Experience

Spoor & Fisher

• South Africa
• Law Practice
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Partner

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  BProc LLM (IP) (Cum Laude). Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Solicitor of England & Wales.Intellectual Property litigation; advertising law, advertising pre-clearance and complaints before the Advertising Regulatory Board; domestic and international trade mark registration; Intellectual Property aspects relating to commercial matters; due diligence investigations.Member of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law; Member of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA) and the INTA Geographical Indications Subcommittee; Member of the Licensing Executive Society (LES) of South Africa; Board Member of Association Internationale des Juristes du Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (International Wine Law Association).Co-author of South African chapter in the Intellectual Property Review.Co-author of the Unlawful Competition chapter of Dean & Dyer: Intellectual Property Law (Oxford University Press).Author of South African chapter in INTA Geographical Indications, Certification Marks and Collective Marks: An International Guide.Co-author of Sponsorship and Marketing Agreements chapter in International Business Transactions (Kluwerlaw).Co-author of the Global Wine Law, published by Association Internationale des Juristes du Droitde la Vigne et du Vin/ International Wine Law Association, 2021Listed in the WTR 1000 as one of the World’s Leading Trade Mark Professionals.Ranked by Legal 500 EMEA as one of South Africa's Intellectual Property Law experts.Listed as a 'Best Lawyer' in Intellectual Property by Best Lawyers.Listed as a 'Best Lawyer' in Litigation in South Africa.Rated by Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers in Intellectual Property.Listed by Who's Who Legal as one of the leading Trademark Lawyers in South Africa.Listed in World IP Review Leaders - Best IP Practitioners.Listed in the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars.Named by Best Lawyers as Cape Town Intellectual Property Law lawyer of the year.



Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc

• South Africa
• Legal Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director. Head of Intellectual Property Department

  • 2005 - 2012