Alexander A. Fitzpatrick

Alexander A. Fitzpatrick, Esq. has served as the Chief Legal Officer of ARS Pharma since December 2022. From 2004 through 2022, Mr. Fitzpatrick served as general counsel to several public and private commercial-stage pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other technology companies. From 2017 through 2022, Mr. Fitzpatrick served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Evofem Biosciences, Inc.; from 2014 through 2016, as Chief Legal Officer, and Secretary of Kyriba Corporation; from 2010 to 2014 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Secretary of Verenium Corporation, from 2004 to 2010 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Kintera, Inc (following the sale of Kintera, Mr. Fitzpatrick continued to serve in a similar position for a major division of Blackbaud, Inc.).

Prior to moving in-house, Mr. Fitzpatrick was a member of the business and corporate departments with the law firms Cooley LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP in San Diego, and Rogers & Wells LLP (now Clifford Chance) in London. Mr. Fitzpatrick represented pharmaceutical, healthcare and other technology companies, investment banks and venture capitalists in a variety of transactions including numerous collaborations, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property matters, licensing and financing activity. Mr. Fitzpatrick received a B.S. in mathematics from Georgetown University and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall)