Erlend Lous is one of our leading experts within shipping and offshore related transactions, including financing and restructuring within shipping and offshore.
Erlend Lous has extensive experience with shipping- and offshore related transactions, financing, restructuring and general corporate/M&A. Erlend assists the major arrangers of sale/lease back projects and ship owners with sale, purchase and registration of vessels, structuring/restructuring and construction contracts.
He also assists several Norwegian and international banks and financial institutions, and has assisted several banks in major restructuring processes.
Erlend was the head of the Singapore office of Simonsen Vogt Wiig from 2007 – 2009.
He is ranked as one of Norway’s leading lawyers within his areas of expertise, including «Hall of Fame» within Offshore Construction and Shipbuilding by Legal 500 and within Shipping: Finance and Shipping: Corporate/Commercial by Chambers and Partners.
Erlend has been the Managing Partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig since 2025.
Chambers and PartnersErlend Lous really knows the shipping market well.
Chambers and PartnersErlend is very responsive and provides great value for money with his unique blended focus on both the key commercial and legal aspects of a transaction.
Legal 500We have worked with Erlend Lous on two transactions and his performance was outstanding: very professional, valuable advice, very efficient, patient, strong in negotiations to protect our best interest but still commercial and diplomatic. One of the best lawyers I have personally worked with over more than 10 years.
Legal 500Erlend Lous – Encyclopaedic knowledge of maritime law.
Work Experience
| 2025 | - | (today) | Managing Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS |
| 2007 | - | 2024 | Partner, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS |
| 2007 | - | 2009 | Partner og Head of Office, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS, Singapore Branch |
| 2004 | - | 2009 | Senior Lawyer, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS |
| 2002 | - | 2004 | Associate, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS |
| 2000 | - | 2002 | Associate, Andersen Legal |
Appointments
| 2019 | - | 2021 | Chairman, Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig AS |
Education
| 2000 | Cand. Jur., University of Oslo |