Thando Manentsa > Adams & Adams > Pretoria, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Adams & Adams Offices
LYNNWOOD BRIDGE, 4 DAVENTRY STREET,
LYNNWOOD MANOR,
PRETORIA
South Africa
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Thando Manentsa
Work Department
Commecial Litigation
Position
Partner | Commercial Attorney
Career
Thando is a partner and a commercial litigation specialist in the firm’s dispute resolution team. He obtained his LLB degree from WITS University in 2009.
His practice has a specific focus on contractual (in a variety of corporate sectors) and public law disputes. He also has assisted certain Constitutional bodies with various high court litigation in terms of which these bodies have asserted their independency within the framework of the Constitution.
Thando’s career highlights in his include assisting IPID in a number of high profile high court court applications that have positively impacted on the functioning of the agency , assisting the Inspector General of Intelligence in court proceedings to assert his constitutional independence; representing BMW in a confidential arbitration against a well-known multinational gas supplier for a claim in excess of R55 million, advising the Road Traffic Management Corporation in relation to litigation in the Supreme Court of Appeal and the Constitutional court on the interpretation of Section 66 of the Public Finance Management Act, assisting the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development in an investigation to establish the cause of the roof collapse at Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg.
Languages
English; Xhosa
Memberships
Memberships
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
Accolades
- Legal 500 – Recommended Lawyers: Dispute Resolution | 2023
Education
- Admitted Attorney | 2012
- LLB – University of the Witwatersrand | 2009
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Construction
With experience in litigation and contractual matters in the construction industry, Grégor Wolter heads Adams & Adams’ construction practice. Wolter is ‘very knowledgeable and experienced‘ in advising construction companies on contract terminations, enforcement of contractual rights or terms; Thando Manentsa is another key name for contentious work in the department. Demi Pretorius and the ‘efficient‘ Magdalene Haripersad are also singled out for their contributions.
South Africa > Dispute resolution
At Adams & Adams, the dispute resolution team ‘not only provides clients with sound legal advice, but also practical advice‘ on a range of contentious matters. Practice head Jac Marais has notable strength in advising on competition, company and constitutional law litigation, and Grégor Wolter specialises in commercial dispute resolution. Demi Pretorius fields experience in handling contractual disputes, and Thando Manentsa is active in commercial litigation. Cohen Grootboom and Kelly Mzobe are also singled out for their contributions.