Ms Lizle Louw > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Webber Wentzel
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa
Lizle Louw photo

Work Department

Employment, Health & Safety Practice

Position

Partner

Career

​Lizle specialises in collective and individual labour law with a specific focus in the mining industry. She has previously been appointed as an acting judge in the Labour Court of South Africa. From 2011 to 2016, Lizle was the editor-in-chief of Labour Law for Managers: Practical Handbook, which is widely distributed in South Africa among human resources and employee relations practitioners. Lizle is a fellow with the Association of Arbitrators​.

Memberships

Member of the South African Society for Labour Law (2006 to present)

Education

LLB, University of Johannesburg, 1998
B.Com, University of Johannesburg, 1996
Certificate in International Law, University of Antwerp, 1999
Admitted attorney and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Lizle Louw – Webber Wentzel

At Webber Wentzel, the ‘knowledgeable and experienced‘ team has established expertise in handling a wide spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, and is well regarded for its strength in advising on employee benefits cases. Kate Collier heads up the practice and is a key contact for workplace health and safety mandates, while the ‘exceptional practitionerLizle Louw has extensive experience in acting for mining sector entities on collective and individual labour law issues. Andries Kruger handles unfair dismissal disputes, retrenchments, employment contracts, and collective agreements, while Dhevarsha Ramjettan acts on restraint of trade cases. Johan Olivier and Nick Robb have excellent track records in appearing before the Labour Courts and Siya Ngcamu regularly advises on labour law disputes.