Mongezi Mpahlwa

Director

Mongezi Mpahlwa is a Director in our Dispute Resolution practice. Mongezi has experience in the fields of inter alia corporate and commercial dispute resolution, insolvency law, credit law (foreclosures, corporate recoveries, business rescue, liquidations etc.), insurance law (life assurance, pension fund and disability fund claims), regulatory work of accounting and international auditing standards, general litigation and arbitrations etc.

Mongezi Mpahlwa

Credentials

Credentials

Education

  • B.Com (Law) LLB, University of the Western Cape
  • Admission as an attorney, Western Cape High Court Division, Cape Town, 2014
  • Certificate in Advanced Case Management (LEAD), 2015
  • Admission as an attorney, Gauteng High Court Division, Pretoria, 2016
  • International Commercial Arbitration Certificate, University of Pretoria, 2018

Memberships

  • Black Lawyers Association (BLA) National Executive Committee (Treasurer, 2018 to date)

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • isiXhosa
  • isiZulu

Credentials

Education

  • B.Com (Law) LLB, University of the Western Cape
  • Admission as an attorney, Western Cape High Court Division, Cape Town, 2014
  • Certificate in Advanced Case Management (LEAD), 2015
  • Admission as an attorney, Gauteng High Court Division, Pretoria, 2016
  • International Commercial Arbitration Certificate, University of Pretoria, 2018

Memberships

  • Black Lawyers Association (BLA) National Executive Committee (Treasurer, 2018 to date)

Languages

  • English
  • isiXhosa
  • isiZulu

News

The extent of business rescue practitioners’ powers to suspend a company’s contractual obligations
Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency

The extent of business rescue practitioners’ powers to suspend a company’s contractual obligations

Chapter 6 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (Companies Act) confers various powers on business rescue practitioners (BRPs) once they have assumed their responsibilities to restructure...

From promise to peril: The duty of credit providers to conduct proper affordability checks
Dispute Resolution

From promise to peril: The duty of credit providers to conduct proper affordability checks

Credit providers have a general duty to conduct proper affordability assessments prior to granting loans or providing credit of any sort to debtors. Failure to adequately do so may...

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?
Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency

Insolvency enquiries: Who may examine witnesses?

Insolvency enquiries envisioned under section 417 and 418 of the Companies Act 61 of 1973 (Act) are convened either by the court or the Master of the High Court (Master). Typically,...

Kicking for touch: The unintended consequences of suspending winding-up proceedings pending business rescue
Business Rescue, Restructuring & Insolvency

Kicking for touch: The unintended consequences of suspending winding-up proceedings pending business rescue

“ Kicking for touch ” is a phrase known by many in the world of sports. It is used loosely by sports players on the rugby field to describe a move to play away from a team’s goal line...

High Court dismisses challenge to mandatory audit firm rotations
Dispute Resolution

High Court dismisses challenge to mandatory audit firm rotations

On 2 December 2021, the Pretoria High Court handed down judgment in the case of East Rand Member District of Chartered Accountants and Others v Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors...

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022-2024 recommended Mongezi for dispute resolution.
  • Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans (2017 publication) listed Mongezi in the Justice and Law section as one of the exceptional South Africans under 35 who "have stood out from the pack and who show us what to look forward to in the country’s future".

Market recognition

  • The Legal 500 EMEA 2022-2024 recommended Mongezi for dispute resolution.
  • Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans (2017 publication) listed Mongezi in the Justice and Law section as one of the exceptional South Africans under 35 who "have stood out from the pack and who show us what to look forward to in the country’s future".