Lenja Dahms-Jansen
Partner | Johannesburg
Contact
T: +27 11 669 9610
Overview
Lenja is a specialist employment lawyer who focuses on the legal aspects of designing, implementing, and administering corporate remuneration structures, including base pay structures, benefit schemes, short-term and long-term incentive schemes, and elements of non-financial reward.
She is known for her meticulous attention to detail and her ability to approach problems from multiple angles, consistently delivering legally sound solutions that align with business goals. Her strategic approach combines a sharp legal eye with creative problem-solving, ensuring her advice is not only technically precise but also practical and impactful. Clients are drawn to her authenticity and her grounded, principled approach, trusting that her guidance is always thoughtful, sincere, and aligned with their best interests.
Experience
- Advising clients on a wide range of employment law, remuneration, and total reward matters. She has worked with both private and public entities, including internationally listed companies, to navigate complex employment and benefits issues, from structuring incentive schemes to advising on best practices in remuneration and benefits. Her experience spans multiple sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, FMCG, and mining.
- Representing clients in significant civil, labour, and pension law disputes in the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, High Court, and Labour Court, as well as various tribunals.
- Managing numerous complex cross-border projects, focusing on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and shareholder engagement for the implementation of employee incentive schemes. She played a key role in designing and implementing an employee share ownership plan (ESOP) for a listed financial services provider in Southern Africa, navigating corporate, tax, and employment laws across multiple jurisdictions. The project required securing approvals from two separate stock exchanges and culminated in overwhelming shareholder support.
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Qualifications
Education
- Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) candidate, World at Work.
- LLB (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand.
- BA Politics and Law (cum laude), University of the Witwatersrand.
Professional Memberships
- South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW)
- South African Reward Association (SARA)
- World at Work (US)
INSIGHTS
Overview
Lenja is a specialist employment lawyer who focuses on the legal aspects of designing, implementing, and administering corporate remuneration structures, including base pay structures, benefit schemes, short-term and long-term incentive schemes, and elements of non-financial reward.
She is known for her meticulous attention to detail and her ability to approach problems from multiple angles, consistently delivering legally sound solutions that align with business goals. Her strategic approach combines a sharp legal eye with creative problem-solving, ensuring her advice is not only technically precise but also practical and impactful. Clients are drawn to her authenticity and her grounded, principled approach, trusting that her guidance is always thoughtful, sincere, and aligned with their best interests.
Experience
- Advising clients on a wide range of employment law, remuneration, and total reward matters. She has worked with both private and public entities, including internationally listed companies, to navigate complex employment and benefits issues, from structuring incentive schemes to advising on best practices in remuneration and benefits. Her experience spans multiple sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, FMCG, and mining.
- Representing clients in significant civil, labour, and pension law disputes in the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, High Court, and Labour Court, as well as various tribunals.
- Managing numerous complex cross-border projects, focusing on regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and shareholder engagement for the implementation of employee incentive schemes. She played a key role in designing and implementing an employee share ownership plan (ESOP) for a listed financial services provider in Southern Africa, navigating corporate, tax, and employment laws across multiple jurisdictions. The project required securing approvals from two separate stock exchanges and culminated in overwhelming shareholder support.
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