Doug Sarro’s research focuses on corporate law, securities regulation, and the relationships among innovation, law, and politics.
His recent work appears or is forthcoming in the McGill Law Journal, Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Capital Markets Law Journal, Canadian Business Law Journal, UNB Law Journal, and Law Teacher.
Doug’s research on public company disclosure obligations has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, and his current work on financial innovation and regulatory design is funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant. He has commented on business law issues for Bloomberg, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, and other media outlets.
Before pursuing an academic career, Doug clerked at the Court of Appeal for Ontario, practiced corporate law at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, and was a senior advisor at the Ontario Securities Commission. He remains engaged with the capital markets sector as Academic Director of the uOttawa Startup Law Clinic and a member of CFA Societies Canada’s Advocacy Council.
Doug holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School, where he graduated as gold medallist, and an SJD (doctorate in law) from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the bars of New York and Ontario and is a CFA charterholder.