On the 18th of March, the District Court of Reykjavik dismissed the cases of the State Alcohol and Tobacco Company (ÁTVR) against Sante ehf., Santewines SAS and Arnar Sigurðsson ÁTVR demanded that the defendants would cease to participate in the retail sale of alcohol online and that they would be held liable for damages that… Read more »
For more than 20 years Chambers and Partners have published directories on leading law firms in most of the countries in the world. Their ranking for 2022 for Europe and Global is now available. LEX is ranked a Leading Firm in Iceland. Chambers and Partners ranking is in the Corporate / Commercial and Dispute Resolution… Read more »
Erla S. 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… Read more »
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
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… Read more »
María Kristjánsdóttir, attorney at LEX, will participate in a summit on brand value next Thursday, the 3rd of February. The meeting is held jointly by Brandr and the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office The meeting is open to everyone and a recording will be accessible afterwards. Sign up here to watch live or access a recording,… Read more »
Festa – Center for Sustainability is hosting the conference “On the right grounds” on 27 January 2022. The conference is digital and open to everyone. Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir, attorney and advisor on sustainability and ESG at LEX, is one of the participants in a panel discussion on proposed changes in law and regulation on sustainable… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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