Corey Fox

Corey Fox is a partner in Kirkland's corporate transactional group. His practice is primarily focused on counseling private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in structuring, negotiating and executing complex business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, purchases and sales through bankruptcy, carve-out transactions, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, as well as general corporate matters. Corey has led representative matters ranging in size from several million dollars to $10 billion in a variety of industries, including technology, computer software and hardware, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, education, retail, apparel, food, agriculture, restaurant, consumer services and automotive. Corey has handled such matters on behalf of, among other distinguished private equity clients, Thoma Bravo, Centerbridge Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, SK Capital Partners, New Water Capital, and Soundcore Capital Partners. Corey is a member of Kirkland’s Recruiting Committee, Non-Share Partner Review Committee and Operations Committee. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Corey Fox is a partner in Kirkland's corporate transactional group. His practice is primarily focused on counseling private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in structuring, negotiating and executing complex business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, purchases and sales through bankruptcy, carve-out transactions, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, as well as general corporate matters. Corey has led representative matters ranging in size from several million dollars to $10 billion in a variety of industries, including technology, computer software and hardware, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, education, retail, apparel, food, agriculture, restaurant, consumer services and automotive. He has handled such matters on behalf of private equity clients including Thoma Bravo, Centerbridge Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, SK Capital Partners, New Water Capital, and Soundcore Capital Partners. Corey is a member of Kirkland’s Recruiting Committee, Non-Share Partner Review Committee and Operations Committee.

Practice areas

Private EquityMergers and AcquisitionsCorporate Restructuring

Office

United States

Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Corey Fox is a partner in Kirkland's corporate transactional group. His practice is primarily focused on counseling private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in structuring, negotiating and executing complex business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, going-private transactions, purchases and sales through bankruptcy, carve-out transactions, corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, as well as general corporate matters. Corey has led representative matters ranging in size from several million dollars to $10 billion in a variety of industries, including technology, computer software and hardware, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, education, retail, apparel, food, agriculture, restaurant, consumer services and automotive. Corey has handled such matters on behalf of, among other distinguished private equity clients, Thoma Bravo, Centerbridge Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, SK Capital Partners, New Water Capital, and Soundcore Capital Partners. Corey is a member of Kirkland’s Recruiting Committee, Non-Share Partner Review Committee and Operations Committee.

United States

Expertise

Domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitionsDivestituresLeveraged buyoutsGoing-private transactionsPurchases and sales through bankruptcyCarve-out transactionsCorporate restructurings and recapitalizationsGeneral corporate matters

Education

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2004
University of Michigan, B.A., American Culture with Distinction, 1999