Jón Elvar Guðmundsson - hdl., LL.M.

Job title

Partner

Education

District Court Attorney 2002.
Certified Stock Broker 2001.
University of Iceland, cand.jur. 2001.
FS College 1995.

Postgraduate education

Leiden University, Holland, LL.M. with honors in International Taxation 2005.

Career

LOGOS Legal Services since 2006.
Taxis 2001-2004 and 2005-2006.

Languages

English.

Teaching

Lecturer at The University of Iceland, The University of Bifrost and The University of Reykjavik Faculty of Law.
Seminar for the Icelandic Bar Association.
Supervisor of various final master papers on tax law.

Memberships

The Icelandic Bar Association.
International Fiscal Association (IFA).

Publication

Tax residence of individuals in Iceland, in Lögrétta, law students journal 2008.
Chapter on Iceland in The EU and Third Countries: Direct Taxation, 2007.
European Tax Law in the Relations with the EFTA Countries, InterTax, February 2006 (based on final LL.M. paper awarded the best paper of 2004-2005).
Methods for elimination of double taxation in Lögrétta, law students journal 2006.
Author of the report of the Chamber of Commerce, Double Taxation, from 2005.

Practice areas

Tax law, international tax law, European tax law, currency restrictions, financial restructuring.