THANDOLWETHU JELE
Johannesburg,South Africa
Summary
A well-versed admitted attorney and with remarkable experience and foundation in teaching, litigation , legal advice, legal drafting and research in the areas : tax law,employment and labour law, dispute resolution, consitutional law, human rights law, environmental and mining law,corporate commercial law, public law and procurement law, competition law, intellectual property, forensic investigations: audit and compliance and procurement law, contract law, banking and finance,labour law and administrative law. I posess exceptional legal and professional skills, knowledge and passion to successfully complete any given task and be of valuable contribution to a team.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2019
2019
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Law Clerk
Constitutional Court
Johannesburg
01.2024 - 12.2024
- Drafting comprehensive legal memoranda and opinions
- Conducting in depth legal research in re applications for hearing and judgments
- Preparing extensive, analytical summaries of written argument and assessing arguments in accordance with case law and legal literature
- Reviewing pleadings and assisting with administration of Court papers and case management
- Facilitating seminars and engaging in pre and post hearing rigorous engagements on cases for hearing before Court
Lecturing Assistant
Walter Sisulu University
Mthatha
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Lecturing and assessing students in: banking and insolvency law, company law and business structures, commercial law, competition law, labour law, environmental law, and property law.
- Drafting lesson plans, student centered assessment designs and learner guides
- Teaching learners about career development
- Conducting online classes and marking
- Teaching public law and mercantile law modules
- Marking scripts
- Conducting peer and student evaluations
- Successfully guiding students and providing quality research output
- Involvement in curriculum creation,governance and quality managment in line with the CHE requirements
- Providing student consultations and constructive feedback
- Coaching students for mock trials and moot court competitions
Candidate Attorney
Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys
Johannesburg
01.2021 - 02.2023
- Drafted legal opinions and memoranda and advised on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, subscription of shares agreements, shareholder's agreements, and memoranda of incorporation
- Drafted and reviewed corporate and commercial agreements, including funding agreements, financial services advisory agreements, agency agreements, and management of funds agreements
- Drafted legal documents and prepared for commercial litigation
- Advised clients in re employment law: contractual disputes, unfair labour practices and collective bargaining
- Represented clients in the Labour Court
- Attended and prepared for disciplinary hearings, mediations and arbitrations
- Attended and prepared for mediations in complex commercial disputes in the mining sector
- Drafted legal opinions advising on publishing agreements for several publishers and media houses
- Drafted software development agreements for mobile applications, hosting, deeds of assignments, and licensing, distribution and sponsorship agreements
- Drafted forensic investigation reports for audit and compliance
- Drafted legal documents in re public law and procurement matters
Legal Consultant
Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys
- Advising on aspects of restructuring procedures such as business rescue, liquidations and schemes of compromise
- Conducting in depth legal research, drafting legal opinions, memoranda and reports for the National Environmental and Advisory Forum (NECA Forum) appointed by the Minister of Forestry Fisheries and the Environment in re Eskom power stations and loadshedding related matters
- Conducting consultations with communities where coal-fired power stations are situated
Intern
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Johannesburg
10.2017 - 03.2018
- Facilitated consultations with mining affected communities
- Drafted legal opinions and pleadings in the following departments: Business and Human Rights, Environmental Justice, Strategic Litigation, Civil and Political Justice, Home, land and rural democracy and the Gender Justice department.
ATTORNEY
LEGAL CONSULTANT
01.2025 - Current
- Drafting Contracts
- Drafting Employment Contracts and Workplace Policiies
- Representing clients in disciplinary hearings
- Representing clients at the CCMA Representing clients in Mediations and Arbitrations
- Assisting clients with Constitutional law, admin law and procurement matters
- Drafting Contracts (Service Level Agreements, Shareholders' Agreements, MOAs et al)
- Conducting compliance checks and risk assessments for mining and other companies
- Advising Clients
- Reviewing, assessing and drafting work place policies and employment contracts
- Conducting legal research and drafting legal memoranda/opinion
- Assessing tax compliance and providing legal advice to clients
- Assessing environmental compliance and providing legal advice to clients
- Drafting legal documents (Labour Court /CCMA matters - unfair dismissal disputes, review of Arbitration/ CCMA awards)
Education
LLB -
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
LLM - Environmental Law, Climate change and energy law, Water Law and Environmental law and sustainability
Wits University
Master of Laws - Tax, Tax Administration, International taxation law
University of the Western Cape
Skills
- Legal research and writing
- Clear concise teaching
- Litigation
- Advisory Skills
- Planning and time management
- Team player
- Digital literacy
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Lesson plan and assessment designs
REFERENCES
- Justice Zukisa Tshiqi, Constitutional Court, tshiqi@concourt.org.za
- Thandeka Kathi, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, 0734272083, thandeka.kathi@wits.ac.za
- Peter Harris, Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys, 0110173100, info@hnmattorneys.co.za
Timeline
ATTORNEY
LEGAL CONSULTANT
01.2025 - Current
Law Clerk
Constitutional Court
01.2024 - 12.2024
Candidate Attorney
Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys
01.2021 - 02.2023
Lecturing Assistant
Walter Sisulu University
01.2019 - 12.2023
Intern
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
10.2017 - 03.2018
Legal Consultant
Harris Nupen Molebatsi Attorneys
LLM - Environmental Law, Climate change and energy law, Water Law and Environmental law and sustainability
Wits University
Master of Laws - Tax, Tax Administration, International taxation law
University of the Western Cape
LLB -
WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY
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