Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Adams & Adams (Pretoria)


  1. Misha van Niekerk
    Years of Practice: 10    Position: Senior Associate

    Misha is a Senior Associate in the Competition Law department. She specialises in competition law and advises a number of large corporate entities in respect of all aspects relating to competition law. She holds qualifications from the University of Stellenbosch and Wits. click for more information

  2. Mandy Swanepoel
    Years of Practice: 19    Position: Partner

    Mandy Swanepoel (née Gordon) runs a litigation practice exclusively focused on IP law. Mandy has extensive experience in trade mark, copyright and advertising litigation, having been in practice with Adams & Adams for over 15 years. Along with infringement, unlawful competition and passing o... click for more information

  3. Jani Cronjé
    Years of Practice: 15    Position: Partner

    Jani Cronjé is a partner in the firm's Trade Mark Litigation department. She specialises in trade mark oppositions and cancellations, trade mark infringement and passing-off disputes, domain name complaints, ARB complaints and copyright infringement matters. Jani also advises clients regardi... click for more information

  4. Wilhelm Prozesky
    Years of Practice: 15    Position: Partner

    Wilhelm Prozesky is a qualified patent attorney and a partner in the Patent Department of Adams & Adams. He was awarded Hons. BSc Genetics (2001) and LLB degrees (2005) from the University of Pretoria. After joining Adams & Adams in 2006, Wilhelm completed his articles at the firm in 2007 and was ad... click for more information

  5. Simon Brown
    Years of Practice: 27    Position: Partner

    Simon's practice focuses largely on clearance investigations, filing and prosecution of trade mark cases and trade mark portfolio management throughout Africa and internationally. As well as being a lecturer in International Trade Mark Law for SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Propert... click for more information

  6. Lavashnee Mandry
    Years of Practice: 10    Position: Senior Associate

    Lavashnee is a senior associate in the Property Department. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2011. She is an admitted Attorney and Conveyancer. Lavashnee specializes in various aspects of property law including drafting of agreements for the transfer of immovable p... click for more information

  7. Vishen Pillay
    Years of Practice: 14    Position: Partner

    Vishen Pillay is a partner at Adams & Adams. He has a background in electronic engineering (UKZN) and is an admitted attorney as well as a qualified patent attorney. Vishen specialises in assisting his clients to protect their inventions in the fields of electronics including telecommunications ran... click for more information

  8. Femke van Dyk
    Years of Practice: 10    Position: Partner

    Femke has experience in various aspects of intellectual property law and related fields, including trade mark litigation and prosecution matters, copyright, domain name disputes, anti-counterfeiting and labelling. She specialises in trade mark prosecution matters, including conducting searches, fil... click for more information

  9. Hashiem Logday
    Years of Practice: 0    Position: Associate

    Hashiem Logday is an associate in the Anti-Counterfeiting Department. He served his articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining his LLB degree and LLM degree at the University of Cape Town in 2019 and 2020, respectively. In 2023, Hashiem was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of So... click for more information

  10. Aliza Hay
    Years of Practice: 3    Position: Associate

    Aliza is an Associate in the Commercial, Property and Litigation law department at Adams & Adams. She attained her BSc and LLB degrees at the University of Pretoria in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and was duly admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2021. Aliza mainly deals wit... click for more information

  11. Whitney Govender-Williams
    Years of Practice: 4    Position: Associate

    Whitney is an admitted attorney and trade mark practitioner in the Trade Mark Litigation department in Pretoria. She served her articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining her LLB degree with distinction at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2017. In 2020, Whitney was admitted as an attor... click for more information

  12. Wynand Fourie
    Years of Practice: 11    Position: Partner

    Wynand Fourie is a partner in the firm's patent department and holds an electronic engineering degree from the University of Pretoria together with a law degree. He is an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, a registered patent attorney as well as a qualified trade mark practitioner.... click for more information

  13. Tuelo Mokoka
    Years of Practice: 4    Position: Associate

    Tuelo is an Associate at Adams & Adams in the Corporate and Commercial Department in Pretoria. She completed her LLB degree at the University of Pretoria and was admitted to practice as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2020. Tuelo has a keen interest in corporate and commercial law a... click for more information

  14. Mzwakhe Poswa
    Years of Practice: 5    Position: Associate

    Mzwakhe is an Associate in the Commercial, Property and Litigation department in Pretoria. He is a litigation attorney, practicing in Road Accident Fund claims, medical malpractice, professional negligence, unlawful arrest and detention, and other personal injury claims. click for more information

  15. Darshan Moodley
    Years of Practice: 3    Position: Associate

    Darshan is an associate in the Trade Mark Litigation department in Pretoria. He served his articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining his LLB degree (Cum Laude) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2018. In 2021, Darshan was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa. He ... click for more information

  16. Courtney Elson
    Years of Practice: 4    Position: Associate

    Courtney is an admitted attorney, and member of the Legal Practice Council and Gauteng Family Law Forum. As an Associate in the CPL department, she practices in Family Law, which includes matrimonial matters and disputes, International Family Law, and Child Law. She also practices in Personal Injury... click for more information

  17. Godfrey Budeli
    Years of Practice: 18    Position: Partner

    Godfrey Budeli is one of the partners in Trade Mark Litigation section and is currently heading up the Anti-Counterfeiting team. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria and an LLM degree from the University of Cape Town. His area of speciality is civil and criminal litigation in relat... click for more information