Supreme Court Attorney Óskar Sigurðsson is among the leading litigation lawyers in Iceland. His area of expertise lies in the field of real estate and property law, construction law, urban planning, natural resources and environmental law. Óskar was born in 1972 and graduated from the faculty of Law in the University of Iceland in 1997. Óskar was admitted to practice before the district court in 1997 and before the Supreme Court in 2005. Óskar has taught property law and law of Obligation at the University of Iceland since 1998. Óskar has taken seat as an expert judge before the district court and has been on the Assessment committee for compensation for expropriation.

Bar Admissions
The Supreme Court
The Appeal Court
The District Courts

Education
University of Iceland, cand. jur. 1997

Professional Associations
Appeal committee on disputes on ecclesiastical level, alternate, since 2016
Evaluation committe on judges‘ competence since 2012
Board of the Icelandic Bar Association, secretary 2011-2012
Alternate in the board of the Icelandic Bar Association 2009-2011
Active alternate boardmember at the Financial Supervisory Authority 2009-2011 (alternates attended all board meetings
Chairman of the board for UMF Selfoss Soccer Club 2008-2015
Chairman of the Complaint Committee on disputes regarding contractors since 2003


Professional Activities and Experience
LEX since 2016
JP Attorneys 2009-2016
The Counsel Office Málflutningsskrifstofan 2000-2009
Adalsteinsson & Partners 1997-2000

Lecturer in Property law and law of Obligation at University of Iceland 1997 – 2007
Adjunct at the faculty of law at the University of Iceland since 2007
Teacher at seminars for the accredidation of realtors, ship- and corporate brokers since 2007