Bowmans

Banking and Finance

Partner; Head Financial Services Regulatory

Kirsten Kern is head of Bowmans’ Financial Services Regulatory Practice in South Africa.

She advises clients, both local and foreign, on the content and implications of all applicable banking and financial regulatory laws.

She has strong contacts with the relevant regulatory bodies and agencies and regularly represents clients before the National Credit Regulator, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, the South African Reserve Bank, the Prudential Authority, the Financial Intelligence Centre and the National Consumer Commission.

In addition to registration, licensing, authorisation and approval requirements, Kirsten assists clients with ongoing compliance and regulatory enforcement matters, and with product structuring, distribution and marketing.

She has LLB and LLM degrees (both awarded cum laude) from the Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg).