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Johan Loubser
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Johan Loubser is an Executive at ENS in the Banking and Finance practice. He has extensive experience advising on registered and unregistered investment funds; investment mandates; financial services and insurance regulation; and South African and cross-border finance transactions.
Johan has deep expertise in fund formation and regulatory advisory work for private equity and venture capital funds.
Representative recent matters in his practice include:
- advising on private equity, property, infrastructure and debt funds;
- advising on investment mandates and related services;
- advising on regulatory and registration issues affecting asset and wealth managers, brokers, insurers, pension funds, collective investment schemes, hedge funds, custodians and fintech firms;
- representing borrowers and lenders in debt transactions;
- representing issuers and subscribers in preference share funding transactions;
- advising pension funds on prudential investment limits and outsourcing transactions to insurers;
- advising insurers on regulatory matters and the transfer of insurance business.
Johan is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 – Investment Funds (South Africa)
- Best Lawyers® 2023, 2022, 2021 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 – Banking and Finance, Private Equity; 2023 - Private Funds; 2021 - Banking and Finance Lawyer of the Year (South Africa)
qualifications
- BCom (Cum Laude) (Stellenbosch University)
- LLB (Cum Laude) (Stellenbosch University)
- BCL (University of Oxford)
- MSt (University of Oxford)
- Admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa
