David Fox, P.C. 
Professional Profile
David Fox is one of the leading members of Kirkland's Corporate Practice Group and a member of the Firm's Worldwide Executive Management Committee. David focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions and is renowned for his work on complex, high-profile deals as well as contested, cross-border and international transactions. He also counsels senior management in connection with crisis situations, as well as on general governance matters.
David's work has been recognized by numerous legal and financial publications, including Chambers and Partners where he is listed among a small number of Band 1 practitioners in M&A. The International Who's Who of Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyers 2013 recently named David one of the ten "Most Highly Regarded Individuals" that stand out worldwide in M&A. The Legal 500 lists him among the "Leading Lawyers" for "M&A: Mega Deals ($5B+)." In 2012, he was named a "Dealmaker of the Year" by The American Lawyer and previously as one of their "45 Under 45."
In addition, as a contributing author of Kirkland M&A Update, David's thought leadership has been recognized by various academic and business publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times' Deal Professor and The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, where he serves as a Guest Contributor.
Representative Matters
Recent U.S. Transactions
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Special committee of the board of directors of rue21, inc. in connection with the pending $1.1 billion sale of the company to Apax Partners
Avis Budget Group in its $500 million acquisition of Zipcar and $1.5 billion unsolicited offer to acquire Dollar Thrifty
The Blackstone Group in its approximately $26 billion acquisition proposal for Dell Inc.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb in its $7 billion acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals and joint collaboration with AstraZeneca plc; $2.5 billion acquisition of Inhibitex; and $885 million acquisition of ZymoGenetic
Clearwire Corporation in Sprint's acquisition of the stake in Clearwire which Sprint does not already own, implying a $10 billion enterprise value for Sprint and the unsolicited competing offer for Clearwire by DISH Networks
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Duff & Phelps in its $665 million pending acquisition by a private equity consortium led by The Carlyle Group
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FX Alliance in its $700 million sale of the company to Thomson Reuters
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GeoEye in its merger with former takeover target DigitalGlobe
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Prestige Brands in connection with Genomma Lab's unsolicited $834 million acquisition proposal and potential proxy contest
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Solutia in its $4.7 billion sale of the company to Eastman Chemical
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Teva Pharmaceutical in its $6.8 billion white-knight acquisition of Cephalon
Recent International Transactions
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Avis Budget Group in its $1 billion acquisition of Avis Europe
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Bristol-Myers Squibb in its collaboration arrangement with Reckitt Benckiser for distribution and future acquisition of several of BMS' over-the-counter medicines sold primarily in Brazil and Mexico
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Fundtech in its $388 million sale to private equity firm GTCR, a "superior offer" to its previously announced merger with S1 Corp
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Koor Industries in connection with Makhteshim-Agan Industries' $2.4 billion merger agreement with a subsidiary of ChemChina
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Scailex Corp. in its sale of Partner Communications Ltd.
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Sun Pharma in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Taro Pharmaceutical
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Teva Pharmaceutical in its $5 billion acquisition of ratiopharm, Germany's second-largest generics producer
Other Notable Transactions*
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Aztar Corp. in its four-way bidding war in which Aztar agreed to be acquired by Columbia Sussex Corp. for $2.75 billion
BHP Billiton in connection with the U.S. law aspects of its withdrawn $150 billion offer to acquire Rio Tinto
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Cendant in its separation into three independent, publicly owned companies
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Realogy Corp. in its approximately $9 billion going-private acquisition by Apollo Management
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The board of directors of Toys"R"Us in its $6.6 billion acquisition by an investment group led by KKR, Bain and Vornado Realty Trust
Travelport in its $4.3 billion sale of the company to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group
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The Weather Channel in its sale by Landmark Communications to The Blackstone Group, NBC and Bain
*Representation was prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis LLP
