Imraan Mahomed
Imraan Mahomed is a Director in our Employment Law practice. Imraan joined the practice in late 2020 having led a lateral team move of employment lawyers to CDH. With over almost 20 years experience, Imraan advises on all aspects of employment law ranging from transactions, litigation, regulatory to compliance matters impacting employment and workplace investigations. His input is also sought regularly by the media on current labour law issues. He has acted as a judge of the Labour Court on various occasions. Imraan has vast experience in dealing with issues affecting employers in contentious and non-contentious matters and provides strategies at collective and individual level. He also advises across the continent and has been the lead attorney in various precedent setting employment related cases.

About Imraan
About Imraan
Imraan Mohamed joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2020 having led a team of employment lawyers after the restructure of the Johannesburg office of Hogan Lovells.
He has practiced in the field of employment law representing business for close to 20 years. Imraan commenced articles at Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) in 2001 and became a Director in its employment department and practiced with the legacy firm. He left in 2007 to join Routledge Modise to expand its employment law offering where the firm at some point rebranded as Hogan Lovells in South Africa, and eventually Lawtons Africa. Imraan has also advised clients in various jurisdictions across Africa on employment and business crime related matters.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- BCom LLB (cum laude), Nelson Mandela University
- LLM (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
- Cer Adv Admin Law, University of Witwatersrand
- Cert Pension Fund Law II, University of Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2003
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW). Gauteng Chapter Committee member and member of the SASLAW national committee.
About Imraan
Imraan Mohamed joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2020 having led a team of employment lawyers after the restructure of the Johannesburg office of Hogan Lovells.
He has practiced in the field of employment law representing business for close to 20 years. Imraan commenced articles at Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) in 2001 and became a Director in its employment department and practiced with the legacy firm. He left in 2007 to join Routledge Modise to expand its employment law offering where the firm at some point rebranded as Hogan Lovells in South Africa, and eventually Lawtons Africa. Imraan has also advised clients in various jurisdictions across Africa on employment and business crime related matters.
Credentials
Education
- BCom LLB (cum laude), Nelson Mandela University
- LLM (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
- Cer Adv Admin Law, University of Witwatersrand
- Cert Pension Fund Law II, University of Witwatersrand
- Year of admission as an attorney: 2003
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW). Gauteng Chapter Committee member and member of the SASLAW national committee.
Experience
Imraan has vast experience in dealing with all issues affecting employers in contentious and non-contentious matters. He provides clients with effective strategies on all employment related matters, both at collective and individual level. He advises and does training across various industries. Imraan has a keen interest in post-employment restrictive law and has been the lead attorney in a number of restraint of trade disputes. Imraan regularly advises executive management on their strategic and business critical employment related issues.
Imraan has over the years also built an expertise which extends to dealing with business crime preemptively as well as where it becomes contentious in representing businesses. Imraan has also represented senior executives in director, shareholder and employee related matters and conducted numerous workplace investigations. He has also advised across various industries on business restructures and strategies on managing union relationships as well as dealing with picket lines disputes and other forms of industrial action disputes.
Imraan has been the lead attorney on a number of employment related disputes which are reported judgements of the Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. Imraan was also consulted and provided input on a precedent setting case on anti-discriminatory workplace conduct, which was heard in the Constitutional Court.
News

Can the Pension Fund Adjudicator ignore a response to a disputed death benefit?
An employee who is a member of a retirement fund would have a death benefit that is payable to their dependents when they pass away. Importantly, the benefit does not form part of...

Re-employed or re-instated after a dismissal: Who is liable for the arrear retirement fund contributions
An award won by a dismissed employee for re-employment or reinstatement after an unfair or unlawful dismissal would generally have different effects on past retirement fund contributions....

Employer Defamation - Can an employee be defamed during a workplace investigation?
Employers and managers need to be cautious with statements and correspondence circulated during the course of an investigation or disciplinary process, as the publication of these...

Cannabis in the workplace: Clearing the air
In 2018 the Constitutional Court handed down the landmark judgment of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince (6) SA 393 (CC), which legalised the private...

Harassment in the workplace: Risks, Regulation and Rights
The Employment Law team from CDH and Gateley hosted a webinar titled: Harassment in the workplace: Risks, Regulation and Rights.

The EEA Amendments & Draft Regulations: The impact and why employers must submit representations
Imraan Mahomed led the discussion with JJ van der Walt on the expected, yet rather uncertain, impact of the imminent promulgation of the EEA amendments and the recently published draft...

Union Representation: It's my union and I'll cry if I want to
Unions have extensive rights under South African law. The rights of a union to bargain was however in 2020 curtailed by the Constitutional Court when the court found that a union was...

Reflecting on 2021 and navigating 2022
Our Employment Law team hosted their first webinar where they reflected on 2021 and identified key themes for 2022.

Is 2021 bringing about a change? A consideration of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace
With businesses preparing to resume as near to “normal” operations, as is possible, and with the rollout of covid-19 vaccinations worldwide, it is unlikely that the government will...

Employment state of play
Employment Director Imraan Mahomed joined Bruce Whitfield on The Money Show on Talk Radio 702 to discuss the complexities of Treasury’s decision and commitment to cut the public service...
Market recognition
- Chambers Global 2021 - 2023 ranked Imraan in Band 2 for Employment and from 2014–2020 he was ranked in Band 3 for Employment.
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2012-2023 recommended Imraan in labour and employment.

Market recognition
- Chambers Global 2021 - 2023 ranked Imraan in Band 2 for Employment and from 2014–2020 he was ranked in Band 3 for Employment.
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2012-2023 recommended Imraan in labour and employment.
Expertise

Employment Law
CDH offers support to clients engaging in the complex and constantly evolving people management space.

Pensions & Employee Benefits
Our Pensions & Employee Benefits team works with skilled lawyers from across the firm to provide expert advice and solutions.

Corporate & White Collar Investigations
CDH’s Corporate & White Collar Investigations team can help clients navigate local and international corporate risk management requirements.

Government and State-Owned Entities
We provide a comprehensive service that can be applied to all aspects of public law.

Mining & Minerals
We help our clients navigate legal and administrative complexities in this key economic sector.

Public Law
We have experience across key areas of public law and understand the relevant legal and policy frameworks.

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Our multidisciplinary team develops creative strategies and integrated solutions for this important healthcare sector.

Technology & Communications
Our team offers advice on a wide range of functions and sector-related issues.