Lára Herborg Ólafsdóttir, attorney and partner at LEX, wrote an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið on December 23rd, which focuses on the protection of whistle-blowers in new Act no. 40/2020 which will enter into force at the end of the year. The law is intended to protect all employees, in… Read more »
Birgir Már Björnsson, attorney and partner at LEX, discusses inheritance in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið today. In recent judgments of the Icelandic Supreme Court in cases no. 7/2020 and 8/2020 the interplay between the domicile rule of Icelandic inheritance law and the American rule on a specific form of partnership rights,… Read more »
Stefán Orri Ólafsson, attorney and partner at LEX, wrote an article in the Icelandic newspaper Fréttablaðið, where he discusses a bill for a new law on market abuse which is intended to replace the current provisions of the law on securities transactions on the handling of insider information, insider trading and market manipulation. The proposed… Read more »
Hulda Árnadóttir, Partner and María Kristjánsdóttir, Associate recently published this chapter on Pharmaceutical trademarks in Iceland in Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2021. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2021 is published by Law Business Research on lexology.com
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 »
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.
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 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.
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 »
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 »
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