Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir
Eva Margrét Ævarsdóttir is a qualified attorney with broad experience in corporate and commercial law, banking and finance, EU/EEA law, natural resources, and climate and environmental law. Eva has practiced law for over 20 years, building a track record of advising clients on some of Iceland's most complex transactions and regulatory matters.
Throughout her career, Eva has advised on numerous infrastructure and financing projects — including sustainable and green financing — for both domestic and international clients. Her work spans the full spectrum of the Icelandic energy sector, where she has acted for key participants including energy producers, transmission system operators, power intensive industrial users, and investors in renewable energy assets. This experience gives her a distinctive understanding of the regulatory, contractual and commercial frameworks that govern Iceland's electricity market, including long-term power purchase agreements, transmission arrangements, and the application of EEA state aid rules to energy transactions.
With a strong foundation in both Icelandic and EU/EEA legal frameworks, Eva provides strategic legal advice to clients across the finance, energy and natural resources sectors. She is known for her thorough and practical approach to legal problem-solving — combining rigorous legal analysis with hands-on insight into the complexities of cross-border transactions and regulatory matters.
Eva also leads LEX's advisory practice in sustainability and ESG, drawing on her extensive experience as a legal adviser and her deep knowledge of the evolving international and domestic sustainability landscape. She advises clients on ESG compliance, sustainable finance frameworks, and the integration of sustainability considerations into corporate governance and business strategy.
- District Courts
- LEX2021
- Arion bank, legal department 2016-2020
- RoadMap,start-up consultancy company in sustainability, one of the founders and managing partner2013-2015
- Director of the European Office of SA Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, Committee Department2005-2006
- Lögborg Law firm, managing partner2001-2002
- Central Bank of Iceland, lawyer in the department of financial supervision1998
- IESE Business School management, PMD diploma2021
- K.U. Leuven in Belgium, LL.M degree. Specialisation: European Union Law2005
- University of Iceland, law degree (Cand.jur.)1998
- Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Erasmus student at the faculty of law 1997
- University Courses in various subjects, including Project Management, Human Resources, Strategy, Sustainability and ESG and Responsible Investing.
- University of Iceland, external examiner2023
- Eva Margret has given numerous lectures on sustainability and been a moderator and a speaker on a number of seminars and conferences on EU Law and sustainability related matters, including at the Reykjavik University.
- Eva has published articles on EU legislation and sustainability related matters.
- Icelandic Bar Association, legal committee2008-2012
- Codex Publishing, publishing committee1998-2004
- Staff Association of Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland, (chairman 2000), board member1999-2000
- Orator, the Student's Association, and International Secretary, board member1995-1996
