Area of Focus

As chair of the firm’s Private Equity & Venture Capital practice area, Mr. Fogler focuses on the representation of growing companies and the investors who support them.  He has counseled clients from incorporation through their initial public offerings.  He has experience in a broad variety of matters, including financings, public and private M&A transactions, licensing and commercial agreements, employee compensation plans, public company reporting and domestic and international joint ventures.

Mr. Fogler has assisted private equity investors in evaluating, structuring, negotiating and completing a variety of transactions.  He has counseled numerous investors, including angels, venture capital and other private equity funds and investment banks.  He has represented these investors in the formation of their funds and in seed round investments, later stage transactions (including managed private placements and leveraged buy-outs), and public offerings of equity and debt securities.

Admissions & Professional Associations

• Admitted in Colorado and Illinois
• Member, American, Colorado and Denver Bar Associations

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, University of Michigan Law School
Order of the Coif
Executive Note Editor, Michigan Law Review
• B.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
• B.A., Philosophy, University of Michigan

Community Involvement & Awards

• Founder, Thousand Hills Venture Capital Fund
• Board of Directors, Colorado Council on Economic Education
• Founder and Board of Directors, Kigali Center for Entrepreneurs
• Board of Directors, Computers for Peace

Publications & Speeches

• Co-Editor, Business Law Section, The Colorado Lawyer (2005-2007)
• Co-Author, Mergers & Acquisitions chapter in The Practitioner’s Guide to Colorado Business Organizations ((CLE in Colorado, Inc., 2005 & 2006-07 supplements)
• Invited Presenter, University of Michigan, Case Study for Graduate Class on Global Private Equity and Emerging Markets (January 2005)
• Co-Author, Buying, Selling and Combining Businesses Under the Colorado Business Corporation Act, 33, The Colorado Lawyer, 73 (November 2004)
• Speaker, 2004 CBA Intellectual Property Institute: Lessons Learned from the Technology Bubble: Effects on Financing and Exit Strategies (June 2004)
• Speaker, 2003 CBA Intellectual Property Institute: Licensing and Assigning Technology: Operational and Exit Strategies (June 2003)
• Co-Author, Ten Common Legal Mistakes of Start-Up Companies, Front Range Techbiz (July 2002)
• Co-Author, Establishing Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures, 31 The Colorado Lawyer 5, 65
(May 2002)