Press Releases

For more than 20 years Chambers and Partners have published directories on leading firms in most of the countries in the world. Their ranking for 2023 for Global  is now available. LEX is ranked as a Leading Firm in Iceland. Chambers global ranking is in the Corporate / Commercial and Dispute Resolution categories. The Corporate / Commercial team is described as following: „LEX Law Offices boasts a broad corporate and commercial offering, including public M&A and ECM mandates ...

For more than 20 years Chambers and Partners have published directories on leading firms in most of the countries in the world. Their ranking for 2023 for Global  is now available. LEX is ranked as a Leading Firm in Iceland. Chambers global ranking is in the Corporate / Commercial and Dispute Resolution categories. The Corporate / Commercial team is described as following: „LEX Law Offices boasts a broad corporate and commercial offering, including public M&A and ECM mandates ...

Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir and Guðrún Lilja Sigurðardótti r are new partners at LEX Law Offices. With Eva and Guðrún joining as partners, female partners are now in total seven and have never been more. LEX Law Offices consists of 60 people, thereof 19 partners. “It is a great benefit for LEX to have Eva and Guðrún join the partner group ...

Erla S. Árnadóttir , partner at LEX and María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney at LEX and partner and Managing Director of GH Sigurgeirsson, IP boutique and subsidiary of LEX Law Offices are praised for their work in the field of trademark law in the 2023 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) . LEX is top ranked and considered an invaluable partner to its patrons thanks to its exceptionally broad IP and IT expertise and deep experience ...

Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir and Hjalti Geir Erlendsson , attorneys at LEX recently published an article in the Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið on the EU directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and why the EU and various countries, including Norway, France and Germany are adopting legislation on a corporate due diligence duty to protect human rights in a company’s own operations and value chain ...

LEX Law Offices was SKEL and Skeljungur’s advisor on the purchase of Klettur – sala og þjónusta ehf. Skeljungur, a subsidiary of SKEL investment company, officially completed the purchase of Klettur – sala og þjónusta ehf. today and Kristján Már Atlason took the position as CEO of the company. Concurrently SKEL investment company took over Klettagarður 8-10 ehf., the company that owns and operates the building that houses part of Klettur’s operations ...

On the 2nd – 3rd of February „UTmessan“ will take place in Harpa Concert Hall. UTmessan is one of the largest IT events in Iceland and is both a conference and an exhibition. LEX will have a booth on the first floor at the exhibition where our top lawyers in IP and technology will welcome visitors ...

Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, has taken a seat on the board of the Nordic Arbitration Centre together with Haraldur I. Birgissson. Eiríkur Elís Þorláksson is the new chairman of the board. Other board members are Halla Björgvinsdóttir and Marta Guðrún Blöndal ...

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, where she discusses the European Commission’s draft decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ...

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir , attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, where she discusses the European Commission’s draft decision on the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ...

María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney at LEX Law Offices and Managing Director of GH Sigurgeirsson IP recently published an online article in Tölvumál – Skýrslutæknifélag Íslands‘s magazine where she reviews the main issues related to intellectual property rights and the metaverse ...

We at LEX are proud to be among the 2% of Icelandic companies that are recognized as Strongest in Iceland in 2022 and meet strict conditions of CreditInfo’s analysis of Outstanding Companies ...

We at LEX are proud to be among the 2% of Icelandic companies that are recognized as Strongest in Iceland in 2022 and meet strict conditions of CreditInfo’s analysis of Outstanding Companies ...

Erla Árnadóttir , partner and María Kristjánsdóttir , associate at LEX and the managing director of GH Sigurgeirsson , IP boutique and subsidiary of LEX Law Offices are praised for work in the field of trademark law in the 2022 edition of the World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) . LEX is considered one of the best when it comes to trademark counselling, prosecution and litigation ...

The Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið just published an article by María Kristjánsdóttir , attorney and associate at LEX where she explains the registration requirements of trademarks. She also discusses the importance of creating a strong brand, from the outset, based on trademark law for it to be under the legal protection inherent in trademark protection https://www.lex.is/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/mk-skraningarskilyrdi ...

Eva Margret Ævarsdottir , attorney and advisor on sustainability and ESG at LEX Law Offices took part in panel discussions in January, at a conference hosted by Festa – Center for Sustainability , about the sustainable finance framework as Iceland is preparing for the implementation of the SFDR, EU taxonomy and CSRD. Eva Margrét recently published an article in the Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið, with a summary of her input in the panel discussion ...

Birgir Már Björnsson , attorney and partner at LEX, wrote an article in the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið yesterday regarding cohabitation agreements . Because of how limited the rights and obligations of cohabitants are in Icelandic legislation, it may be a sensible option to make arrangements for a possible future division of property in a cohabitation agreement ...

LEX has acted as local law advisor to Partners Group , a leading global private markets firm, acting on behalf of its clients, on the acquisition of atNorth , the largest sustainable data center operator in Iceland. atNorth is a leading data center platform providing renewable-only, power efficient, and cost-optimized data center hosting services to clients. Partners Group will work to transform atNorth into a major pan-Nordic provider of sustainable and efficient data center solutions ...

Innherji, an Icelandic news medium, published an article today by Kristinn Ingi Jónsson , lawyer and associate at LEX Law offices, where he discusses financial market rumours, their effect on the normal functioning of markets and regulations in the recent Act no. 60/2021 on measures against market fraud intended to counteract the disruptive effects of unconfirmed information. - https://www.visir ...

On 12 November 2021 the Court of Appeal rendered a judgment in a lawsuit which was handled by Erla S. Árnadóttir , attorney and partner at LEX. In the year 2015 the heirs of the artist Jón Kristinsson, Jóndi, filed suit against relatives of Gunnar Backmann who, during the years 1935 – 1957 ran an advertising device, Rafskinna, located in a window of a Reykjavík store, and against a gallery in Reykjavík ...

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir , partner and attorney at LEX, writes about Ransomware and Board of Directors´ liability in an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, which was published earlier this month. In the current business environment, where the number of security threats is increasing, it must be considered reasonable for company executives to take targeted measures to ensure the security of the information that the company possesses ...