Mohammed Chavoos

Background

About Mohammed Chavoos

I am a director in the Employment and Labour department at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa. I specialise in all areas of employment and labour law and have recently been appointed as an Acting Judge of the Labour Court. I have a large local and international client base and have represented blue chip clients in the banking, finance, retail, petroleum, hospitality, gaming and food and beverage industries. I have extensive experience in large-scale restructuring of businesses, business transfers, restraints of trade, privacy law, forensic investigations and retrenchments, I have represented clients in a number of senior executive dismissal cases at disciplinary hearings, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the Labour Court. I also specialise in interdicting unlawful and unprotected strikes, conducting due diligences, CCMA and Labour Court litigation, drafting contracts of employment, review applications, disciplinary codes and procedures and human resources policies. I have been a regular contributor of the South African Chapter of the EU & International Employment Law Handbook and have contributed to many articles in newspapers and magazines. I speak regularly at seminars on employment and labour law issues and have appeared on national radio on a few occasions. I was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree and an LLB degree from the University of the Western Cape and the University of the Witwatersrand respectively. I also hold a post-graduate Diploma in Labour Law from the University of the Witwatersrand.