David Fox (lawyer)

David Fox is an American lawyer with a specialty in public companies mergers and acquisitions.[1] He was with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for over 20 years, where he was a partner and a member of the executive team before moving to Kirkland & Ellis in 2009.[2]

Early life

Fox was born in New York City in 1958. His father was Seymour Fox, a rabbi and Jewish educator,[3] and mother was Sarah Kaminker, a city planner.[4] His family immigrated to Jerusalem when he was nine years old.[5]

Career

At 25, Fox returned to New York, where he began his career with Skadden. Some notable transactions led by Fox at Skadden include the $6.6 billion leveraged buyout of Toys "R" Us and the sale of Aztar Corporation to Columbia Sussex for $2.75 billion.[5]

In 2009, Fox left Skadden for Kirkland & Ellis, where he developed their M&A practice.[6] At the time of his departure, Fox was one of the highest-paid lawyers at Skadden[7] and it marked the first time a partner had left the firm for a competitor.[2] At Kirkland, he oversaw the New York office, was a member of the executive committee and developed the M&A practice,[6] which rose from 90th to first in global M&A rankings and helped the firm become the highest-grossing law firm in the world.[1]

Fox has also been active in the M&A ecosystem of Israel. Some of the Israeli deals he handled include the sale of Koor Industries’s stake in Makhteshim Agan to ChemChina for $2.4 billion and Teva Pharmaceuticals' acquisition of Cephalon for $6.8 billion.[5]

In addition to practicing law, Fox serves on a number of boards and has taught at his alma mater, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[8]

In 2018, The Deal honored Fox with its first ever M&A Lifetime Achievement award.[9] In 2020, he stepped down from the executive committee at Kirkland.[6]

Personal life

Fox has two brothers, Israeli filmmaker Eytan Fox and MIT Linguistics professor Danny Fox.[4]

References
  1. Fontanella-Khan, James; Indap, Sujeet; Thompson, Barney (6 June 2019). "How a Private Equity Boom Fuelled the World's Biggest Law Firm". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. Kouwe, Zachery (14 May 2009). "In Sign of Industry Shift, a Legal Giant Loses 2 Top Partners". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. "Jewish educator Rabbi Seymour Fox dies in Israel". Cleveland Jewish News. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. Dromi, Uri (23 January 2003). "'Residents Have Every Right to Design Their Own Neighborhood'". Haaretz. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. Sikular, Naama (1 March 2012). ""אין כמעט עסקה שדומה לקודמתה. זה לא משחק דמקה שחוזר על עצמו"" [No Deal is Similar to Others]. Calcalist (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv, Israel. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. Marcus, David (26 June 2020). "Drinks With The Deal: Kirkland's David Fox". The Deal. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. Tribe, Meghan; Strom, Roy (7 May 2020). "Wall Street 'Nightmare' Alive as Kirkland Poaches From Wachtell". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. "David Fox". Bloomberg. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "The 2018 Deal Award Winners Announced". The Deal. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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