Jean-Pierre van Zyl

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Jean-Pierre van Zyl

(He/Him)

Head of Employment

Jean-Pierre (“JP”) is a Partner and head of our Employment team.

A little more

JP works with global, international and significant regional businesses, business owners and senior executives to make the best of their people, support strategic growth plans, and resolve disputes.

He works closely with business leaders as an extension of their executive teams to implement their people strategies. JP is naturally inclined towards the cost effective and pragmatic resolution of employment law issues.

JP can support your business with boardroom disputes, executive terminations, collective redundancies, collective bargaining and trade union recognition, TUPE transfers, global mobility and resisting claims in the employment tribunal including unfair and wrongful dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing.

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