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Haukur Örn Birgisson

Supreme Court Attorney

Education

Cand. jur. from the Faculty of Law of the University of Iceland in June, 2004. 
Admitted to practice before the District Court in May 2005.
Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court in February 2011. 

Career

Associate at Nestor Lögmenn Law Firm 2004-2005.
Associate at LEX Law Office 2005-2008.
Partner at Iceland Legal from 2008.
Board member of GAM Management hf. (GAMMA) 2009-2012.
Chairman of Inkasso ehf. 2010-2013.
Ad hoc member of the Icelandic Bar Association’s Disciplinary Committee.
Chairman of the Icelandic Court Cases Review Commission from 2017-2021.

Teaching and Research

Instructor in law studies at the Commercial College of Iceland 2004-2006. 
Instructor in law studies at College Fast Track, 2007. 
Lecturer in general commercial law at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Iceland 2006-2009.
Teacher at the Icelandic Bar Examination Course from 2008.
Assessor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Iceland from 2012.
Assessor at the Faculty of Law at the Reykjavik University from 2014.

Activities

President of the Golf Union of Iceland from 2013-2021.
President of the European Golf Association from 2019-2021.
International Golf Federation’s Administrative Committee from 2022.

Areas of Practice

Tort, labour law, real estate law, property law, probate law, criminal law, human rights, insurance law, bankruptcy and insolvency law.

Haukur founded Iceland Legal in 2008.

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