OVERVIEW
Johan is Managing Partner of Maples and Calder (Luxembourg) at the Maples Group, where he is head of the Luxembourg Funds & Investment Management team. Johan has been focusing on fund structuring / formation and regulated financial business for the majority of his career. He advises managers and investors of collective investment funds, with a particular focus on alternative funds (including private equity, debt, infrastructure, real estate and hedge funds) and their management entities.
BACKGROUND
Johan joined the Maples Group in 2018. He was previously a partner in the Financial Services and Investment Management group at Dechert. Prior to that, Johan was a partner in the investment management practice of an international firm headquartered in the Netherlands. Johan speaks Afrikaans, English and French.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of the Association for the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI)
Member of the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LPEA)
Member of the Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA)
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Funds & Investment Management
Regulatory & Compliance
BAR ADMISSIONS
2000 - Admitted as an attorney in South Africa (not practising)
2002 - Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not practising)
2003 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (not practising)
2008 - Admitted to the Luxembourg Bar
EDUCATION
TEP, 2004
University of the Free State, South Africa, B.Proc., 1997
University of the Free State, South Africa, LL.B., 1999
LANGUAGES
English
Afrikaans
French
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KNOWLEDGE
- Luxembourg - CSSF Publication of Guidance on Teleworking 11 May 2021
- Funds & Investment Management Update Ireland and Luxembourg Q1 2021 27 April 2021
- The Role of Jurisdiction in Hedge Funds 04 March 2021
- Funds & Investment Management Update: Ireland and Luxembourg - Q4 2020 02 February 2021
- Luxembourg Important Clarification for RAIFs Regarding Appointment of RR RC 22 December 2020
- Luxembourg CSSF - Final Brexit Preparations December 2020 08 December 2020
- Luxembourg CSSF Communication on Temporary Permissions Regime 02 December 2020
- Luxembourg: New Growth Opportunities for an Expanding Global Funds Industry 13 November 2020
- Funds & Investment Management Update: Ireland and Luxembourg - Q3 2020 23 October 2020
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity 2020: Luxembourg 19 October 2020
NEWS & DEALS
- Julia Journée Joins Maples Group's Growing Luxembourg Law Firm 23 June 2021
- Maples Group Expands Global Tax Expertise with New Partner in Luxembourg 08 December 2020
- Maples Group Recognised at European Hedge Fund Services Awards for 10th Year Running 20 August 2020
- COVID-19 What is Maples Group doing 20 March 2020
- Maples Group Luxembourg Expands to New Location 12 March 2020
- Duke Magazine - Interview with Johan Terblanche and Marjorie Allo 21 November 2018