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 (Legal 500) and in Band 2 within Shipping: Finance (Chambers and Partners).
Erlend Lous is known among interviewees as a hard-working, proactive ship finance lawyer.
Erlend Lous is one of the best shipping lawyers there is. Handles both legal and also commercial matters with care.
Experience
| 2007 | - | (today) | 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 |