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Landslog – Law Offices

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Landslog – Law Offices specialises in bankruptcy and financial restructuring work, offering comprehensive legal services in these areas. The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience representing bankrupt companies and winding-up estates in court, advising creditors, and assisting company executives with various financial restructuring matters. The department is led by Jóhannes Karl Sveinsson, Jóhannes Bjarni Björnsson, and Viðar Lúðvíksson, who have a wealth of expertise in banking and financial law, insurance issues, and the associated negotiations and litigation.

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Key clients

  • Isavia (Icelandic Airport and Air Traffic Management)
  • Hagar hf. (largest retailer in Iceland, a listed company)
  • Syn hf./ Vodafone Iceland
  • Central Bank of Iceland
  • Hekla (Audi, VW, Mitsubishi dealership)
  • Islandsbanki – bank
  • Arctic Fish
  • The Icelandic Housing and Construction Fund
  • Alma
  • Lifsverk Pension Fund

Work highlights

  • Advised Isavia (The Icelandic Airport and Air Traffic Management) on a private note placement (issue and sale of notes) in the US in the amount of €175m.
  • Advised Arctic Fish group during the initial refinancing and both amendments. The lenders are the Arion Bank hf. and the Norwegian bank DNB Bank ASA.

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Jóhannes Karl Sveinsson, Jóhannes Bjarni Björnsson, Viðar Lúðvíksson