About

The lawyer’s office

The office is in modern premises centrally situated in No. 16 Bøgøta, Tórshavn.

The office is open from 08.00 to 12.00 and from 13.30 to 16.30.

At the moment the office staff  counts 5 of which 2 are barristers and 3 secretaries.

Modern communication and data equipment is available in order to attend to the daily tasks.

The tasks comprise all the different  jobs in a modern lawyer’s office, such as collection of debts and related matters, inheritance and administration of estates,  compensation matters, questions of taxation, staff matters, divorces, matrimonial cases, fishery matters, criminal cases, compulsory sales, liquidation of companies, composition, bankruptcy, forming and winding up of companies, purchase and sale of  real properties, ships, personal properties, auctions and so on.

The most recent  computer technology on the market is available at the office. The computer system is well equipped with special programs making it possible to register, co-ordinate and closely follow the progress of all cases right from beginning to end.

The homepage is our  window to the world outside and as such it is updated on a regular basis with all  relevant information. When visiting our homepage it is, among other things, possible for our clients to get updated as concerns all our collection cases.

The office is constantly being improved and aims at rendering its clients the best services with a view to qualifications and technological innovation.

Bjørn á Heygum

Lawyer

Education
Københavns Universitet (juridisk embedseksamen 1981)
Møtirætt í Landsrætti
Møtirætt í Hægstarætti

Member
Det Danske Advokatsamfund
Advokatfelag Føroya

E-Mail
heygum@adv.fo

Alfred Petersen

Lawyer

Education
Københavns Universitet (juridisk embedseksamen 1985)

Member
Det Danske Advokatsamfund
Limur og Formaður í Advokatfelag Føroya

Telefon nr.
+298218616

E-Mail
petersen@adv.fo

Jónfinn Thomsen

Lawyer

Education
Legal Degree (Cand. Jur.) from the University of Århus 1986

E-Mail
thomsen@adv.fo

Birgit á Heygum

Lawyer

Education
Cand. Jur.  Københavns Universitet 2014

Swedish Consulate
Birgit is appointed Vice Consul-General of Sweden

E-Mail
birgit@adv.fo

Phone
+298 221805

Djóni Thomassen

Lawyer

Education
Legal degree (Cand. Jur.) from the University of Copenhagen 2003
LL.M. International Business Law from the University of Manchester 2003
The right to appear before the High Court and the Supreme Court

Member
Det Danske Advokatsamfund
Advokatfelag Føroya

E-Mail
djoni@adv.fo

Phone
+298 788400

Work
Djóni works mostly as an adviser to companies, individuals and the public sector.
A substantial time goes also to litigation before the ordinary courts and ad hoc arbitration courts.

Mildrið Jacobsen

Legal Secretary

Education
Degree in Journalism from the Danish School of Media and Journalism 1993
Legal Secretary 2017

E-Mail
jacobsen@adv.fo

Beatrice Thomas á Heygum

Bókhald og ognarsøla

Education
Niels Brock 1977
Interior architecture 1981
Legal secretary 1989

E-mail
thomas@adv.fo

Oddvør Toftanes Danielsen

E-mail
oddvor@adv.fo

Phone
+298 254233