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Corey Fox

Corey Fox

USA 2026

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About

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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 over $12 billion across a variety of industries, including technology, computer software and hardware, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, education, retail, apparel, food, agriculture, restaurants, consumer services, industrial, and automotive. Corey has handled such matters on behalf of, among other distinguished clients, Thoma Bravo, Centerbridge Partners, Sun Capital Partners, Paine Schwartz Partners, SK Capital Partners, Shore Capital Partners, New Water Capital, and Uplift Investors.

Corey is Co‑Chair of Kirkland’s Firmwide Finance Committee; and a member of the Income Partner Review Committee; Technology Advisory Committee; and Operations Committee.

Personal

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

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Private Equity: Buyouts - Illinois

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Corey Fox is a respected practitioner who works on a host of deals. His expertise covers financings and M&A.

Strengths

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  • Corey Fox is very commercial. He knows how to get the deal done. He always provides really good, data-based advice in sticky situations.

    Private Equity: BuyoutsChambers Guide to the USA

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