Press Release
Press Release
06.16.15
Pillsbury is pleased to announce that Pillsbury nominee Kevin Fox has been recognized as a “Legends in the Law” award winner from the 2015 Burton Awards for Legal Achievement. The Legends in the Law Awards recognize the lifetime achievements of general counsel at major corporations.
Kevin Fox is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Pillsbury client Sharp Electronics Corporation – an electronics sales and marketing company with more than $7 billion in annual sales. Fox oversees the company’s legal affairs in North America, South America and Central America (excluding Canada). He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of legal issues for Sharp operations in the Americas pertaining to transactions, litigation, employment, real estate and other operational matters.
Fox joined Sharp in 2006 as Associate General Counsel and was promoted to Deputy General Counsel in 2008 before taking the General Counsel role in 2012. When he joined Sharp, the legal department consisted of the general counsel and Fox only. Over the past eight years, he was one of the major contributors to the company’s efforts to grow the department to eight personnel and to enhance its functions to effectively support the diverse businesses Sharp is engaged in.
The award was presented during a black-tie gala held at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, attended by dignitaries including U.S. Supreme Court Justices, top law firm partners, law school deans and leading law professors from across the nation.
The "Legends in the Law" award is given annually to the general counsel of a company with gross revenues of more than $1 billion whose reputation in both the legal profession and as a proven authority in a specialized area of law is considered superior. Nominations were received from firm leaders of the top 1,000 law firms. The Burton Foundation is a not-for-profit academic organization run in association with the Library of Congress.