Michael Fox (lawyer)
Michael Fox, MBE (8 March 1934 – 9 May 2009) was a British-Israeli lawyer. He was co-founder of Herzog, Fox & Neeman, Israel's largest law firm.[1]
Biography
[edit]Michael Fox was born in London, England, to Sam and Freda Fox. He studied law at the University of London (King's College London) and opened a private practice, Fox & Gibbons, in London, prior to his immigration to Israel in 1968.[2] He lived in Herzliya Pituah. Fox was married to Sheila Israel, also an attorney. They had no children.[2] He died in Jerusalem on 9 May 2009, after a decade-long battle with cancer.[2]
Legal and journalistic career
[edit]Fox was a member of the International Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales. He was an expert in corporate law, especially in mergers & acquisitions and infrastructure development. Fox worked closely with Isaac Herzog, now President of Israel, before leaving the firm in 2002. Herzog described Fox as "something between a father and a cousin" and "one of the people I love the most in this world."[3]
Fox wrote a monthly column for the English edition of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.[2] A selection of his Haaretz columns was published as a book with an introduction by the English writer and his childhood friend John Gross.
He served as chairman of the Israel, Britain and the Commonwealth Association (IBCA).
Honours
[edit]In 2003, Fox was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his contribution to Israel–British relations.[2]
Published works
[edit]- Mountains and Molehills, Essays 2003–2007, Weill Publishers
References
[edit]- ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (April 18, 1997). "A friend who was like an older brother". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ^ a b c d e Cnaan Liphshiz (10 May 2009). "Michael Fox, cofounder of Israel's largest law firm, dies at 75". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Michael Fox, Cofounder of Israel's Largest Law Firm, Dies at 75
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