Practice Expertise
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance and Project Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance and Project Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Banking,Finance and Capital Markets
- Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Financial ... View More
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Profile
Helgi Thor Torsteinsson is an attorney qualified before the district court. Helgi Thor started at LEX prior to his graduation from law school in 2007 and has been with the firm ever since. Helgi Thor was on leave from LEX during his LL.M. studies in international financial law at King's College London from 2011-2012.
For most of his career, Helgi Thor has been a member of the banking and finance team at LEX. In the course of his work, Helgi Thor's primary emphasis has been on advising on financings, capital markets and company law. Helgi Thor has been involved in a significant number of loan financings and securities issuances, in addition to having advised on the structure, financing, and buying and selling of companies. Helgi Thor is an experienced litigator before the district court and has been involved in trying cases before the EFTA Court.
For most of his career, Helgi Thor has been a member of the banking and finance team at LEX. In the course of his work, Helgi Thor's primary emphasis has been on advising on financings, capital markets and company law. Helgi Thor has been involved in a significant number of loan financings and securities issuances, in addition to having advised on the structure, financing, and buying and selling of companies. Helgi Thor is an experienced litigator before the district court and has been involved in trying cases before the EFTA Court.
Bar Admissions
The District Courts
Education
LL.M. degree from King's College London 2012
Cand. jur. from the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland in February, 2007.
Erasmus exchange student at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium in the autumn of 2005.
Areas of Practice
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- Corporate Finance and Project Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Banking,Finance and Capital Markets
- Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
Professional Career
Professional Associations
President of the Icelandic Hemophilia Society from 2015
Professional Activities and Experience
Thesis instructor for BA-theses in the field of collateral law at the School of Law at the University of Iceland 2013-2014
Lecturer in company law in Master of Accounting at the School of Business at the University of Iceland 2008-2010
President of the Icelandic Hemophilia Society from 2015
Professional Activities and Experience
Thesis instructor for BA-theses in the field of collateral law at the School of Law at the University of Iceland 2013-2014
Lecturer in company law in Master of Accounting at the School of Business at the University of Iceland 2008-2010
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