Erlend Lous > Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig > Oslo, Norway > Lawyer Profile

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig combines its strength in shipping, oil and gas, and other maritime industries with its network of offices along the Norwegian coast to advise leading clients operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The Oslo and Bergen offices focus on vessel newbuild work, shipping disputes, and rig construction contracts, with Erlend Lous, Christine Rødsæther, Lars Inge Ørstavik and Jan Vablum being the key names here. Corporate and transactional mandates are overseen by Gunnar Espeland in the Stavanger office, while shipbuilding and repair is an area of focus for the team in Tromsø.

Advokatfirmaet Simonsen Vogt Wiig leverages the firm’s domestic network of offices to advise on the full range of shipping and maritime issues, fielding a ‘very experienced‘ team with a solid presence along the Norwegian coast. The full-service offering spans corporate and commercial mandates, ship finance work, offshore matters, as well as casualty work and litigation. Erlend Lous attracts praise for his ‘encyclopaedic knowledge of maritime law’ and takes point on complex financing issues in the shipping and offshore sectors, while Yannis Litinas specialises in cross-border transactions. The ‘extremely talented‘ Christine Rødsæther handles the full range of transactional shipping mandates, including bareboat charters, shipbuilding contracts, sale and leasebacks, and ship financings. ‘Fantastic tactician‘ Hågen Hansen rounds out the team and is a key name for shipboard investigations, casualty work, and contentious matters; expert litigator Lars Inge Ørstavik is another individual to note here.