Finnur Magnússon

Juris - Iceland

Partner

Reykjavík

+354 580 4400

Highly regarded

Icelandic
English
German
Nordic languages


Bar admissions:

Iceland

Jurisdictions:

Iceland

Practice areas:

Banking
M&A
Restructuring and insolvency


Finnur is an Icelandic-qualified attorney with rights of audience before the Icelandic Supreme Court. Finnur has a doctorate in international investment law and is recognised as one of Iceland’s leading experts in the field of international investment and international trade. 

  • Advising the Association of Agricultural Producers on matters related to agricultural policy.
  • Advising Mjólkursamsalan on Iceland’s draft new agricultural policy.

  • Banking
  • Competition
  • M&A
  • Project development
  • Project finance

  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Energy
  • Fisheries and aquaculture

  • Association memberships Icelandic ILDC Reporter for Oxford University Press 2009-present.
  • Designated to the ICSID list of arbitrators and conciliators, World Bank, Washington D.C. 2015-present.

  • Doctorate (International Investment Law), University of Vienna (2013).

  • Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge (2011). International Scholar at the University of Leuven (2011).
  • LL.M in International Legal Studies, University of Vienna (2008).
  • Cand.jur., University of Iceland (2000).
  • Nordplus scholarship, University of Aarhus, Faculty of Law (2000).