James Fox > Vinson & Elkins LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vinson & Elkins LLP Offices
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York 10036
United States
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James Fox
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
Position
Partner
Career
Jim Fox is the Managing Partner of V&E’s New York office and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
Jim is a corporate lawyer whose practice includes private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and corporate governance. He helps clients navigate the challenges of a competitive landscape, collaborating with them to develop legal strategies to protect against meaningful risk while achieving important business objectives.
Jim has a wealth of experience working in the energy industry and has also advised clients in industrials, shipping and technology. He regularly counsels the management teams of private equity firms and public and private companies on a variety of investments, joint venture transactions, and divestitures, as well as on corporate governance and other general corporate matters.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Finance > Project finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Real estate > Land use/zoning