Dhevarsha Ramjettan

Dhevarsha Ramjettan is a Partner at Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg, specialising in employment law. She advises clients across a wide range of industries, including electronics, media, banking, agricultural, retail, metal, mining, medical, and insurance, on all aspects of employment law, including restraint of trade, business rescue, transfers of businesses as a going concern, employment-related medical malpractice, mass retrenchments, executive dismissals, and general employment-related litigation.

She has extensive experience in advising companies on dismissal of executive employees, particularly in matters of poor work performance, and has conducted large‑scale employment‑focused due diligence investigations with a focus on post‑retirement medical aid and defined pension benefits. She also advises on regulatory registrations required for specific positions under the Construction Regulation to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and drafts employment policies, executive contracts, employee incentive agreements, and employee share ownership schemes. Her expertise extends to employment equity, Labour Court matters, and arbitrations before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).

Dhevarsha holds an LL.M in Employment Law from the University of Johannesburg (2008), an LL.B from the University of KwaZulu‑Natal (1998), and a BA from the University of KwaZulu‑Natal (1996). She is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, a member of the South African Society for Labour Law, and has been named by Best Lawyers (2020‑2026) and Legal 500 (2018, 2021‑2022, 2025) as a leading individual and legal expert.