Taylor McDowell

Associate, Austin
512-236-2225
Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches Community Involvement Client Results
Practice Areas
Biography

Taylor McDowell is a transactional attorney in the Corporate & Securities and Investment Funds practice groups at Jackson Walker. He represents public and private companies, hospitals, state institutions, and investor groups in a variety of engagements, including public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, fund formations, and investment transactions. Taylor also represents startup companies and assists clients with entity formation and corporate governance. He is involved in pro bono services and has drafted asylum petitions for refugees and helped institute microfinance programs for international non-profit organizations.

Taylor has been recognized as proficient in the Spanish language by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Prior to law school, Taylor worked as a Compliance Analyst for Alcatel-Lucent S.A.

Education

B.S., International Affairs, with highest honors, Georgia Institute of Technology

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

  • Editorial Board, Virginia Law & Business Review
  • Entrepreneurial Law Clinic
  • Virginia Innocence Project
  • University Judiciary Committee
  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
Bar Admissions

Texas, 2017

Practice Experience
Recognition & Accolades
Publications & Speeches
Community Involvement
Client Results
  • Served as legal counsel to a Texas-based bank holding company in connection with the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,300,000 shares of its common stock at $21 per share.
  • Represented a Texas-based bank holding company in its acquisition by a multi-state bank holding company in a transaction of more than 2 million shares of stock and cash consideration of more than $30 million.
  • Represented an institutional investor in connection with its initial $285 million equity investment and additional $141 million equity investment into a private equity investment fund.
  • Served as legal counsel in connection with the formation of a $21.5 million private equity investment fund.
  • University of Virginia School of Law – Pro Bono Program Certificate of Recognition
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language – Spanish Language Proficiency

Publications

“Mandatory Health Savings Accounts and the Need for Consumer-Driven Healthcare,” Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy (2018).

“Changing the Game: Remedying the Deficiencies of Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption in the Minor Leagues,” Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law (2018).

“The Case for Cap-and-Trade: California’s Battle for Market-Based Environmentalism,” Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2017).

  • El Buen Samaritano, Member of the Board of Directors
  • American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Virginia Innocence Project
  • Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
  • Valley League Baseball – Operations Manager for the Charlottesville Tom Sox
— Client Results

Jackson Walker Represents Integrity Bancshares in Sale to Independent Bank Group

2018/06/15 8:30:28 PM
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— Client Results

Corporate Group Represents Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc. in IPO

2018/06/15 8:01:38 PM
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