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David Fox (lawyer)

David Fox is an American lawyer with a specialty in public companies mergers and acquisitions. 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.

Early life
Fox was born in New York City in 1958. His father was Seymour Fox, a rabbi and Jewish educator, and mother was Sarah Kaminker, a city planner. His family immigrated to Jerusalem when he was nine years old. ==Career==
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. and it marked the first time a partner had left the firm for a competitor. which rose from 90th to first in global M&A rankings and helped the firm become the highest-grossing law firm in the world. In 2018, The Deal honored Fox with its first ever M&A Lifetime Achievement award. In 2020, he stepped down from the executive committee at Kirkland. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Fox has two brothers, filmmaker Eytan Fox and MIT Linguistics professor Danny Fox. ==References==
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