Johan Olivier

Johan Olivier is a Partner at Webber Wentzel in the Cape Town office, specialising in Employment Law. He is an expert in employment and employee benefits law as well as health and safety, with extensive experience in corporate restructuring, collective bargaining, strikes, lock-outs, discrimination law, disciplinary and litigation proceedings.

Johan's 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 advising financial service providers on debarment procedures under the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS).

Johan holds an LL.M. (cum laude) from Rand Afrikaans University (1992), an LL.B. and a B.A. from Stellenbosch University (1986, 1984), and a Higher Diploma in Arbitration from the Association of Arbitrators (1998). He is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

He is ranked by Chambers Global (2014–2026), named as a leading individual by Best Lawyers (2008–2026) and The Legal 500 (2013–2025), and is included in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame.