Johan du Plessis
Senior Partner · Commercial Litigation
Johan leads the firm's commercial disputes practice, with extensive High Court and arbitration experience in contractual and shareholder disputes.
Du Plessis & Partners
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Head officeJohannesburg, South Africa
Offices2 · Johannesburg · Cape Town
Founded1997
Lawyers28
LanguagesEnglish and Afrikaans
About the firm
Du Plessis & Partners is a Johannesburg-based firm with a track record in commercial dispute resolution, employment law and administrative law. The firm advises corporates, financial institutions and state-owned enterprises on contested matters before the High Court, the Labour Court and the CCMA, as well as on transactional work requiring commercial litigation assessment at structuring stage. Founded in 1997, the firm has built particular depth in labour and employment law — acting for major employers in retrenchment processes, CCMA and bargaining council proceedings, and Labour Court reviews — and in commercial litigation, where it handles contract disputes, insolvency matters and banking recoveries.
Practice areas
Sectors
Key people
Lerato Mahlangu
Partner · Employment Law
Lerato advises employers on restructurings, CCMA and Labour Court litigation, and workplace investigations.
Andreas Gerhold
Partner · Corporate & M&A
Andreas advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and cross-border corporate transactions, with a particular focus on inbound European investment.
Marelize van Wyk
Senior Associate · Commercial Litigation
Marelize litigates contractual, shareholder and competition disputes before the High Court and arbitration tribunals.
Offices
1 Sandton Drive
Sandton
Johannesburg 2196
South Africa
+27 11 555 0400
Cape Town
+27 21 410 0000
Representative work
Matters are described generically and anonymised where confidentiality applies.
Represented a listed employer in a high-profile retrenchment process involving consultation, facilitation at the CCMA and subsequent Labour Court proceedings.
Acted for a commercial bank in an insolvency and business rescue matter involving multiple creditor classes.
Advised a state-owned enterprise on an administrative review challenge to a procurement decision.
Represented a construction company in FIDIC arbitration arising from a delayed infrastructure project.
Awards & recognition
2024
Recognised for Labour & Employment by regional market research.
2023
Recommended for commercial litigation by independent legal directories.
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