Webber Wentzel

Webber Wentzel is a full-service African law firm with over 150 years in practice, founded and headquartered in South Africa. The firm was named African Law Firm of the Year at the African Legal Awards in 2025 and 2026.

A distinguished employment practice

The Employment and Employee Benefits practice advises on individual and collective employment law, employee benefits, pension funds, occupational health and safety, and corporate immigration, across both contentious and non-contentious matters. The team includes a number of senior partners, many of whom have served as acting judges in the Labour Court.

Standing before every forum

The practice’s attorneys appear before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, the Statutory Bargaining Councils, the Pension Funds Adjudicator, the Labour Court, the Labour Appeal Court, the High Court, and the Constitutional Court, and chair grievance, disciplinary and appeal hearings on clients’ behalf.

Sector expertise

The team brings deep experience across the sectors in which Webber Wentzel operates, including Agribusiness, Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure, Private Equity, Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Energy, FinTech, Industrials, Mining, Retail and Consumer Goods, and Transportation and Logistics.

A trusted adviser to a diverse client base

Clients include state-owned enterprises, government, and major listed and unlisted local and international companies, for whom the practice acts across the full range of stakeholders, from employees, employers and directors to trade unions, bargaining councils and employee benefit schemes. Recent work has concentrated on restructuring and retrenchment, transfers of undertakings, restraint of trade, and occupational health and safety, alongside specialised offerings in pension law, immigration, employment equity compliance and business crimes.

The practice is ranked by Chambers Global and The Legal 500, with individual lawyers also recognised by Best Lawyers.