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Steven Fox

Senior Counsel

About Steve

Prior to joining the Firm, Steve Fox served in various senior-level legal and advisory positions, including on behalf of Goldman Sachs, as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of GreenSky, Inc., a publicly-held financial technology company, and as a founding partner of the Atlanta law firm of Rogers & Hardin LLP, where he counseled publicly and privately-held businesses, boards of directors and board committees, private equity funds and financial advisors in connection with mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, corporate governance and a wide range of commercial and corporate matters.

Steve is a former Chairman of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia. His professional recognition includes his selection as “2016 Atlanta Lawyer of the Year” (Mergers & Acquisitions) by The Best Lawyers in America®, his prior selection as one of the top 100 lawyers in Georgia by Atlanta Magazine, and his prior inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Best Lawyers in America®, Georgia Super Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite.

Steve has spoken and written extensively on matters of corporate law and corporate governance and has served on the boards of various public and private companies and non-profit organizations.

Representative Matters

  • Representation of a Nasdaq-listed financial services company in connection with its initial public offering, subsequent capital markets transactions, and its business combination with a NYSE-listed global investment banking firm
  • Representation of a NYSE-listed insurance provider in connection with its initial public offering and related corporate matters
  • Representation of an SEC-registered investment adviser in connection with its corporate recapitalization and capital raise
  • Representation of a Nasdaq-listed telecommunications company in connection with multiple acquisitions and capital markets transactions
  • Representation of a Nasdaq-listed bank holding company in connection with multiple acquisitions and related corporate matters
  • Representation of private equity firm in connection with its acquisition and disposition of certain portfolio companies
  • Representation of various underwriters and placement agents in connection with certain capital markets transactions
  • Representation of various organizations affiliated with the International Olympic Committee in connection with formation of certain strategic alliances related to the Olympic Games
  • Representation of various Boards of Directors and Board committees in connection with corporate governance matters
  • Representation of a NYSE-listed global airline in connection with a major capital raise and related activities

Recognitions

The Best Lawyers in America®, "Lawyer of the Year," Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Atlanta  (2016)

Chambers USA: Leading Business Lawyers

Georgia Super Lawyers

Georgia Trend Magazine, Legal Elite

The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers

Credentials

Education

J.D., University of Michigan

B.A., University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Economics

Admissions

  • Georgia

Organizational Involvement

Professional

Former Chairman, Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia

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