Professor Angela Itzikowitz

Professor Angela Itzikowitz is an Executive at ENS in the Banking and Finance practice, specialising in banking and finance law, financial services regulation, and fintech. She has extensive expertise in banking and financial market regulation, including finance and regulatory reform, card and electronic payment instruments, derivatives, loan agreements, collective investment schemes, insurance, anti-money laundering, debt origination, and securitisation.

Angela is the founder and co-head of ENS's Fintech Department and has advised a number of banks and start-ups on fintech regulation. She has advised the South African Reserve Bank on the formulation of a position paper and policy document on the regulation of crypto assets, and has authored the South African chapter in a number of international publications on the subject. She has also done significant work in SADC countries, including regulatory law reform through capacity building projects, drafting and advising on the Finance and Development Protocol for SADC, and advising the World Bank on deposit insurance and bank insolvencies.

Angela holds a BA and LL.B from Stellenbosch University, a Program of Instruction for Lawyers from Harvard University, and has studied the Legal Aspects of International Finance at Queen Mary College, University of London.

She is a professor in banking and financial markets law at the University of the Witwatersrand and a visiting professor at a number of international universities. She is a member of the Board of International Scholars, London Institute of Banking and Finance, and a Professorial Fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Law of South Africa Banking and Financial Markets, has co-authored a number of books, and has published numerous articles in local and foreign journals. She is consistently recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global, Chambers Fintech Guide, Who's Who Legal, Best Lawyers, and The Legal 500.