Shivani Moodley

Shivani Moodley is a Senior Associate at ENS in the Employment practice, focusing on Employment Law. She specialises in employment litigation and advising clients on their statutory obligations in terms of South African employment legislation.

She has acted for clients in a variety of industries including mining, finance, renewable energy, manufacturing, retail and media, as well as various public sector entities.

Her experience includes advising clients on employment litigation in the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court, as well as conducting reviews of CCMA, bargaining council and Arbitration Foundation of South Africa awards. She also assists clients in matters concerning poor performance, misconduct, retrenchments and internal grievances.

She has expertise in drafting contracts of employment, workplace policies and procedures, settlement and separation agreements, and applications for registration as a temporary employment service or recruitment agency. She has also conducted a number of due diligence investigations in relation to the employment components of commercial transactions.

She is ranked as a leading/recommended lawyer by The Legal 500 EMEA 2025 (Key Lawyer) for Employment (South Africa). She holds a BA and an LLB from Rhodes University and is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.