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Finnur Magnússon

Attorney • Partner

Finnur is an attorney licensed to practice before the Supreme Court. He holds an LL.M. degree in international law from the University of Vienna from 2008, and he completed a dr. juris in international investment law from the same university in 2013.

Finnur has been one of the leading attorneys in Iceland in the field of International Economic Law and International Investment Law. His other areas of expertise are contract law, administrative law, contractor law, energy law, EU/EEA law, as well as litigation before the district courts, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, as well as the EFTA Court.

Finnur has for many years taught international trade law and international investment law, e.g. at the Faculty of Law at the University of Iceland and at Reykjavík University. In addition to teaching, Finnur has participated in international research projects for Oxford University Press, as well as being a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and K.U. Leuven.

Finnur is the Vice-Chairman of the Legal Aid Committee and the Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Nordic Arbitration Centre of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce. He has been a committee member for the Law Faculty of Reykjavík University in evaluating the progress of academics. He has been nominated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to sit on the list of arbitrators at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington.

    • Supreme Court
    • Appeal Court
    • District Courts
    • LEX2026-
    • Juris2012-2025
    • Juris, special counsel2008-2010
    • Legalis2001-2007
    • Supreme Court Attorney2016
    • Universität Wien, dr. juris2013
    • Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow2011
    • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, International Scholar 2011
    • Universität Wien, LL.M. í International Law2008
    • District Court Attorney 2002
    • University of Iceland, cand. jur. 2000
    • Lecturer at the law faculty of the University of Iceland in International Economic Law2013-
    • Lecturer at the law faculty of the University of Reykjavík from International Investment Law.2013-
    • Opening Pandora's box: The Refusal of a President to Sign a Bill from Parliament, Zeitschrift fur öffentliches Recht 2010, Vol. 65, Issue 2.
    • The Right to Education Revisited: A State‘s Right to Limit the Number of Foreign Students that Enter its Education System, European Law Reporter 2011.
    • Targeted Sanctions and Accountability of the United Nations Security Council, Austrian Review for International and European Law, Brill 2011.
    • Bilateral Investment Agreements and National Law, Úlfljótur 4. tbl. 2012.
    • Investment Protection and Revolutionary Movements, Scandinavian Studies in Law (Arbitration), Vol. 63, 2017.
    • Sovereignty and International Law, A Free and Sovereign State, Historical Society and the Icelandic Parliament, 2018 (Co-Author with Dr. Bjarni Már Magnússon, professor).
    • Sanctions against Individuals and Investment Law, Austrian Review of International and European Law, Brill 2022.
    • The Energy Charter Treaty and State's reassessment. Tímarit Lögréttu, Selecta, Electronic publication 10 January 2025.
    • Arbitration of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chairman of the Board 2025-
    • The Legal Aid Committee, Vice-Chairman2020-
    • The Icelandic Bar Association Educational Fund, Member of the Board of Directors2015-2024
    • The Garðabær Election Committee, member2014-
    • On the list of arbitrators at the ICSID Institute in Washington, appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs2015-
    • Participant in a research project by Oxford University Press; International law before the Icelandic courts2009-