Kyle K. Fox
- Austin
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Kyle is a trusted adviser in M&A and financing transactions, providing strategic guidance to mid-market and high-growth companies, their boards, and investors.
Known for his commercial judgment and deal fluency, Kyle Fox partners closely with executive teams, founders, boards, and private equity sponsors to solve challenges, seize opportunities, and maximize value throughout a company’s lifecycle. He brings deep experience across the full spectrum of corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, growth equity financings, and other strategic capital raises. His clients rely on him to drive complex deals to successful outcomes, navigate high-stakes negotiations, and deliver pragmatic, market-informed solutions. Kyle has led transactions across a wide range of industries and structures, including competitive auctions, strategic and sponsor-backed acquisitions, cross-border M&A, carve-outs, minority investments, joint ventures, and recapitalizations. He regularly represents both buyers and sellers—public and private—in middle-market and upper-middle-market transactions, often managing dynamic stakeholder groups and fast-moving deal environments.
In addition to his M&A and private equity work, Kyle has significant experience advising on capital raising strategies, including venture capital and growth equity financings, convertible securities, and debt restructurings. He counsels clients through late-stage rounds and beyond, helping them align capital strategy with long-term business objectives and investor expectations. Kyle also serves as outside general counsel to a number of companies, advising on operational and governance matters, such as entity formation, board and committee processes, fiduciary duties, litigation risk management, and securities law compliance.
Areas of focus
Services
Education & Credentials
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1995
- University of Wisconsin - Madison, B.A., Honors Program, 1992
Bar and Court Admissions
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Texas
Related Employment
- University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, Adjunct Professor, 2012-2022
- CommunitySun, LLC, Austin, TX, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, 2012-2013
Professional Recognition
Ranked by Chambers USA as “America’s Leading Lawyer" for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions, 2022-2025
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2021; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law, 2012-2026
Named, "Lawyer of the Year," Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Austin, 2020, 2023
Named, "Lawyer of the Year," Securities / Capital Markets Law, Austin, 2023
Named, "Lawyer of the Year," Corporate Law, Austin, 2019
Listed in Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2019-2025; Listed as a "Rising Stars," 2004-2005, 2007-2009
Texas Bar Foundation, Follow, 2008-present
Impact
Professional Leadership
- Texas Bar Foundation, Follow, 2008-present
Community Involvement
- Austin Technology Council, Board Member, 2010-2012
- Technology Entrepreneurs’ Exchange, State Chairman, 2009-2010; State President, Austin Chairman, 2008-2009; Austin President, 2007-2008; Board Member, 2004-2010