Eleanor M. Fox is an academic who studies

antitrust Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust l ...

economic development In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and o ...

globalization Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...

, International trade law, and the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

. She is the Walter J. Derenberg Professor of Trade Regulation in the

New York University School of Law New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is the law school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City and the oldest surviving law school in New ...

Education and career

Fox graduated from

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely follo ...

in 1956, and earned an

LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the China, People's Republic ...

in 1961 from the New York University School of Law. Before returning to NYU Law, she worked in civil law for the US Attorney's office, and became the first female partner at

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is an international white shoe law firm headquartered in New York City. The firm specializes in litigation and corporate practices, particularly mergers and acquisitions, with over 1,000 attorneys in 11 offices worl ...

in 1970 . In 1978–1979 she served on the National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures, and from 1997 to 2000 she served on the International Competition Policy Advisory Committee of the US Department of Justice.

Books

Fox is the author of books including: *''Competition Policy and the Transformation of Central Europe'' (with John Fingleton et al, Centre for Economic Policy Research, 1996) *''Making Markets Work for Africa: Markets, Development, and Competition Law in Sub-Saharan Africa'' (with Mor Bakhoum, Oxford University Press, 2019) She also wrote the novel ''W. L. Esquire'' (1977), a satire concerning a female lawyer in an all-male corporate environment.

Recognition

Fox was the inaugural Alumna of the Year of NYU's alumnae group Law Women in 2006. She was given an honorary doctorate by Paris Dauphine University in 2009. In 2011 Global Competition Review gave Fox a lifetime achievement award for "substantial, lasting and transformational impact on competition policy and/or practice". In 2017 the Association of American Law Schools gave Fox their Antitrust Lifetime Achievement Award.

References

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