Edwin Ellis

Edwin Ellis is an Executive at ENS in the employment law practice. His practice focuses on Employment Law, providing advice to clients on all aspects of employment law.

His practice has a particular emphasis on organisational restructurings, the employment consequences of commercial transactions, the structuring and enforcement of restraint of trade provisions, and the dismissal of senior executives, both as employees and directors. He has also extensively advised on employee aspects of incentive and benefit schemes, including share incentive schemes, bonus schemes and retirement vehicles.

He has acted for a diverse range of local and international clients by assisting them with the development of proactive initiatives and preventative practices, and has represented clients at the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, private arbitrations, the Labour Court, the High Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal, as well as with internal disciplinary proceedings. He has given presentations to the Pension Lawyers Association, at firm client seminars, and has run training courses for numerous clients.

He holds a BCom and an LLB from Stellenbosch University and is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa. He is recognised by Best Lawyers for Labour and Employment and Employee Benefits in South Africa, and was named its Employee Benefits Lawyer of the Year in 2023.