
Jónas A. Aðalsteinsson
Attorney - Partner
Surpreme Court Attorney Jónas A Aðalsteinsson founded LEX in 1965 along with four other Supreme Court Attorneys. Jónas has mainly worked as a consultant and attorney for various companies, institutions and associations, mainly in the field of insurance and tort, engery, natural resources, property and maritime law.
Practice area
Jónas A. Aðalsteinsson
Supreme Court Attorney Jónas A Aðalsteinsson founded LEX in 1965 along with four other Supreme Court Attorneys. Before that time Jónas worked for a short while as an Associate for the City Judge in Reykjavík and then as an Attorney at the Central Bank of Iceland. Jónas has mainly worked as a consultant and attorney for various companies, institutions and associations, mainly in the field of insurance and tort, engery, natural resources, property and maritime law.
Admitted to practice before:
- The Supreme Court
- The Appeal Court
- The District Courts
Career
- LEX 1965-
- The Central Bank of Iceland 1964-1965
Education
- Supreme Court Attorney 1968
- Attorney at Law 1963
- University of Iceland 1962
Languages
- English
- Danish
Teaching
- Examiner at the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland for number of years
Publications
- Editor at Úlfljótur 1957-1958
- Lectures on various legal matters regarding corporate law and energy law
Other activities
- Chairmain of the board of LEX until 2004
- Board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1967-1969 and 1979-1981, vice-chairman 1979-1981
- Various committees for the Icelandic Bar Association for a while, including board of the Study Fund 1984
- Vice-chairman of Contract Dispute Committee 1977 and 1982
- Alternate in the board of arbitration for the Iceland Chamber of Commerce for number of years since 1980
- Vice-Chairman of State Salaries Arbitration Tribunal 1988
- President of the Rotary Club Garðar 1978-1979
- Chairman of the board of Keilir Golf Club 1967-1968
- Involved in founding and managing Stöð 2 (TV station) 1986-1990
- Has been a Boardmember in various companies, both in Iceland and abroad