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)

Education

• BCom (cum laude) (University of Stellenbosch)
• LLB (cum laude) (University of Stellenbosch)
• BCL (University of Oxford)
• MSt (University of Oxford)
• Admitted as an attorney and notary public of the High Court of South Africa

• South Africa: Coronavirus (COVID-19) financial services under lockdown

  By Johan Loubser |April 2020

• South Africa: FSCA provides general guidance to financial institutions on COVID-19

  By Johan Loubser |March 2020