Dougal joined Banki Haddock Fiora as a paralegal in 2013 before relocating to the U.S. in 2015 where he was admitted to the New York Bar and worked for a number of years in copyright litigation in Los Angeles, specialising in infringements related to photography, fashion and music. Dougal rejoined the firm in 2021 in the Copyright and Litigation group. Prior to his legal career Dougal was a contemporary art curator with visual arts organisations in Sydney, New York and Paris. He holds a PhD in Art History and Theory, was previously a lecturer at the University of Sydney and the College of Fine Arts (UNSW) and has been published in The Copyright Reporter.

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