Arnar Þór Stefánsson
Supreme Court Attorney Arnar Þór Stefánsson joined LEX in 2004. Arnar Þór is one of the most experienced litigator at LEX and has litigated well over 300 cases before the District and Supreme courts of Iceland as well as before the EFTA-court, for companies, individuals and public entities.
Supreme Court Attorney Arnar Þór Stefánsson joined LEX in 2004 after graduating with a law degree from the University of Iceland. Previously he worked for a short while for the Althing Ombudsman and was assistant judge at the Supreme Court from 2006-2007. Arnar specilises in litigation, and also has expert knowledge in the field of public administration, construction and urban planning, tendering, real estate, employment and labour law and obligation law. Arnar has taught in the faculty of law in the University of Iceland and Reykjavík University as well as teaching in bar admission courses for district court certification.
Practice areas
- Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
- Property Law
- Real Estate
- Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
- Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
- Insurance and Tort
- Constitution and Human Rights
- Public Administration, Public Parties and Urban Planning
- Construction, Public Procurement and Tendering Law
- Employment and Labour Law
- Supreme Court
- Appeal Court
- District Courts
- LEX2007-
- Supreme Court of Iceland 2006-2007
- LEX2004-2006
- Althing Ombudsman2004
- Supreme Court Attorney 2011
- District Court Attorney2005
- University of Iceland, cand. jur.2004
- Copenhagen University2003
- Lecturer in criminal law and procedure for the bar admission courses for district court certification2015-2020
- University of Iceland, lecturer in procedural law 2014-2016
- University of Iceland, lecturer in public administration2006-2014
- Reykjavík University, lecturer in law of obligation2008-2009
- Reykjavík University, lecturer in law of obligation2005
- University of Iceland, lecturer in property law 2005
- Supervision on number of BA and Master‘s theses
- Dómkröfur, um annað en greiðslu peninga, sem fullnægja má með aðför, Hæstiréttur og Háskóli Íslands – Rit til heiðurs Hæstarétti 100 ára2020
- Editorial board on publication on published abstracts of judgments rendered by the European Court of Human Rights2008-2013
- Um veiðifélög, Úlfljótur, (co-writer Karl Axelsson, Supreme Court Attorney)2007
- Ógilding stjórnvaldsákvarðana, Úlfljótur2005
- Appeal committee on transactions with financial companies (ad hoc)2023-2024
- Competence Committee on Icelandic court nominees for the European Court of Human Rights 2022
- The Icelandic Bar Association, vice chairman2017-2018
- The Icelandic Bar Association, board member2016-2017
- Law Committe of the Icelandic Bar Association2013-2014
- CODEX Publishing, board member2005-2008
- Committee on a revision of the law on salmon- and trout fishing, secretary 2005
- Soccer - Referee in the Icelandic Premier League2021-
- Soccer - National Referee2016-