Finnur Magnússon

Partner Attorney at Law

Emailfinnur@juris.is

Finnur is an Icelandic-qualified attorney with rights of audience before the Icelandic Supreme Court. Finnur has a doctorate in international investment law from the University of Vienna. He has worked as a lawyer since 2002, primarily in the fields of corporate and finance, and has significant experience in advising Icelandic and foreign clients on both domestic and cross-border transactions. Finnur has also advised financial institutions and government ministries on matters of EEA law and international investment. He is also an active academic, teaching at the law faculties of both the University of Iceland and Reykjavík University.

Areas of expertise

Dispute Resolution Corporate and Commercial Constitutional and Administrative Banking and Finance

Education

Supreme Court Attorney 2016
Universität Wien, dr. juris 2013
Cambridge University, Visiting Fellow 2011
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, International Scholar 2011
Universität Wien, LL.M. in International Legal Studies 2008
District Court Attorney 2002
University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, cand. jur. 2000
Aarhus universitet, Nordplus Scholarship 2000

Resume

Juris 2012-present
Juris, Legal Consultant 2008-2010
Legalis Law Firm 2001-2007
Designated to the ICSID list of Arbitrators and Conciliators / World Bank, Washington 2015-present
ILDC Reporter for Oxford University Press: International Law in Domestic Courts 2009-present

Teaching

Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, 2013-present

Committees and boards

Board Member of Codex Publishing House 2003-2007
Board Member of the Students’ Association’s Law Review 1997-1998