David Fox

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 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 Fox has two brothers, filmmaker Eytan Fox and MIT Linguistics professor Danny Fox.