Garðar Víðir Gunnarsson joined LEX in 2009 and became a partner in 2013. He is a leading expert in the area of tax law and has advised numerous companies, both domestic and international, on tax-related matters. Garðar Víðir’s tax practice is particularly focused on corporate taxation, mergers & acquisition and cross-border investments. In addition Garðar Víðir specializes in corporate law and is one of the country’s chief specialists in the field of arbitration law.

Garðar Víðir graduated with a BA degree in law from Reykjavík University in 2005 and an ML degree in law in 2007 as well as a LL.M. degree in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University in 2008. Since 2008 Garðar Víðir has been a lecturer at the faculty of law at Reykjavik University in the fields of International Sales of Goods, International Commercial Arbitration, and Oral Advocacy before arbitral tribunals. He has also been a lecturer in Corporate Law in Reykjavík University’s Business Faculty. Additionally, Garðar Víðir has published numerous articles and book chapters on the status and practice of arbitration law in Iceland that have been published both domestically and abroad.

Bar Admissions
The District Courts

Education
LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University in August 2008.
ML. from the Faculty of Law of Reykjavik University in June 2007.
Exchange student in International Economic and Business Law at Kyushu University, Japan 2006.

Professional Associations
On the board of LEX from 2019
Co-Chair of Young ICCA
Member ICC Court of International Arbitration
Member of ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
Board member, Association of Icelandic Students
Secretary of Lögrétta, law student association at Reykjavík University
President of Lögrétta Debate society


Professional Activities and Experience
Lecturer, Reykjavík University’s faculty of law, since 2008 in the fields of International Sale of Goods, International Arbitration and Oral Advocacy
Lecturer, Reykjavík University’s Business faculty, in 2016-2017 in the field of corporate law

Frjalsi Investment Bank, counsel 2009.
KPMG, lawyer in the tax division 2007 -2009.
Lýsing hf. (Financial Leasing Company) 2003 - 2007 (with studies).

GAR know-how, Investment Treaty Arbitration, chapter on Iceland
Islandia (Iceland), book chapter in Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en Europa (Aspectos Actuales y Regímenes Jurídicos), Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre, Lima (2013), on the Practice and Status of Arbitration in Iceland. Co-authored with Mr Hafliði K. Lárusson (published in English)
„Four ways to sharpen the sword of efficiency in international arbitration“, (March 2013) published on Young ICCA‘s website. Article written as part of the Young ICCA mentoring programme, co-authored with Mr David Earnest, Mr Raul Gallardo and Mr Tobiasz Kaczor, with foreword by Professor Bernardini.
„The Procedure of Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Iceland“, Tímarit Lögréttu, Volume 8, No 3, (2012), pp. 9-44, peer-reviewed article published in an Icelandic legal journal (published in Icelandic).
Iceland, book chapter in World Arbitration Reporter (2nd ed.), Juris Publishing, New York (2010), on the Practice and Status of Arbitration in Iceland (published in English).