Brian Patterson Email & Phone Number

Brian Patterson is a director at ENSafrica and has 36 years of experience. He practices as an attorney and is the head of the ENSafrica award-winning employment law department, the largest employment law department in the largest firm in the African continent. He specialises in all aspects of employment law with particular emphasis on integrated and practical employment law solutions, global mobility, executive terminations, business rescue, restructuring and retrenchments, transfers of business, employment equity and unfair discrimination, benefits and unfair conduct, collective bargaining, employment-related pension law matters, the drafting and enforcement of restraint of trade agreements and the law relating to confidentiality and privacy. He acts for local and international clients and many international law firms. Brian has provided advice to corporate clients in most sectors in all matters relating to employment and labour law, including adapting foreign contracts and policies for local law. He has dealt with the South African aspects of restructuring/mergers of multinationals in respect of several jurisdictions He has acted several times as a Judge of the Labour Court and was an Assessor of the erstwhile Labour Appeal Court. Brian has passed his Qualified Lawyer Transfer Test (QLTT) to be admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales. Brian is a co-author of the South Africa chapter of “International Labour and Employment Law Compliance Handbook” and “International Employment Law”.He is a regular speaker on employment and labour law issues and has appeared in many television programs over the years. Brian does significant international employment law work arising from the UK, USA and within Africa.Specialities: All employment and labour law advice, corporate governance & forensic investigations, senior executive dismissals, privacy & confidentiality issues, Restraint of trade, collective bargaining issues and strategies,

Listed skills include Employment Law, Legal Advice, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance, and 34 others.