About Us
Adams & Adams is an internationally recognised and leading African law firm that specialises in providing intellectual property 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 is reflected in the groundbreaking work we do, the valuable client relationships we have and the quality of our professionals.
Our more than 200 professionals specialise in various legal and technical disciplines in intellectual property law, commercial and property law, and litigation.
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Intellectual Property
PATENTS
A patent provides the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term of the patent...
TRADE MARKS
A trade mark, generally speaking, is any mark used, or proposed to be used, to identify goods or services, and to distinguish those goods and services from…
Copyright
registered designs
Our Intellectual Property Group provides clients with a full range of legal services relating to the acquisition, enforcement and commercialisation of...
Commercial Law
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL
A patent provides the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for sale, or importing the patented invention for the term ..of the patent.
CORPORATE LAW
COMPLIANCE & REGULATORY
Litigation
LITIGATION SERVICES
We have a team of professionals with specific expertise and experience in both administrative and constitutional law, and service clients within both the public and private sectors in this
FAMILY & PRIVATE LAW
Our litigation unit has extensive experience in dealing with family and matrimonial matters. We can act on behalf of both parties concerned in the divorce proceeding where it is clear at the
ADAMS FORENSICS
Adams and Admas Forensics - a private company, aims to objectively integrate the roles of accounting, auditing and investigative skills. We carry out meticulous investigations to uncover
Property Law
The Real Estate and Property Lat attorneys of Adams & Adams advises clients on the full array of complex issues throughout the property industry. We represent a wide variety ofPROPERTY LAW
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Latest News & Insights
The Power of the Embargo – A reaffirmation by the SCA of the Body Corporate’s right to impede transfer of a sectional title unit
In the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter between The Body Corporate of Marsh Rose v Steinmuller and Others (149/2022) [2023] ZA SCA 143, the…
Another Constitutional Challenge in Family Law
On 4 December 2023, the Pretoria High Court will determine whether Section 10(2) of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act is unconstitutional and should be referred to the Constitutional Court….
Actio communi dividundo: The judicial partition of co-owned property
It was recently reported in the media that an increasing number of people are opting to buy properties collectively.1 This trend is hardly surprising given the recent hikes in interest…
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