Mr Jerry Kaapu > Bowmans > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Bowmans
11 ALICE LANE
SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2146
South Africa

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Jerry Kaapu is a partner in Bowmans’ Johannesburg Employment and Benefits Practice. He is a seasoned litigator and is also an accredited industrial relations trainer, mediator and arbitrator. He has served as a prosecutor, initiator, and chairperson in many disciplinary inquiries and represented a diversity of clients in litigation and private arbitrations at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), Bargaining Councils, the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Courts. Jerry has served on the South African Society for Labour Law’s (SASLAW’s) Executive Committee and as Deputy President of the Gauteng Chapter. Jerry was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Labour Court in 2016. He has B.Proc and LLB degrees from the University of the Western Cape.

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Jerry KaapuBowmans

Lauded for providing ‘exceptional labour law advice’, Bowmans is headed by Helen Wilsenach, who well versed in trade issues and major retrenchments and restructurings. Jerry Kaapu fields expertise in collective bargaining matters, and Karen Fulton has an excellent reputation for assisting financial services sector entities with a broad range of employment matters. Nadine Mather‘s workload includes unfair dismissal cases, and Talita Laubscher is a key contact for advising on discrimination claims. Keshni Naicker is very experienced in disciplinary matters.