William V. Fogg is Co‑Head of the Capital Markets Practice for North America. His practice focuses on representing companies and major investment banks in public and private capital markets transactions, as well as on corporate governance, general corporate and disclosure matters. The Financial Times featured Fogg’s work on behalf of Cincinnati Bell in converting its data center business into a “first‑of‑its‑kind” REIT and its subsequent carve‑out IPO of CyrusOne as one of the most innovative deals of the year in its U.S. Innovative Lawyers 2013 special report.
Fogg is designated underwriters’ counsel for a number of companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Freeport‑McMoRan, The Mosaic Company, TG Therapeutics, United Rentals, WW (Weight Watchers) and Zimmer Biomet. His corporate clients have included Alliant Energy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Cincinnati Bell, Convey Health Solutions, CyrusOne, Evolent Health, Home Depot, IsoPlexis, Jones Apparel Group, Martin Marietta, Monogram Health, Mylan, TerraForm Power, UAL and Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
Lawdragon Honors
Fogg’s notable transactions include:
- Completed the largest bank bond offering in history at the time ($13 billion registered floating rate notes and fixed-to-floating rate notes offerings of JPMorgan Chase)
- Completed the largest follow‑on equity offering in history at the time ($12.6 billion common stock offering of Wells Fargo in connection with its acquisition of Wachovia), and the subsequent $8.6 billion common stock offering of Wells Fargo undertaken in response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Supervisory Capital Assessment Program
- Completed the largest high‑yield offering in history at the time ($6 billion offering of high‑yield notes by Freeport‑McMoRan Copper & Gold)
- Completed one of the largest investment grade offerings in history at the time ($26 billion offering of investment grade notes by Mars in connection with the acquisition of Kellanova)
- IPOs for agilon health, American Water Works, BioAtla, Boot Barn, Cascal, Convey Health Solutions, CyrusOne, Dex Media, Evolent Health, Ferrari, GrafTech International, Green Dot, Groupe Dynamite, IsoPlexis, KPN, Premier, Replimune, Surgical Care Affiliates and WhiteWave Foods
- Other equity offerings for agilon health, Albemarle, Baker Hughes, BioAtla, Callaway Golf, CoStar, Denny’s, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, goeasy, James River Coal, JPMorgan Chase, Magellan Health, Monogram Health, NCR, Replimune, SiriusXM, Terex, TG Therapeutics, Wells Fargo and Zimmer Biomet
- Debt offerings for Acushnet, Advance Auto Parts, Albemarle, Alcoa, Allegion, American Axle & Manufacturing, American National, American Woodmark, Analog Devices, Baker Hughes, Beacon Roofing Supply, Blockbuster, Boyne, Cleveland‑Cliffs, Compass Minerals, Expedia, frontdoor, goeasy, GrafTech, Greif, Hess, Itron, J.B. Poindexter, JPMorgan Chase, L Brands, Land O’Lakes, Mars, Murphy Oil, Murphy USA, NCR, Pepsi Bottling, Pinnacle Foods, Sherwin‑Williams, syncreon, Terex, U.S. Concrete, USG, Victoria’s Secret, World Acceptance, Wrigley and Zimmer Biomet
