Ms Erna Leifsdottir > LOGOS > Reykjavik, Iceland > Lawyer Profile

LOGOS
EFSTALEITI 5
103 REYKJAVIK
Iceland

Work Department

Administrative and development law • Banking and finance • Competition law • Corporate and commercial law • Corporate finance and capital markets • Financial restructuring and insolvency • Mergers and acquisitions

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Erna Leifsdóttir is an attorney at law, licensed to practice before the district courts. She has a master‘s degree in Law from the University of Reykjavík. Erna is a certified securities broker.   Erna achieved ACAMS certification as an anti-money laundering specialist , 2025.

Her main practice areas are corporate law, corporate finance and capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring and insolvency, competition law and EU law. Erna has served on the board of the Icelandic Student Loan Fund. Alongside studies she was the president of Lögrétta, Law Student Union and a Student Representative at the Reykjavík University Student Union. Erna has lectured at Lögrétta since 2017. Erna joined LOGOS Legal Service in 2019.

Languages

English • Spanish • Danish

Memberships

The Icelandic Bar Association

Education

  • ACAMS certification as an anti-money laundering specialist, 2025
  • District Court Attorney, 2022
  • Certified Securities Broker, 2021
  • Reykjavík University, ML, 2019
  • Reykjavík University, BA in Law, 2017
  • Aarhus University, Nordplus grantee, 2015