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, Queen's Law Journal, UBC Law Review, Canadian Business Law Journal, and Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law. He has also commented on business law issues for 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 in the securities industry as Chair 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.