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Nozipho Mngomezulu
Portia Mngomezelu
Position: Partner
 
Telephone: +27 11 530 5855
 
Fax: +27 11 530 6855
 
Department: Intellectual Property, IT Electronic Business Media and Telecoms, Information Law
 
Office: Johannesburg

Nozipho is a partner in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Practice. She has five years post qualification experience. She obtained a LLB degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and joined Webber Wentzel as a candidate attorney in 2005.

Areas of expertise
  • General commercial law and drafting of commercial contracts
  • Media and content law
  • Telecommunications and broadcasting law
  • e-Commerce and e-Business
  • Data protection and privacy law
  • Constitutional law, including free speech law
  • Entertainment law
  • Information technology law
  • Defamation
  • Copyright law
    • Top matters
  • Acting for a consortium including Actis, RMB, RMB Ventures and MIC Investment Holdings (Proprietary) Limited in relation to the acquisition of Tracker Investment Holdings (Proprietary) Limited.
  • Acting for FibreCo Telecommunications in its construction of its national fibre-optic broadband network
  • Acting for Vox Telecom Limited in its ZAR500 million buy-out and delisting by a consortium comprising the Lereko Metier Capital Growth Fund and Investec Bank Limited
  • Acting for the National Credit Regulator in its appointment of a new IT operational system service provider
  • Acting for Capital Radio (Proprietary) Limited in its application to ICASA for a commercial sound broadcasting licence
  • Acting for MTN Swaziland in its dispute with the Swaziland Telecommunications Regulator
  • Acting for MTN before the Advertising Standards Authority in relation to various complaints lodged by MTN or received from competitors
  • Drafting domain name regulations in terms of section 68 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 on behalf of the .za Domain Name Authority
  • Drafting regulations in terms of section 63 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 on behalf of the Minister of Communications
  • Acting for Mail & Guardian in a successful application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act for access to a report commissioned by President Thabo Mbeki relating to Zimbabwe's 2002 presidential elections.
  • Drafting and reviewing technology related agreements including, inter alia, software licensing, escrow and software development agreements.
  • Advising on the regulatory environment in relation to commercial agreements relevant to e-Commerce and e-Business.
  • Providing regular advice to clients on the broadcasting and telecommunications environment.
  • Acting film and television producers with regard to film and television production and film financing.
  • Representing clients in litigation matters.
  • Drafting and reviewing various commercial, media, music and broadcasting agreements.