Attorneys that are currently listed as practicing at Adams & Adams (Pretoria)
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Misha van Niekerk
Years of Practice: 10 Position: Senior AssociateMisha 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
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Mandy Swanepoel
Years of Practice: 19 Position: PartnerMandy Swanepoel (nee 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 off matt... click for more information
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Jani Cronjé
Years of Practice: 15 Position: PartnerJani 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
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Wilhelm Prozesky
Years of Practice: 16 Position: PartnerWilhelm 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
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Simon Brown
Years of Practice: 27 Position: PartnerSimon'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
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Lavashnee Mandry
Years of Practice: 11 Position: Senior AssociateLavashnee 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
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Vishen Pillay
Years of Practice: 15 Position: PartnerVishen 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
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Femke van Dyk
Years of Practice: 11 Position: PartnerFemke 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
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Hashiem Logday
Years of Practice: 1 Position: AssociateHashiem 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
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Aliza Hay
Years of Practice: 3 Position: AssociateAliza 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
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Whitney Govender-Williams
Years of Practice: 4 Position: AssociateWhitney 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
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Wynand Fourie
Years of Practice: 12 Position: PartnerWynand 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
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Mzwakhe Poswa
Years of Practice: 6 Position: AssociateMzwakhe 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
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Darshan Moodley
Years of Practice: 3 Position: AssociateDarshan 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
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Courtney Elson
Years of Practice: 4 Position: AssociateCourtney 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
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Godfrey Budeli
Years of Practice: 18 Position: PartnerGodfrey 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