Month: April 2023

Artificial Intelligence Chatbot – Chat GPT

Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir, attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið concerning Open AI announcing that their artificial intelligence chatbot, Chat GPT, would also be developed in Icelandic. Artificial intelligence models such as ChatGPT have great potential, but at the same time, there… Read more »

Disclosure obligation of issuer of listed bonds

Innherji, an Icelandic business news site, recently published an article by Stefán Orri Ólafsson, attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices on the difficult assessment that issuers of financial instruments often face as to what information is required to be publicly disclosed. Fairly detailed rules apply to issuers of listed bonds in Iceland, including their… Read more »

LEX awarded premium ranking by Legal 500

Legal 500 the premium legal ranking agency has published its latest ranking for the Icelandic legal market. LEX Law Offices, one of Iceland’s full-service law firms, is ranked in Tier 1 in 8 of 10 categories and Tier 2 in two categories. We are immensely proud of our people who have received recognition for their… Read more »

Freedom of employment and restrictive covenants in employment contracts

Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason, lawyer at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article on the Icelandic news site Vísi. The article is on the freedom of employment in Iceland, restrictive covenants in employment contracts, the legal environment surrounding such covenants and amendments that our neighbouring countries have made to their labour legislation.

Chambers and Partners rank LEX as a leading firm – Europe

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 Europe is now available. LEX is ranked as a Leading Firm in Iceland. Chambers Europe ranking is in the Intellectual Property, Corporate / Commercial and Dispute Resolution categories. Earlier this year… Read more »