Ms. Meg Kinnear

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Meg Kinnear is the Secretary-General of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

 

Ms. Kinnear joined ICSID in June 2009.

 

She worked as Senior General Counsel (2006-2009) and Director General of the Trade Law Bureau of Canada (1999-2006). Prior to this, Ms. Kinnear also worked as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister of Justice of Canada (1996 -1999) and Counsel at the Civil Litigation Section of the Canadian Department of Justice (1984-1996).

 

Ms. Kinnear has frequently spoken on and published with respect to international investment law and procedure, including as a co-author of Investment Disputes under NAFTA (Kluwer Law Publications, June 2006; updated editions released January 2008 and June 2009).

 

Ms. Kinnear holds degrees from the University of Virginia (LL.M.) and McGill University (LL.B.). She is admitted to the Secretary-General ICSID Meg Kinnear Bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario) and the District of Columbia Bar.

 

She speaks English and French.

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Updated at: 14/07/2024

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