Consultant
Attorney at Law
Email thorarinn@juris.is
Þórarinn is an attorney admitted to practise before the District Courts. Þórarinn has an extensive experience in the various fields of legal practice in the financial and business sector in Iceland and abroad, both in the private and public sector. Þórarinn deals with tasks in the field of banking and capital markets, corporate law, corporate and project finance, mergers and acquisitions and insolvency and financial restructuring. Þórarinn has sat on the board of directors in various companies and has also participated in drafting laws and regulations in the financial sector. Þórarinn has been deemed fit and proper by the Icelandic FSA to hold a seat on the board of directors of a commercial bank. Prior to joining Drangi Þórarinn was a Managing Director at Kaupthing´s legal department where he was i.a responsible for legal work in the restructuring of Kaupthing through composition and subsequently the dual listing of Arion bank, Kaupthing´s subsidiary, on the OMX exchanges in Reykjavík and Stockholm. Þórarinn has worked at Juris since 2021.
Areas of expertise
Education
Deemed fit and proper by the Icelandic FSA to hold a seat on the board of directors of a commercial bank 2017 (Arion)
District Court Attorney 2003
University of Iceland, cand. jur. 2000
Resume
Juris 2021-present
Drangi Law firm from 2019-2021
Deputy Director on the board of Arion bank hf. 2017 - 2019
Kaupthing 2009 - 2019 (Res Com ´09 -´11, WuC ´12 -´16, Kaupþing ehf. ´16 -´19)
2013 - 2019 Managing Director at Kaupthing´s Legal Department.
2013 - 2019 Member of Kaupthing´s Asset Committee
2011- 2013 Associate Managing Director at Kaupthing´s Legal Department
2009 - 2011 Senior Director at Kaupthing´s Legal Department
Investum ehf. 2008 - 2009 – Head of Legal
Askar Capital Investment Bank 2007-2008 Head of Legal, Real Estate Investment Advisory division
Lex law offices 2006 - 2007
Financial Supervisory Authority 2002 - 2006
Standing Committee Department of the Icelandic Parliament (Alþingi) 2000 – 2002
