Meg Kinnear is a Canadian international disputes specialist. She founded LKDR in July 2024, and acts as a dispute neutral in international investment, trade and commercial matters. Meg was the first full-time Secretary-General of ICSID (2009-2024); the head of Canada’s in-house international investment and trade law group (1999-2009); and litigation counsel at the Canadian Department of Justice (1984-1999). She has been lead counsel on numerous investor-State arbitrations and domestic litigation, negotiated international investment and trade treaties, and provided strategic and legal advice on a wide variety of international commercial, investment and trade disputes. She is also a frequent speaker and author on topics related to arbitration and international investment law.