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Ms Svanhvit Axelsdottir
Work Department
Administrative and development law • Construction and real estate • Dispute resolution and litigation • Insurance and torts
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Svanhvít worked at LOGOS’ predecessor, the Counsel Office before she joined LOGOS in 2000. She started working at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Local Government in 2006 and joined LOGOS again in 2009.
Languages
English • Danish
Memberships
The Icelandic Bar Association
Education
Svanhvit graduated from the University of Iceland with a cand.jur. degree in 1988. She qualified as an Attorney in 1995, Court of Appeal Attorney in 2019 and Supreme Court Attorney in 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Iceland > Employment
LOGOS‘ team acts for a prestige client list of domestic and multinational clients on both contentious and non-contentious mandates. Areas of expertise for the team include employment contracts, restructurings, and work permits, as well as whistleblowing cases, claims of bullying, and other complex employment disputes. Department head Ólafur Eiríksson
, who was appointed as a judge in the Icelandic Labour Court in 2022, is described as ‘exceptional’ by clients. Eiríksson supplements his employment practice with coverage of white collar crime, tort and bankruptcy law. Highly experienced senior associate Svanhvít Axelsdóttir is also a name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EEA and competition
- Employment
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- TMT and IP