Birgir Már Björnsson, attorney and partner at LEX law offices, wrote an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið yesterday, where he discusses the role of a company’s board according to corporate law and points out that among the decisions that a board is responsible for is an assessment of whether the… Read more »
Month: October 2020
LEX is Exemplary Company in Operation 2020
LEX Law Offices is among 3% of Icelandic companies that meet the strict conditions of the Icelandic business paper Viðskiptablaðið and the business information provider Keldan and is Exemplary Company in Operation in 2020.
Speculation about the utility of a new Constitution
There has been a heated debate over a new constitution in Iceland. Eydís Ýr Jónsdóttir, a lawyer at LEX law offices, wrote an article on the Icelandic news site Vísir, where she discusses the basic role of a constitution, what is a constitution? What role is it intended to play? What matters belong in the… Read more »
LEX is Strongest in Iceland!
LEX has been recognised as one of Iceland’s strongest companies in the year 2020. Only 2% of Icelandic companies meet these requirements. We are proud of this recognition which is a testament to the excellent operation of our law firm.
IFLR 1000 ranks LEX in Tier 1
The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers. Recently the IFLR1000 released their latest ranking, the 30th edition and LEX has yet again, been ranked in Tier 1, in Financial and Corporate as well as Project Development. Ólafur Haraldsson, Stefán Orri Ólafsson and Guðmundur Ingvi Sigurðsson are… Read more »
Possibility for non-traditional trademarks
Hulda Árnadóttir and María Kristjánsdóttir, attorneys at LEX and managers of GH Sigurgeirsson Intellectual Property (GHIP) – a subsidiary of LEX were interviewed in the Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið today. In the interview, they discuss among other things recent changes to trademark laws in Iceland, one of the main changes is that registration for so-called non-traditional… Read more »
Necessary actions following Schrems II
On July 16th the European Court of Justice in case no. C-311/18 (Schrems II) issued its decision concerning the legitimacy of Facebook’s disclosure of personal information from servers in Ireland to the United States. Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir, partner at LEX, discusses the decision and its consequences in an article in the icelandic newspaper Viðskiptablaðið. She… Read more »
Composition Agreement
Birgir Már Björnsson, partner at LEX wrote an article in business section of the icelandic newpaper Morgunblaðið, where he discussed composition agreements in bankruptcy proceedings. Despite the fact that in the event of bankruptcy, the company’s owners lose dominance and rights over it, they still have the opportunity to recover their company from bankruptcy proceedings…. Read more »
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