Mandla Ngidi

Mandla is an Attorney and Associate in the Firm's Trade Mark Department. He served his Practical Vocational Training ("articles of clerkship") at Adams & Adams from 2022 to 2023. He completed his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from UKZN in 2021 and graduated top in his class with 3 Deans Commendations Certificates, 2 Merit Certificates, 17 Distinctions and qualification average of 73%. Due to his academic excellence, Mandla received various scholarships including the CDH scholarship awarded to him in 2020 as well as the Webber Wentzel Empowerment Trust, also awarded to him in 2020. Very early in his academic career, in 2019, he was shortlisted for an exchange programme to complete his law studies abroad. He was admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa in March 2024. His specialisation involves all aspects of trade mark prosecution, trade mark litigation, and litigation relating to copyright, company name objections, domain name disputes, passing-off, unlawful competition, and related subjects. His practice also includes IP Commercialisation, managing traditional and cultural portfolios in relation to IP, as well as Artificial Intelligence and IP.