Alex is an associate practising in employment law and related fields.

Alex works under Hugo Pienaar and Jose Jorge, servicing their client base across the agriculture, energy, health, hospitality, logistics, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceutical, petroleum, retail, road freight, sport and transportation sectors.

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Academic

Alex completed his undergraduate LLB and structured LLM (cum laude) at Stellenbosch University.

Focus areas in his master’s degree included copyright law, competition law, international labour and social security law, and the enforceability of restraint of trade agreements.

Career

Alex completed his practical vocational training at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporated from January 2022 to January 2024, after which he was retained as an associate from January 2024 to February 2025.

He started at Thomson Wilks Incorporated as an associate in March 2025.

Experience

Advisory work, relating to among other things:

o    employment equity compliance;

o    employment due diligence;

o    the enforceability of restraint of trade agreements;

o    the interpretation and application of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act;

o    transfers of a business as a going concern;

Litigious work, relating to among other things:

o    applications and referrals in labour tribunals;

o    applications and referrals in the Labour Court; including interdicting unlawful conduct during strike action;

o    High Court applications under the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act;

o    appeals to the Labour Appeal Court;

o    applications in the Constitutional Court;

Other:

o    chairing disciplinary enquiries;

o    workplace investigations.