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Halldór Jónsson

Juris

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Iceland
Practice Areas:
Financial and corporate
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Icelandic
English
Biography

Halldór is one of Iceland’s leading corporate and commercial lawyers, with particular expertise in tax law. Halldór advises both domestic and overseas clients on the full spectrum of corporate issues including M&A, property development, insolvency and banking and insolvency. Halldór also frequently represents clients before the tax authorities.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised Blær leigufélag and Bjarg íðúðafélag on a new model for development of affordable rental property.
  • Advised Olympus and Sikmas on their investments in the Skuggi 6 residential real estate development.
  • Advised PPH ehf. on its purchase of Domino’s Pizza in Iceland.

Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Financial restructuring
  • Project finance
  • Real estate finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Real estate
Academic qualifications
  • Cand.jur., University of Iceland, (1994)
Address:
Reykjavík
Tel:+354 580 4400 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://juris.is/starfsfolk/halld-r-j-nsson