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Johan Olivier

Global 2026

Webber Wentzel

Ranked in 1 practice area

Employment

South Africa

13 years ranked

About

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Global

Practice Areas

Johan is an expert in employment and employee benefits law as well as health and safety. He has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, dealing with collective bargaining cases, strikes, lock outs, discrimination law, disciplinary and litigation proceedings. His expertise extends to employment issues flowing from mergers and acquisitions, workforce reduction programmes, transfers of undertakings and going concerns, harmonisation of employee benefits, cross-border arrangements, retirement funds and medical aid schemes. He also has extensive experience in advising financial service providers on debarment procedures under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS).

Career

Johan's qualifications include:

Higher Diploma in Arbitration, Association of Arbitrators, 1998

LLM (cum laude), Rand Afrikaans University, 1992

LLB, Stellenbosch University, 1986

BA, Stellenbosch University, 1984

Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Professional Memberships

Member of The Employment Committee of the International Bar Association (2000 to present)

Member of the South African Society for Labour Law (2006 to present)

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Global Guide

Employment - South Africa

Senior Statespeople

Individual Editorial

Johan Olivier is a high-profile lawyer with a particularly developed practice acting for mining sector companies. In addition to advising on employee benefits, he possesses extensive experience of collective action and employment litigation.

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