
The Beginning
SPHAMANDLA MTHETHWA ATTORNEYS is a law firm in Durban it was founded by Siphamandla Mthethwa. Mr S Mthethwa completed his Bachelor of Laws at University of Zulu Land. He then started working at a reputable attorney’s firm in Durban as Candidate Attorney at Sthembiso Mbhele & Associates a firm of attorneys with a rich history of over 17 years. He further received an outstanding performance award in Legal Ethics at the School for Legal Practice (PLT) held at UKZN. He then completed his articles and was admitted as Legal Practitioner of the High Court of South Africa. He is now involved in many projects in society where he contributes his legal expertise.
His goal was to establish a law firm for the people where the public would not feel like a file reference but that a personal relationship between attorney and client would be established. This firm believes that the future holds endless opportunities for both Legal Practitioner and client and that growth will be inevitable. At SPHAMANDLA MTHETHWA ATTORNEYS you can expect to find attorneys that are willing to listen and turn the result into service excellence through practical and effective problem-solving. We are at the forefront of transformation in the legal industry.
Practice areas
Business
- Advice on formation of enterprises and structuring of transactions such as share sales, sale
of businesses and assets sales. - Advice on appropriate forms of business enterprises for transactions.
- Advice on bidding processes, competitive bids, bid specification, bid evaluation & bid
adjudication. - Advice on appropriate corporate structures.
- Advice on corporate governance and compliance with the Companies Act 71 of 2008, the
King III Report on Corporate Governance and various industry or Municipal related
regulations, manuals and policies. - Training and advice on corporate governance, compliance and risk management in private
and public entities. - Offering business rescue advisory services.
- Advice on tax implications in relation to various forms of commercial transactions.
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of all related contracts and other documentation such as
sale agreements, leases, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements and other
commercial contracts. - Drafting, reviewing and negotiation of various contractual agreements.
Accidents & Injuries
- Assessment of liability in Personal Injury, Wrongful Arrests and Product Liability matters.
- Litigation in respect of claims resulting from motor vehicle accidents, product liability,
wrongful arrests and any other claims of a like nature. - Ligation in respect of medical malpractice claims arising from the failure by a medical
professional to exercise reasonable skill and care when treating a patient. - Quantification of the damages for which the wrongdoer is liable.
- Conducting litigation on behalf of the injured party.
- Advice on the investment of damages awarded.
Employment & Labor
- Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court Litigation.
- CCMA Litigation.
- Bargaining Council Litigation.
- Dismissals.
- Section 197 transfers.
- Drafting of Employment Contracts.
- Employment strategy consultancy.
- Relevant in-house training and labour related presentations.
- Due diligence exercises.
- Drafting of Recognition Agreements.
- Advice on labour implications of mergers and acquisitions.
- Advice on retrenchments and rationalisations.
- Advice on the Employment Equity Act and other employment-related legislation.
- Conducting disciplinary inquiries & chairing of inquiries.
- Conducting investigations on behalf of employers relating to various aspects of misconduct
in the workplace, including fraud, nepotism and sexual harassment. - Conducting negotiations with unions on behalf of clients.
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