Cale McDowell
Practice Areas
Experience
- Digital Infrastructure & Data Centers
- Investment Funds
- Investment, Leasing, & Management
- Latin America Inbound – Spanish
- Latin America Outbound – English
- Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
Biography
Cale McDowell is a partner in Jackson Walker’s Corporate & Securities group and a member of its Mergers & Acquisitions, Fund Formation, Private Equity, International and Real Estate practices. Cale represents public and private companies, investor groups and investment fund sponsors in a broad array of engagements, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, the structuring and formation of investment funds, joint ventures and other entities, offerings of debt and equity securities and general corporate governance, securities and transactional matters.
Cale’s clients include private equity funds, private real estate investment funds, public and private real estate investment trusts, hedge funds and family offices, as well as large publicly traded operating companies, privately held companies and startup ventures in a wide variety of industries.
Cale is involved in both domestic and international transactions, including the representation of U.S. clients in significant cross-border transactions in the British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Germany, India, Iraq, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland.
Education
B.B.A., Finance, University of Texas at Austin
M.P.A., University of Texas at Austin
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
Bar Admissions
Texas
Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2014-2019
- Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
- General Counsel
- Board of Directors
- Executive Committee
- University Federal Credit Union
- Board of Directors
- Past Chairman, Supervisory Committee
- UT Austin, School of Undergraduate Studies
- Chairman of the Advisory Council
- Founding Member
- Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages and Area Studies, University of Texas at Arlington, Advisory Board Member
- Vice Provost Search Committee, UT Austin, 2014
- Dean Search Committee, School of Undergraduate Studies, UT Austin, 2012
- Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, Founding Member
- Council of the Texas Exes
- University of Texas Libraries, Advisory Council Member
- Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, Advisory Council Member
- University of Texas System Chancellor’s Council
- University of Texas Development Board
Cale McDowell Elected Board Chairman of University Federal Credit Union
Cale McDowell has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of University Federal Credit Union (UFCU), effective April 5, 2021. Cale has previously served as Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee, and Chairman of the Asset/Liability Management and Budget Committee, among other roles.
Attorney News • April 27, 2021
FTC Announces Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds for 2018
On January 29, 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) published in the Federal Register adjusted jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”).
Insights • February 12, 2018
FTC Announces Hart-Scott-Rodino Thresholds for 2017
On January 26, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published in the Federal Register adjusted jurisdictional and filing fee thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”).
Insights • February 15, 2017
William Hornberger, Cale McDowell, Steve Moore and Tom Groves Speak at Texas Society of CPAs’ 2015 Oil & Gas Institute
Jackson Walker attorneys William Hornberger, Cale McDowell, Steve Moore, and Tom Groves spoke at the Texas Society of CPAs’ Oil & Gas Institute on July 16, 2015, in Dallas, Texas.
Attorney News • August 5, 2015
‘Austin Business Journal’ Features Cale McDowell Among “Up-and-Coming Attorneys”
Jackson Walker associate Cale McDowell was among a handful of Austin lawyers profiled in an Austin Business Journal feature titled “Austin’s New Dealmakers And Litigators: Up-And-Coming Attorneys To Know.”
Attorney News • January 27, 2015
Jackson Walker Attorneys Participate in Whitley Penn Energy Seminar
Julia Mann, Cale McDowell, Sara Abbott McEown, and Lisa Powell, along with TEC Well Service, Inc. CFO and General Counsel Kenneth Shore, participated in a panel discussion during the Whitley Penn Energy Seminar on Dec. 11, 2014, in Dallas.
Attorney News • December 16, 2014
University of Texas Announces McDowell Award Recipient
The University of Texas at Austin has announced that the fourth annual McDowell Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Studies, named for Jackson Walker attorney Cale McDowell, has been awarded to Jennifer Morgan, senior program coordinator in UT’s School of Undergraduate Studies.
Spotlight • May 28, 2014
Cale McDowell Appointed to UT Vice Provost Search Committee
Jackson Walker attorney Cale McDowell has been appointed by University of Texas Executive Vice President & Provost Greg Fenves to serve as a member of the search committee to fill the position of Vice Provost and Director of the University of Texas Libraries.
Attorney News • March 24, 2014
Cale McDowell Appointed to University of Texas Development Board
Jackson Walker attorney Cale McDowell has been appointed by University of Texas President William Powers, Jr. to serve a three–year term on the University of Texas Development Board.
Attorney News • August 12, 2014
Cale McDowell, William Hornberger, Steve Moore and John Ransom Speak at Texas Society of CPA’s Oil & Gas Seminar
Jackson Walker attorneys Cale McDowell, William Hornberger, Steve Moore and John Ransom will speak at the Texas Society of CPA’s Oil & Gas Institute Seminar on July 18, 2014, in Houston, Texas.
Attorney News • June 25, 2015
The Department of Labor’s New Fiduciary Rule: Frequently Asked Questions for Private Fund Advisers
Core elements of the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial new fiduciary investment advice rule (the “Fiduciary Rule”) became effective on June 9, 2017, despite President Trump’s February 3, 2017 memorandum ordering further review of the rule, and despite numerous attempts in Congress and in the courts to halt its adoption.
Insights • June 13, 2017
Cale McDowell Appointed General Counsel and Executive Committee Member of Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
Jackson Walker attorney Cale McDowell has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and will serve as General Counsel to the Chamber for the 2016 calendar year.
Attorney News • January 7, 2016
Recognition & Accolades
Rising Star, Super Lawyers – Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters, 2014-2019
Community Involvement
- Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce
- General Counsel
- Board of Directors
- Executive Committee
- University Federal Credit Union
- Board of Directors
- Past Chairman, Supervisory Committee
- UT Austin, School of Undergraduate Studies
- Chairman of the Advisory Council
- Founding Member
- Charles T. McDowell Center for Critical Languages and Area Studies, University of Texas at Arlington, Advisory Board Member
- Vice Provost Search Committee, UT Austin, 2014
- Dean Search Committee, School of Undergraduate Studies, UT Austin, 2012
- Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education, Founding Member
- Council of the Texas Exes
- University of Texas Libraries, Advisory Council Member
- Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas, Advisory Council Member
- University of Texas System Chancellor’s Council
- University of Texas Development Board