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Jesse Dowdle

Jesse Dowdle

Associate

Associate
Jesse Dowdle

Jesse Dowdle is an associate in the Corporate practice of Clifford Chance’s Houston office. He advises a broad range of clients on transactional matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities matters and joint ventures in the energy industry.

Jesse advises clients on strategic transactions in the energy sector, including upstream and midstream M&A, joint ventures, and equity investments. Jesse has experience representing public and private companies and institutional investors on complex cross-border deals and governance matters. Jesse’s work often involves navigating regulatory considerations and structuring innovative partnerships to support energy transition initiatives.

  • TotalEnergies in its ~US300 million investment for a 10% equity stake in the fourth liquefaction train (Train 4 project) of the Rio Grande LNG joint venture, currently under development by NextDecade in Brownsville, Texas.
  • An Odessa-based pump company in its US$200,000,000 purchase of an equipment rental company specializing in rental pumps.
  • A transformer manufacturing company in its US$435,000,000 sale to an energy transition investment firm.*
  • Drilling Tools International Corp. in connection with its definitive merger agreement to acquire Superior Drilling Products, Inc., a drilling tool technology company, for approximately US$32.2 million payable in cash and DTI stock.*
  • Motorola Solutions, Inc. in its offering of US$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.000% senior notes due 2029 and US$900,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.400% senior notes due 2034.*
  • DNOW L.P., an affiliate of DNOW Inc., in its acquisition of Whitco Supply, LLC.*
  • Stonebridge Acquisition Corp., an Asia-Pacific-focused publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its business combination with Digi Asia Bios Pte Ltd., Indonesia’s Embeddable “Fintech-as-a-Service” company.*
  • AlphaTime Acquisition Corp. in its announced business combination with HCYC Group Company Limited.*
  • Bayview Acquisition Corp in the closing of its upsized US$60 million initial public offering.*

*Matters handled at prior firm

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Career & qualifications

  • University of Utah, BA, 2019
  • Vanderbilt Law School, JD, 2023
  • Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Texas, 2023
  • Joined Clifford Chance 2025