Martin Petrin

AI & Corporate Governance • Consultant / Expert Witness | Advisor | Speaker

Jarislowsky Dimma Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance

I research and provide independent expert analysis on AI governance and accountability, corporate law and governance, directors' & officers' fiduciary duties, and corporate liability.

Work on board oversight cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery in In Re McDonald's Corp. Stockholder Derivative Litigation (2023)

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Areas of expertise

Specialist Knowledge for Hard Legal Questions

Corporate Law & Governance

Directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duties, board oversight standards, corporate and managerial liability, group and parent companies, board duties in takeovers.

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AI Governance & Accountability

Enterprise and board AI governance, AI policies and best practices, board oversight of AI, agentic AI governance, liability for artificial intelligence systems.

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New Technologies & Platforms

Legal and governance implications of emerging technologies, platform liability, corporate accountability for technology-related harms, and regulatory frameworks.

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Scholarship

Selected Publications

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2026

AI Accountability from the Outside In: Corporate Liability, AI Governance, and Managerial Duties

European Corporate Governance Institute, Law Working Paper No. 935/2026

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2026

AI and the Softening of Corporate Boundaries

In: M. Tsimplis et al. (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Artificial Intelligence Governance (Edward Elgar, 2026)

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2026

When AI Hurts: Corporate Responsibility for Agentic AI

Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Vol. 40 (forthcoming)

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2025

Book Review: Board-Shareholder Dialogue (Enriques & Strampelli, eds.)

Journal of Corporate Law Studies 25, 655

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Expert Analysis & Litigation Support

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Law firms, organizations, and policy-makers retain me for questions of corporate law doctrine, governance standards, and AI governance or accountability that require independent scholarly grounding.

Expert Analysis & Litigation Support

What frameworks, standards and governance practices apply when boards and management use AI or oversee AI deployment?

Under what circumstances can a parent company be held liable for the conduct and wrongdoing of a subsidiary?

What constitutes adequate board oversight of corporate conduct, enterprise risk, and legal compliance?

What governance, accountability and risk management practices apply when a corporation deploys autonomous AI agents?

What fiduciary duties and standards of conduct apply to directors in contested mergers and acquisitions transactions?

Martin Petrin

Specialist Knowledge for Hard Legal Questions

Corporate Law & Governance

AI Governance & Accountability

New Technologies & Platforms

Selected Publications

Let's Work Together

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