#InTheSpotlight Sandanathi Gwina

Sandanathi Gwina served his articles at IBG Ngcobo & Partners from 1995 to 1996 and was admitted as an attorney in 1997. He worked in Durban at Mathe & Zondo Inc. as an associate until 1999. Between 2000 and 2001 he worked as an associate for Bell Dewar & Hall attorneys, specialising in competition law and intellectual property.He joined Deneys Reitz Attorneys [Norton Rose] in 2001 where he worked in various areas of banking and finance law including project finance, infrastructure development projects, public private partnership projects, asset based financing, securitisations, corporate bond issues, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, general corporate and commercial, etc. In 2003 Sandanathi was appointed director at Deneys Reitz Attorneys [Norton Rose], a position he held until his departure in 2011. Key features of Sandanathi’s practice include the following:• Asset based finance;• Corporate finance;• Capital markets;• Infrastructure development finance;• Project finance;• Preference share transactions;• Property finance;• Public private partnerships;• Securitisations;• Term loans; and• Carbon finance.Professional Background Sandanathi attained his BProc degree from Walter Sisulu University [former University of Transkei]. Sandanathi is currently registered for the degree of Masters in Law [Corporate Law]. Sandanathi also attained a Higher Certificate in Financial Markets and Instruments [Academy of Financial Markets] Post Graduate Certificate in Banking and Finance at Wits University, Finance for non-financial Managers at Wits Business School, Wits University.Public ProfileSandanathi has written papers, spoken at seminars and on television programmes discussing a wide range of legal and business subjects and has also been cited in various publications, including the following:• Being cited in the International Financial Law Review [IFRL1000, 2011 edition, www.iflr.com] an international publication that ranks lawyers internationally, for the USD 2b DMTN programme done for IDC;• Lectured on a part-time basis at the Johannesburg School for Legal Practice on commercial agreements;• Appeared on summit TV’s Face-to-Face programme discussing securitisation in South Africa;• Appeared on SABC TV programmes Rights & Recourse as well as Enterprise Zone discussing commercial contracts and consumer rights.