Örn Gunnarsson
Örn joined LEX law offices in 2010 and has since been the Managing Partner of the firm for much of that time. In his legal practice, Örn has mainly advised on the mergers and acquisitions (M&A), where he has over 20 years of professional experience both as a lawyer and as a corporate advisor.
Örn has been involved in many of the largest corporate sales in Iceland and has extensive experience from several industries in both large and small projects. Before Örn started working at LEX, he worked for many years as an executive at financial institutions in the field of mergers and acquisitions, as well as managing a small IT company for a short period of time.
Along with his work at LEX, Örn has been the chairman of the board at G.H. Sigurgeirsson Intellectual Property ehf., which is a subsidiary of LEX and handles trademark and patent registrations mainly for foreign parties.
Practice areas
- District Courts
- LEX2010-
- Securstore ehf.2008-2010
- Saga Capital Investment Bank2007-2008
- Íslandsbanki, head of Corporate Advisory2000-2006
- Degree in Securities brokerage2001
- MBA, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Graduate School of Business2000
- District Court Attorney1995
- University of Iceland, cand. jur.1994
- Iceland Chamber of Commerce2022-
- Football Association of Iceland, Committee of Contracts and Transfer2002-2021
- Akranes Football Club, board member1996-1998 and 2007-2018
- Football Association of Iceland, Club Licensing Board2002-2015