Peta Attorneys Inc. is a black female-owned and led boutique law firm that provides professional legal services to both the public and private sectors nationally.
We deliver bespoke legal services in energy, environmental, maritime, and mining law, in addition to commercial aspects within these fields. We are subject matter experts of our respective practice areas and also, offer legal services for cross border transactions.
Our team and associate partner firms are committed to delivering high standards of professionalism, ethics, and expert knowledge in all engagements with our clients, in accordance with the values of the firm and importantly, the ethical standards regulating the attorney’s profession.
To be a competitive boutique law firm of choice in our practice areas.
To provide quality and reliable commercial legal solutions that meet our client’s individual needs at competitive rates.
Our brand, Peta Attorneys Inc, originates from the values and expertise of our founder Dineo Peta, who is a seasoned attorney with over 16 years’ post-qualification experience.
Dineo has amassed extensive experience in mining law and environmental law, which she acquired during her tenure at global mining companies, including BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa and BHP Billiton Manganese South Africa. She managed all the legal aspects pertaining to the company’s mineral and surface rights matters. Within her practice, she expanded the firms practice areas to include maritime law and energy law where she has led projects relating to renewable energy infrastructure for a metropolitan municipality, commercial transactions advisory to stated-owned enterprises and maritime litigation.
She holds numerous qualifications, including a LLM degree in Environmental Law (Wits), a certificate in Prospecting and Mining Law (Wits) and a PGD International Maritime Law (World Maritime University, Sweden). Dineo also serves on various boards and currently, is the deputy chairperson of the National Nuclear Regulator as well as an interim director to the board of Alexkor SOC Ltd. She also serves on the environmental appeals panel for the Gauteng Province.
Supported by a team of legal professionals, Peta Attorneys Inc is focused on delivering high standards of professionalism, ethics, and expert knowledge in all engagements with our clients. We pride ourselves on fostering healthy relationships that we have formed with our clients.
We work with a range of organisations and businesses including state-owned enterprises, government departments, regulators, municipalities and SMMEs, all within our areas of specialisation.