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Cravath Publishes Winter 2026 Issue of Alumni Journal

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William V.
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Retired Partner, Corporate

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William V. Fogg retired from the Corporate Department in March 2026. His practice focused 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. 

Mr. Fogg was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1988 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1991, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Problems.

Mr. Fogg joined Cravath in 1991 and was elected a partner in 1998. 

Mr. Fogg was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1988 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1991, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Problems.

Mr. Fogg joined Cravath in 1991 and was elected a partner in 1998. 

Education

  • J.D., 1991, Columbia Law School
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • A.B., 1988, Brown University
    magna cum laude

Deals & Cases

February 19, 2026

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $3 Billion Registered Fixed‑to‑Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $3 billion registered fixed‑to‑floating rate subordinated notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on February 5, 2026.

Deals & Cases

February 06, 2026

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $6 Billion Registered Floating and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $6 billion registered floating and fixed-to-floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on January 22, 2026.

Deals & Cases

December 16, 2025

United Rentals (North America), Inc.’s $1.5 Billion High‑Yield Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $1.5 billion high-yield senior notes offering of United Rentals (North America), Inc., a subsidiary of United Rentals, Inc., the largest equipment rental company in the world at the time of the offering. The transaction closed on December 1, 2025.

Deals & Cases

December 01, 2025

The Mosaic Company’s Registered Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $900 million registered senior notes offering of The Mosaic Company, the world’s leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The transaction closed on November 13, 2025.

Deals & Cases

November 05, 2025

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $5 Billion Registered Fixed‑to‑Floating Rate Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $5 billion registered fixed‑to‑floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on October 22, 2025.

Activities

February 10, 2026

Lawdragon Names Will Fogg and Lauren Angelilli to its 2026 List of Legends

On February 6, 2026, Lawdragon named Cravath partners William V. Fogg and Lauren Angelilli to its annual list of Lawdragon Legends, which this year recognizes 22 lawyers nationwide who have been repeatedly featured among Lawdragon’s list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America.” The list recognizes the lawyers who “contribute to their firm, the profession and to life in meaningful and dimensional ways.”

William V. Fogg retired from the Corporate Department in March 2026. His practice focused 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. 

Mr. Fogg was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1988 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1991, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Problems.

Mr. Fogg joined Cravath in 1991 and was elected a partner in 1998. 

Mr. Fogg was born in New York, New York. He received an A.B. magna cum laude from Brown University in 1988 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1991, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Social Problems.

Mr. Fogg joined Cravath in 1991 and was elected a partner in 1998. 

Education

  • J.D., 1991, Columbia Law School
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • A.B., 1988, Brown University
    magna cum laude

Deals & Cases

February 19, 2026

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $3 Billion Registered Fixed‑to‑Floating Rate Subordinated Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $3 billion registered fixed‑to‑floating rate subordinated notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on February 5, 2026.

Deals & Cases

February 06, 2026

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $6 Billion Registered Floating and Fixed-to-Floating Rate Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $6 billion registered floating and fixed-to-floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on January 22, 2026.

Deals & Cases

December 16, 2025

United Rentals (North America), Inc.’s $1.5 Billion High‑Yield Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the initial purchasers in connection with the $1.5 billion high-yield senior notes offering of United Rentals (North America), Inc., a subsidiary of United Rentals, Inc., the largest equipment rental company in the world at the time of the offering. The transaction closed on December 1, 2025.

Deals & Cases

December 01, 2025

The Mosaic Company’s Registered Senior Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $900 million registered senior notes offering of The Mosaic Company, the world’s leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. The transaction closed on November 13, 2025.

Deals & Cases

November 05, 2025

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s $5 Billion Registered Fixed‑to‑Floating Rate Notes Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $5 billion registered fixed‑to‑floating rate notes offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm. The transaction closed on October 22, 2025.

Activities

February 10, 2026

Lawdragon Names Will Fogg and Lauren Angelilli to its 2026 List of Legends

On February 6, 2026, Lawdragon named Cravath partners William V. Fogg and Lauren Angelilli to its annual list of Lawdragon Legends, which this year recognizes 22 lawyers nationwide who have been repeatedly featured among Lawdragon’s list of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America.” The list recognizes the lawyers who “contribute to their firm, the profession and to life in meaningful and dimensional ways.”

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