Stefán A. Svensson

Partner Attorney at Law

Emailstefan@juris.is

Stefán is an Icelandic-qualified attorney with rights of audience before the Icelandic Supreme Court. He completed an LL.M. in commercial law from Cambridge University in 2008. Stefán has worked as a lawyer since 2005 and is a part-time lecturer at the law faculty of Reykjavík University, where he teaches legal procedure and the law of obligations. Stefán was previously vice-president of the Icelandic Bar Association. In 2024 he was elected president of the Icelandic Bar Association.

Stefán has pleaded many cases before both the Icelandic courts and the EFTA court. He has also acted on a number of occasions as an expert witness on matters of Icelandic law before foreign courts and tribunals.

Stefán has repeatedly been recognised by the leading international legal directories, including Chambers & Partners and Legal500, as one of Iceland’s most highly regarded and recommended lawyers.

Areas of expertise

Competition and Regulatory Dispute Resolution Corporate and Commercial Restructuring and Insolvency

Education

Supreme Court Attorney 2010
Cambridge University, LL.M. in Commercial Law 2008
District Court Attorney 2005
University of Iceland, Faculty of Law, cand. jur. 2004
Københavns Universitet, Nordplus Scholarship 2003

Resume

Juris 2008-present
The Law Office on Suðurlandsbraut 6 2003-2008

Teaching

Assistant Professor at Reykjavík University, School of Law, 2015-present
Lecturer at Reykjavík University, School of Law, 2005-2015

Committees and boards

Board Member of the Icelandic Bar Association 2018-2020, Vice-President 2019-2020 and president from 2024
Chairman of the Icelandic Bar Association’s Legal Committee 2015-2018
Editor of the Students’ Association’s Law Review 2002-2003
Board Member of the University of Iceland, Law Faculty’s Student Association 2002-2003