Lex Law Offices takes a leading role on numerous high-profile domestic and international transactions, providing clients with a comprehensive array of services due to the firm’s full-service offering. The group has experience working across a diverse array of sectors, including the real estate, retail, and energy industries, and regularly acts for private equity clients. Leading the department are Guðmundur Ingvi Sigurðsson, whose key specialisms are corporate finance work and debt restructurings, and managing partner Örn Gunnarsson, whose practice additionally covers M&A and share capital transactions. Tax specialist Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson and Stefán Orri Ólafsson are also key names.
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Key clients
- Festi hf.
- Kaldbakur ehf.
- Alfa Framtak hf
- Síldarvinnslan hf.
- Carbfix hf.
- VEX ehf.
- Fossar Investment Bank hf.
- Sjová hf.
- First Water Salmon from Iceland hf.
- Reykjastræti ehf
- ADG ehf.
- Indie Holdings. S. A.
- 101 Seafood ehf.
Work highlights
- Advising Festi hf., an Icelandic listed holding company focusing on various retail industries, on its acquisition of Lyfja hf., a local pharmacy.
- Advising First Water hf. from the outset on all corporate and commercial issues concerning inter alia the company setup and structure, corporate governance, expansion, financing, etc.
- Acted as lead counsel and adviser to Alfa framtak when AU 22 ehf., a fully owned subsidiary of Umbreyting II slhf., a private equity fund operated by Alfa Framtak ehf., made a voluntary offer to shareholders of Origo hf. in line with the 'Takeover Act'.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Guðmundur Ingvi Sigurðsson, Örn Gunnarsson