Fjölnir Ólafsson

Attorney - Senior Associate

fjolnir@lex.is

Fjölnir Ólafsson, a licensed attorney before the district courts, joined LEX as an associate in 2019. His primary practice areas are competition law, administrative law, the law of contract and obligations, and litigation and dispute resolution

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Fjölnir Ólafsson, a licensed attorney before the district courts, joined LEX as an associate in 2019 after graduating from the University of Iceland, having previously worked at LEX as a paralegal alongside his studies. Fjölnir worked as a judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeal (Landsréttur) from November 2019 until the end of 2020. In 2023, Fjölnir assumed the position of senior associate af LEX. His primary practice areas are competition law, administrative law, the law of contract and obligations, and litigation and dispute resolution. Furthermore, he has undertaken diverse projects in the field of corporate law, construction and procurement law, IP law, European law, and customs law.

Admitted to practice before:

  • The District Courts

Career

  • LEX Law Offices since 2017
  • Judicial law clerk at the Court of Appeal (Landsréttur) 2019-2020
  • Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Germany, 2012-14

Education

  • District Court Attorney 2020
  • University of Iceland, mag. jur, 2019
  • University of Iceland, BA Law, 2017
  • Hochschule für Musik Saar, BMus, 2014
  • Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð, 2009

Languages

  • English
  • German
  • Danish

Teaching

    Lecturer in Procedural law at the University of Iceland from 2023