Areas Of Practice:
Access to Children, Administrative Law, Adoption, Antenuptial Contracts, Anti-counterfeiting, Arbitration, Association Agreements, Banking, Biotechnology, Black Empowerment, Broadcasting, Business Law, Business Rescue, Capital Gains Tax, Children's Rights, Civil Unions, Commercial, Commercial Drafting, Communications and Media, Company Law, Company Registrations, Competition Law, Constitutional, Construction, Consumer Law, Contracts, Conveyancing, Copyright, Corporate, Credit Law, Cross Border Mergers & Acquisitions, Custody, Cyber - Bullying / Defamation / Stalking, Debt consolidation, Designs and Copyrights, Disability, Divorce, Divorce Mediation, Due Diligence Audits, Employment Law, Engineering, Entertainment Law, Exchange Control, Family Law, Finance (Corporate), Finance (Project), Finance (Structured), Foreclosures, Forensic Investigations, Fostering, Franchising, Fraud, Fraud Recovery, Gaming Law, General Practice, Government Tenders, Heritage Law, High Court Practice, Industrial Law, Information Technology, Insolvency, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, International trade laws & treaties, Internet Law / E-Commerce, IP Valuations, Joint Ventures and Acquisitions , Labour Law, Leases, Legislative Drafting, Licensing, Liquidation, Litigation (Civil), Litigation (Commercial), Litigation (Constitutional), Litigation (Corporate), Litigation (General), Litigation (High Court), Litigation (Magistrates Court), Maintenance, Matrimonial, Media , Mediation, Medical Negligence, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mineral Law/Rights, MVA / Motor Vehicle Accident Claims, Notary / Notaries Public, Partnership Agreements, Patents, Personal Injury, Pharmaceutical, Plant Breeder’s Rights, Police Brutality / Assaults, Privatisations, Procurement Law, Professional Ethics, Professional negligence, Property Law, Reproductive Law, Road Accident Fund claim / 3rd Party claim, Sale of Business, Sectional Title, Sequestrations, Shareholders Agreements, Social Media, Sports, State Negligence, Surrogacy Law, Taxation, Taxation (International), Telecommunications, Trade and Industry, Trademarks, Transactions in Work of Art, Unlawful Arrest, White Collar Crime, Wrongful Death
Address:
Lynnwood Bridge, 4 Daventry Street, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, South Africa
Region:
Gauteng / Pretoria
Postal Address:
PO Box 1014, Pretoria, 0001
Associated Offices:
We have associate offices in 23 countries across Africa and are able to assist you with any legal requirements in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon (OAPI), Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Djibouti Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Mozambique (ARIPO), Namibia, Nigeria, Serra Leone, São Tomé and , Swaziland, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Gambia and Zimbabwe
Other Offices:
Johannesburg: jhb@adams.africa
Cape Town: cpt@adams.africa
Durban: dbn@adams.africa
Description:
Adams & Adams is an internationally recognised and leading African law firm that specialises in providing intellectual property, corporate and commercial services.With primary office locations in South Africa and branches and associate offices in a number of African countries, our firm’s leadership position as the largest intellectual property law practice in Africa, and one of South Africa’s foremost corporate, property and commercial law firms is reflected in the ground-breaking work we do and the valuable client relationships we have with many of the world’s largest corporations and organisations, as well as small to medium-sized companies.
Our Intellectual Property law practices work with clients around the globe and across many industries to protect, enforce and commercialise their intellectual property. The group offers clients a full range of legal services relating to the acquisition, enforcement and commercialisation of intellectual property rights. These services include counsel and handling of transactions in cases involving patents, copyrights, trade marks, designs, licensing, and data security. The partners and associates in our Intellectual Property Group also litigate these issues in courts across Africa. Adams & Adams is the largest IP firm in Africa and is ranked among the leading firms in Intellectual Property in the world.
Adams & Adams is firmly rooted in Africa – with a tenacious belief in the economic growth potential and spirit of the continent. Our head office in Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, provides the perfect gateway through which our partners, supported by some 700 professionals and staff, render a broad range of legal services to clients in Africa and the rest of the world.
Through our associate offices and long established networks, we serve our global client base throughout the African continent - in matters of intellectual property, commercial law, property and litigation. Adams & Adams regularly hosts a meeting of partners from associate offices throughout the continent– a network meeting designed to maintain relationships, build capacity and share information about updates on intellectual property and corporate & commercial developments across the continent.
Directors:
Gérard du Plessis, Philip Pla-Pillans, Russell Bagnall, Simon Brown, Grégor Wolter, Joseph Goedhals, Blain de Villiers, Eugene Honey, Darren Olivier, David Scheepers, Kelly Thompson, Nolo Khechane, Janice Galvad, Nishi Chetty, Lucy Signorelli, Steven Yeates, Johnny Fiandeiro, Jenny Pienaar, Danie Dohmen, Bilkis Daby , Debbie Marriott, Lauren Ross, Dale Healy, Roelof Grové, James Davies, Nicky Garnett, Vishen Pillay, Godfrey Budeli, Nolwazi Gcaba,Nicolette Koch, Jac Marais, Nthabi Phaswana, Alexis Apostolidis, Nishan Singh, Pieter Visagie, Sajidha Gamieldien, Thando Manentsa , Werina Griffiths, , Wilhelm Prozesky, Jean-Paul Rudd, Alicia van der Walt, Jameel Hamid,Joanne van Harmelen,Jan-Harm Swanepoel, Helgard Janse van Rensburg,Somayya Khan,Jani Cronje, Stephen Hollis,Alicia Kabini,Wynand Fourie,Lita Miti-Qamata,Amina Suliman,Kim Rampersadh,Femke van Dyk, Nicole Smalberger,Alissa Naran, Donald Mokgehle ,Demi Pretorius, Kagisho Manashi, Udi Pillay, Mercia Fynn ,Mthokozisi Maphumulo,Ramon Pereira, Mia de Jager
Associates:
Algeria,Angola,ARIPO,Botswana,Burundi,Cameroon | OAPI,Cape Verde,Democratic Republic of the Congo,Djibouti,Egypt,Eritrea,Eswatini,Ethiopia,Ghana,Kenya,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Malawi,Mauritius, Mozambique | ARIPO,Namibia,Nigeria,Rwanda,São Tomé and Príncipe,Seychelles,Sierra Leone,Somalia,South Sudan,Tanzania,Gambia,Tunisia,Uganda,Zambia,Zanzibar and Zimbabwe
Contact Person:
Natalie Stephan: natalie.stephan@adams.africa
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