Meg KINNEAR

Meg Kinnear is a co-founding member of LKDR LLC (Low & Kinnear Dispute Resolution). She acts as a dispute neutral in international disputes, including investor-State, commercial, trade and State-State cases.

Prior to opening LKDR, Meg was the Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). She was formerly the Senior General Counsel and Director General of the Trade Law Bureau of Canada, where she was responsible for the conduct of all international investment and trade litigation involving Canada and participated in the negotiation of bilateral investment agreements.

From October 1996 to April 1999, Meg Kinnear was Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Justice of Canada. Prior to this, she was Counsel at the Civil Litigation Section of the Canadian Department of Justice (from June 1984 to October 1996) where she appeared before federal and provincial courts as well as domestic arbitration panels.

Meg Kinnear has published numerous articles on international investment law and procedure and is a frequent speaker on these topics. She is a co-author of Investment Disputes under NAFTA (published in 2006 and updated in 2008 & 2009). She also co-authored texts on Canadian legal procedure including Federal Court Practice (1988-1990, 1991-1992, and 1993-2009 annually) and 1995 Crown Liability and Proceedings Act Annotated (1994).