Erlend Lous qualified with a cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 2000 and joined Andersen Legal before moving to Simonsen Vogt Wiig in 2002, becoming a senior lawyer in 2004 and partner in 2007, when he also headed the firm's Singapore office. He chaired Simonsen Vogt Wiig from 2019 to 2021 and became Managing Partner in 2025. His practice covers shipping and offshore transactions, financing, restructuring and insolvency, and corporate and commercial contract work, and he is ranked as a leading shipping lawyer by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
He spoke as a panellist at the 4th Mare Forum Oslo (2023) and moderated panels at the 2nd (2021) and 3rd (2022) editions.