Howard W. Fogt is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. A member of the firm’s Antitrust and International Practices and the Automotive and Life Sciences Industry Teams, Mr. Fogt counsels and represents corporate clients in international and domestic trade regulation laws, multinational mergers and acquisitions, international antitrust, distribution and franchise matters, the transfer and license of intellectual property and technology, and the law of the European Economic Community. The extent of Mr. Fogt’s international practice requires his regular presence at Foley’s office in Brussels, Belgium.
As part of his international practice, Mr. Fogt works on trade law issues with other Foley attorneys from several of our U.S. offices. These attorneys possess solid working knowledge of United States and international trade laws and remedies in a number of highly technical fields. Mr. Fogt has particular experience in agricultural chemical fertilizers, phosphates, and other crop nutrients.
He represents export trading companies and other corporate clients before the International Trade Commission and in similar venues concerning export licensing, documentation, international finance and letters of credit, boycott situations, and other matters subject to the Export Administration Act.
Mr. Fogt served as law clerk to the Hon. C. William O’Neill, Supreme Court of Ohio, and was appointed associate counsel for the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives (1968-1970).
Mr. Fogt is an adjunct professor of European Community Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He has defined and implemented the competition compliance program for an international trade association having members from over 80 countries. He is a past vice chairman of the American Bar Association’s International Law and Practice Section Committee on the International Aspects of Antitrust Law. He has chaired the ABA Antitrust Section’s International Law Subcommittee on Foreign Antitrust Laws and currently is co-chair of the Committee on International Antitrust of the Section on Antitrust and Trade Regulation of the Federal Bar Association.
In recognition of his experience, Mr. Fogt has been Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell's peer review rating system.
Mr. Fogt graduated from Princeton University (magna cum laude) and the University of Virginia (J.D., 1967). Mr. Fogt is admitted to practice in Ohio and the District of Columbia. He is fluent in French, and holds a Certificate Pratique de Francais Commercial de la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris. He also has a notion of Italian.
Mr. Fogt’s publications and presentations include:
- "Investing in the United States: How to Do Business with Americans," CASE Conference, Brussels, Belgium, February 4, 2010.
- "Investing in the United States: Legal Steps to Establish a Business in the U.S.," CASE Conference, Brussels, Belgium, February 4, 2010.
- Investir Aux États Unis: Comment Faire Des Affaires avec les Américains," CASE Conference, Paris, France, February 3, 2010.
- "The Privatisation of Gambling Activities in the U.S.," co-author, World Online Gambling Law Report, January 2010.
- "Staying Competitive and Compliant in the EU: 2009 Significant Developments," Foley & Lardner LLP Webinar, January 19, 2010.
- "Competition/Antitrust Implications for Life Science Companies," Life Sciences Seminar, Paris, France, October 19, 2009.
- "European Commission Publishes the Final Report on Its Pharmaceutical Sector Inquiry," Foley Legal News Alert: Antitrust, July 22, 2009.
- "European REACH Regulation Poses Significant Issues for Manufacturers and Importers of Chemicals Into the European Union," Foley Legal News Alert: International, June 29, 2009.
- Staying Competitive and Compliant in the EU – Part III, Foley & Lardner LLP Web Conference, February 19, 2009.
- "Investing in the United States: Regulation of Competition: Acquisitions, Methods of Distribution/Franchise and Other Competition Issues," Expanding Your Business to the United States of America Conference, Paris – December 8, 2008; Brussels – December 2, 2008.
- Staying Competitive and Compliant in the EU – Part II, Foley & Lardner LLP Web Conference, November 5, 2008.
- Staying Competitive and Compliant in the EU – Part I, Foley & Lardner LLP Web Conference, September 18, 2008.
- "European Commission Moves Closer to EU - Wide Private Antitrust Enforcement Mandate," Foley Legal News Alert: International, April 14, 2008.
- "Free Trade in a Regulated World," Public Gaming International, January 2008.