Johannes Erasmus Esterhuizen

About Johannes

Johan is the lead partner in Shepstone & Wylie’s pension law and employee benefits team and has more than twenty years’ experience in the retirement funds industry. He advises retirement funds, employers, unions, insurers, administrators and other service providers on a wide range of legal issues concerning occupational retirement. Drafting of opinions on a range of employee benefit issues including issues relating to pre-funding of employer liabilities in respect of post -retirement medical aid, constitutional issues, duties and powers of trustees and employment-related issues. He also has extensive experience in pension law, commercial and constitutional litigation in the context of commercial transactions and in relation to employee benefits and has a wide range of experience in insolvency, forensic and regulatory work. He acts as mediator and arbitrator in various financial services related matters. He is a liquidator of various retirement funds appointed by the FSCA. Johan is also a co-author of Hunter Law’s textbook “The Pension Funds Act: A Commentary”. Special interests and expertise: All aspects of litigation with a focus on regulatory work including the representation of clients before the pension funds adjudicator, the appeal board and the enforcement committee established in terms of the Financial Services Board Act, the high court, the supreme court of appeal and constitutional court; Research and writing detailed legal opinions on all aspects of regulatory and employee benefits law; and Training principal officers and members of fund boards of management. • Recognised by Best Lawyers® - Employee Benefits Law: South Africa | 2026 • Recognised in the Lexology Index: Thought Leaders Africa 2026 Report

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