Joanne van Harmelen

Dr. Joanne van Harmelen is a qualified attorney with over 15 years of experience in the legal profession. She specialises in patent filing and prosecution in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and chemicals sectors as well as advising clients on related regulatory and IP commercial matters. Joanne’s approach to advising clients is to consider holistically the commercial […]

Darshan Moodley

Darshan is an admitted attorney, trade mark practitioner and associate in the Trade Mark Litigation department. He served his articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after obtaining 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. […]

Werina Griffiths

Ms Griffiths started her career in the firm’s Commercial Property and Litigation Department before joining the Trade Mark Litigation Department.

Alissa Naran (née Nayanah)

Alissa Naran joined Adams & Adams in 2012. She is a qualified Trade Mark Practitioner who specialises in trade mark prosecution and enforcement in South Africa and foreign territories.

Udi Pillay

Udi Pillay is a Partner in the Trade Mark Department at Adams & Adams in Durban.

Philip Pla

Philip Pla is a partner in the patent department in the firm’s Cape Town office.