfrich Capital, L.P. and subsequent recapitalization.
- Global Center, Inc. – sale of business by Global Crossing Ltd. to Exodus Communications, Inc.
- Intel Corporation – cash merger acquisition of Templex Technology, asset acquisitions from New Focus, Inc., Iospan Wireless, Inc., Sparkelor Corporation and West Bay Semiconductor, Inc. Asset sales of two business groups to EMCORE Corporation.
- Leica Geosystems Holdings AG – cash and stock merger acquisition of Cyra Technologies, Inc.
- Lazard – representation of Lazard as financial advisor to Virologic in its acquisition of Aclara Biosciences, to Aspreva Pharmaceuticals in its acquisition by Galencia, to Solexa in its acquisition by Illumina, to Gilead Sciences in its acquisition of Myogen and to Astellas Pharma in its unsolicited offer for CV Therapeutics.
- Silicon Valley Bancshares – acquisition of assets of Alliant Partners and Woodside Asset Management.
- ValueClick, Inc. – cash and stock acquisition of Commission Junction and WebClients.
- Accuray Incorporated - 144A convertible note offering
- Amazon.com, Inc. – registered convertible note offering
- Ancestry.com, Inc. – initial public offering
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. – three 144A convertible note offerings
- Xilinx, Inc. – two 144A convertible note offerings
- Intel Corporation – two144A convertible note offerings; 144A offering of notes convertible into Samsung common stock owned by Intel
- Chief Auto Parts, Inc. – registered note offering
- Falcon Building Products, Inc. – 144A note offering
- Financial Engines – representation of underwriters in initial public offering
- General Cigar, Inc. – initial public offering
- Global Crossing Ltd./Global Center, Inc. – proposed tracking stock offering
- IndyMac Bancorp – representation of underwriters in warrant and income redeemable equity securities offering
- Restoration Hardware - pending initial public offering
- RPX Corporation - representation of Goldman Sachs and Barclays in initial public offering
- Silicon Valley Bancshares – follow-on common stock offerings
- Texas Industries, Inc. – representation of underwriters in trust preferred securities offering
- Thoratec Corporation – 144A offering of convertible notes
- Wells Fargo & Company – representation of underwriters in over 40 global notes offerings, medium-term note programs, bank note programs and trust preferred and enhanced trust preferred securities offerings; representation of underwriters in common stock offering and Treasury warrant auction.
|
|
|
PRACTICESEDUCATION- University of Virginia, 1995
Juris Doctor - Princeton University, 1991
Bachelor of Arts
ADMISSIONS- California Bar
- New York Bar
RECENT PUBLICATIONS |
|