Jóhann Tómas Sigurðsson
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/Commercial
Band 3
About
Provided by Jóhann Tómas Sigurðsson
Practice Areas
Corporate/M&A, Private equity, Venture Capital, Finance, Capital Markets. Jóhann Tómas focuses on demanding transactions in the fields of public and private M&A, private equity and capital markets.
Career
Mr. Sigurðsson has over 15-year experience within the financial industry, first as the General Counsel and Compliance Officer of Icebank and then as General Counsel and Compliance Officer at MP bank hf. (now Kvika bank hf.). Moreover, Mr. Sigurðsson also worked from 2011 to 2014 as Head of Corporate Development at MP bank, leading mergers, acquisitions, disposals, funding and joint ventures for the bank.
Mr. Sigurðsson focus within the practice area has been working on issues and clients in the financial industry as well as creating and managing entrepreneurial opportunities.
Professional Memberships
Icelandic Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
Personal
LL.M. 1999 (University of Iceland); LL.M. 2003 (New York School of Law).
Travel Guarantee Fund, board member.
Member of Complaints Committee on Transactions with Financial Firms.
Deputy member of Insurance Complaints Committee.
Languages Spoken
English, Icelandic, Danish
Education
University of Iceland, Law School
Candidati juris
New York University School of Law
LLM Corporate Law
2002 - 2003
Chambers Review
Europe
Jóhann Tómas Sigurðsson handles a range of mandates, from corporate and finance transactions to joint ventures and contractual matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very talented lawyer in many fields."
"He is a very talented lawyer in many fields."