Birgir Már Björnsson attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, recently published an article in the business section of the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið concerning the regulations that apply when the financial situation of municipalities is poor and the resources that are available to deal with such situation. It is stipulated in the Local Government Act… Read more »
Benedikta Haraldsdóttir, attorney at LEX Law Offices published an article on the temporary exclusivity period of original pharmaceutical products in the Icelandic media outlet Innherji yesterday. The occasion is that the EU Commission has just adopted a proposal for the most extensive reform of EU pharmaceutical legislation in 20 years. The proposal contains i.a. considerable… Read more »
Erla S. Árnadóttir, attorney and partner at LEX Law Offices, published an article in the Icelandic news medium Innherji today, where she discusses the significance of new regulations that come into effect on June 1st regarding the so-called „European Patent with Unitary Effect“ and „Unified Patent Court“. It should be noted that the new system… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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.
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 »
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… Read more »
Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir and Guðrún Lilja Sigurðardóttir 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… Read more »
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