Geir Gestsson

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy, Re-organisation and Insolvency Law, Competition Law, Consumer and Marketing Law, Contract Law, Data Protection and Privacy Law, EEA and EU Law, Human Rights, Insurance Law, International Business and Trade Law, Litigation and Arbitration, Tort Law.

Career

Partner at Jonsson & Hall Law Firm from 2008.

Ad-hoc examiner at the University of Iceland.

Chairman of the Legislation Committee of the Icelandic Bar Association 2018-2021.

Board member of the Icelandic Bar Association from 2021- .

Participant, coach, national administrator and judge in the Philip C. Jessup moot court competition from 2003- .

Between 2012 and 2017 involved in 13 separate litigations for international financial undertakings in the field of bankruptcy law, all of which ended in success.

First Iceland attorney to orally plead a case before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

Professional Memberships

Icelandic Bar Association