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111 S. Calvert Street
27th Floor
BALTIMORE, MD 21202-6174
MARYLAND
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Douglas Fox
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Work Department
Business and Transactions
Position
Partner
Career
Douglas M. Fox practices business, corporate, securities, and technology law, for public and privately held entities in a range of industries.
Doug has nearly 25 years of experience handling corporate, securities, and business law matters. He counsels startup and mature technology and new-economy companies, and 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.
Admissions: Maryland
Memberships
Maryland State Bar Association, member, Section on Business Law; member, Committee on Corporate Law; past Chair, Committee on Representing Emerging Companies
Session of the Maryland General Assembly, adviser on technology law matters, 2000-2001
Maryland Judicial Institute, Instructor, Business and Biotechnology Law
Early Stage East Bio-Life-Tech Conference, past Chair
Emerging Technology Centers
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 1985)
University of Maryland (B.S. Civil Engineering 1979)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
(Leading lawyers)In Baltimore, Ballard Spahr LLP is a go-to firm for specialist Maryland corporation law knowledge, where it excels in advising its clients on both public and private Maryland REITs and their related tax, corporate, securities, and bankruptcy issues. The team continues to hold close relationships with REIT clients while also serving as corporate counsel. Practice head Douglas Fox is well-versed in counselling REITs, mutual funds, and other investment companies in capital raising transactions, corporate governance, and M&A. Co-head senior counsel Charles Moran is an expert in representing REITs, life sciences and healthcare clients in complex corporate transactions. Thomas Bashore is key to the team and focuses on entity formation and organization, corporation law and public offerings. All aforementioned lawyers are based in Baltimore.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Real estate investment trusts (REITs) United States > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense