AB (Princeton), BCL/LLB (McGill), of the Bars of Ontario and New York
Hugh Meighen is a lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He has more than 10 years experience in dedicated arbitration counsel work. He has represented clients in high-value and complex international and domestic arbitrations in a range of industry sectors, including telecommunications, mining, construction, insurance, logistics, IT and real property, as well as under ad hoc and institutional rules including the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, BCICAC, DIAC and ADRIC.
In 2021, Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration named him one of ten “Most Highly Regarded” partners under 45 in the Americas.
As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Mr. Meighen has acted as a sole arbitrator in arbitrations involving procurement and real property disputes, as well as the discipline chair and appeals officer for certain sports associations.
In addition to articles and book chapters on arbitration, Mr. Meighen co-authored the Guide to the PCA Arbitration Rules, published by Oxford University Press, and is an adjunct professor of international commercial arbitration at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Prior to joining BLG, Mr. Meighen practiced for five years in London and Dubai in the international arbitration group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He was previously assistant legal counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, where he was the McGill Law fellow and supported arbitral tribunals presiding over international investment arbitrations.