Louise Bennetts

An experienced regulatory and transactional lawyer, Louise has a background in advising financial institutions, government and regulatory bodies and large multi-national corporates on a range of cross-border, policy and corporate governance topics, including testifying before the United States Congress on regulatory issues. Throughout her career she is been a trusted media and academic commentator on corporate governance and policy matters, especially in the cross-border context, and is a frequent speaker at industry and academic conferences.

In 2021 she set up J.P. Morgan’s EMEA Director Advisory Services team and is a member of the Global Advisory and EMEA Investment Banking management teams.

Louise began her career at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York City and worked in Washington DC as a senior regulatory policymaker before relocating to London to manage J.P. Morgan’s bank reform agenda in Europe. She was also involved in the strategic build-out of the bank’s EU operations post-Brexit.

Louise holds a Master of Studies degree from the University of Cambridge as well as first class law and economics degrees from the University of Cape Town. She was previously affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Interdisciplinary Energy Studies and CISL in a research capacity. Previous areas of research focus were on policy alignment in the national and energy security spaces as well as the economic impact of bank reform legislation.

Louise serves on the Board of Ubuntu Pathways, a globally-renowned South African non-profit focused on poverty alleviation and has lived and worked on four continents.