- Assistant Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Doug Sarro is a law professor at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on corporate law, securities regulation, and the relationship between 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. He has also commented on business law issues for Bloomberg, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, and other media outlets.
His 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 an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
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.
Experience
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2023–presentAssistant Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
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2017–2019Senior Advisor, Ontario Securities Commission
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2014–2017Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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2013–2014Clerk, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Education
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2013Osgoode Hall Law School, Juris Doctor
Publications
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2022Corporate Veil-Piercing and Structures of Canadian Business Law, UBC Law Review
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2021Incentives, Experts, and Regulatory Renewal, Queen's Law Journal
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2021Proxy Advisors as Issue Spotters, Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of Ontario
- New York State Bar
- CFA Institute
