About Douglas Fox

Douglas Fox is an attorney. He’s a partner at Ballard Spahr LLP.

Ballard Spahr’s clients range from large public companies and privately held corporations to government agencies and nonprofit organizations. It provides counseling and advocacy in more than 40 areas within intellectual property, litigation, business and finance, real estate, and public finance. The firm employees more than 650 lawyers throughout the U.S. It was founded in 1885.

Fox is the co-practice leader of Ballard Spahr's life sciences and technology group. He practices business, corporate, securities, and technology law for public and privately held entities in a range of industries. Fox regularly represents real estate investment trusts, mutual funds, and other investment funds and companies on matters of corporation and trust law. He advises clients on issues of board responsibilities, change-in-control and proxy contests, mergers and acquisitions, takeover defences, and governance. More recently, Fox has focused on counselling sponsors and others on the structuring and establishment of Qualified Opportunity Funds.

Fox has worked for Ballard Spahr since 1994, and has nearly 25 years of experience handling corporate, securities, and business law matters. He counsels startup and mature technology and new-economy companies. He also works with the research institutions and investment banks that deliver both the intellectual and financial capital necessary to fuel their growth. His experience ranges from biotechnology and life sciences companies to solar energy, wireless communications and edutainment, and data mining companies.

Fox is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He also has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland College Park.