Johan Esterhuizen

Johan Esterhuizen is a Partner and Head of Pension Law at Shepstone & Wylie's Johannesburg office. He has more than twenty years' experience in the retirement funds industry, advising retirement funds, employers, unions, insurers, administrators, and other service providers on a wide range of legal issues concerning occupational retirement. He drafts opinions on employee benefit issues, including pre‑funding of employer liabilities for post‑retirement medical aid, constitutional issues, duties and powers of trustees, and employment‑related matters.

He has extensive experience in pension law, commercial and constitutional litigation in the context of commercial transactions and employee benefits, and a wide range of experience in insolvency, forensic, and regulatory work. He acts as mediator and arbitrator in financial services‑related matters and is a liquidator of various retirement funds appointed by the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). He represents clients before the Pension Funds Adjudicator, the Appeal Board, the Enforcement Committee established under the Financial Services Board Act, the High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, and Constitutional Court. He is a co‑author of Hunter Law's textbook "The Pension Funds Act: A Commentary".

Johan holds a BA, LLB, LLM, LLD, and Higher Diploma in Tax (HDip Tax) from the University of Johannesburg (UJ).