Background
Loftsson, Hreinn was born on January 12, 1956 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.
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Hreinn Loftsson
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University of Iceland (candidate juris 1983). University of Oxford, Pembroke College (post graduate studies in Legal Philosophy, 1984-1985). Spoken languages: Iceland, English, Scandinavian.
Career
Worked at Arnason & Partners (Reykjavik) specializing in Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Competition and Fair Trade, Financial Law, Litigation, Mortgages, Property, Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1988, District Court of Iceland. 1993, Supreme Court of Iceland.
Author: "Strengthening of the Judiciary Power," Frelsid 1987.
"Private Creation and Enforcement of Law-a Historical Case," Frelsid, 1981. Chapter on "The Legal Profession in Iceland" in the publication "Legal Professions in the New Europe", published by Blackell, 1995.
Head of Department in the Ministry of Commerce and Special Advisor to the Minister of Commerce 1983-1984. Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1985-1987.
Special Advisor to the Minister of Transportation 1987-1988.
Special Advisor to the Prime Minister 1991-1992. Chairman of the Government"s Task-force on Privatisation (1992). External Examiner on Legal Philosophy, University of Iceland, Law Faculty, 1991.
Member: The Icelandic Bar Association (Board Member, 1995).
The Icelandic Law Society.
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Member: The Icelandic Bar Association (Board Member, 1995). The Icelandic Law Society.
