Practice Expertise
- Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental ...
- European Law - EEA/EU
- Property Law
- Public Administration, Public Parties and ...
Areas of Practice
- Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental ...
- European Law - EEA/EU
- Property Law
- Public Administration, Public Parties and ...
- Competition Law
- Constitution and Human Rights
- Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute ...
- Real Estate View More
Profile
Hjalti Geir Erlendsson is a District Court Attorney who joined LEX in June 2019. He previously worked for LEX in 2013-2015.
Hjalti Geir holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Iceland and an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School. He has a broad experience in the field of law as well as public policy. In addition to his experience as an attorney at LEX, Hjalti Geir has worked as a lawyer for the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Iceland, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Brussels and as a journalist in Iceland. At LEX he primarily focuses on issues related to public administration, corporate and commercial law as well as European law.
Hjalti Geir holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Iceland and an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School. He has a broad experience in the field of law as well as public policy. In addition to his experience as an attorney at LEX, Hjalti Geir has worked as a lawyer for the Parliamentary Ombudsman in Iceland, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in Brussels and as a journalist in Iceland. At LEX he primarily focuses on issues related to public administration, corporate and commercial law as well as European law.
Bar Admissions
The District Courts
Education
Columbia Law School, LL.M. 2016
University of Iceland, mag.jur 2013
Uppsala university in Sweden, Erasmus 2012
University of Iceland, BA in law 2011
Areas of Practice
- Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Law
- European Law - EEA/EU
- Property Law
- Public Administration, Public Parties and Urban Planning
- Competition Law
- Constitution and Human Rights
- Litigation, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate
Professional Career
Professional Associations
Icelandic Gymnastics Federation – legal committee
Gymnastics coach 2004-2014
Editorial board of Úlfljótur Law Review, 2010-2011
Board member of Orator, law student’s association, 2009-2010
Professional Activities and Experience
LEX Law Offices since 2019
Parliamentary Ombudsman, lawyer, 2018-2019
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretariat in Brussels 2016-2018
LEX Law Offices 2013-2015
Journalist for the Financial News of Iceland and the daily Morgunbladid alongside law school
Assistant teacher in the Nordic Human Rights Moot Court Competition, University of Iceland 2015
Assistant teacher in legal theory at the University of Iceland 2012-2013
Icelandic Gymnastics Federation – legal committee
Gymnastics coach 2004-2014
Editorial board of Úlfljótur Law Review, 2010-2011
Board member of Orator, law student’s association, 2009-2010
Professional Activities and Experience
LEX Law Offices since 2019
Parliamentary Ombudsman, lawyer, 2018-2019
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Secretariat in Brussels 2016-2018
LEX Law Offices 2013-2015
Journalist for the Financial News of Iceland and the daily Morgunbladid alongside law school
Assistant teacher in the Nordic Human Rights Moot Court Competition, University of Iceland 2015
Assistant teacher in legal theory at the University of Iceland 2012-2013
