Mercia has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, with a focus on agreements involving intellectual property. Mercia’s intellectual property commercialisation practice deals with a broad range of intellectual property transactions, including the licensing, distribution and sale of intellectual property, material transfers, and contractual arrangements pertaining to intellectual property research and development. Additionally, she […]

Afia is an Associate in the Corporate and Commercial Department at Adams & Adams. She attained her Bachelor of Laws Degree and Master of Laws Degree specialising in Intellectual Property at the University of Cape Town in 2021 and 2022, respectively, and was duly admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa […]

Pierre is an associate at Adams & Adams in the Corporate and Commercial Department in Pretoria. He has experience in local and cross-border corporate restructuring, personal estate restructuring and general corporate commercial transactions. Pierre has a vast understanding of company law, tax law, mergers and acquisitions, trust law, business law and corporate structures, BEE structures and insolvency law. Pierre has advised and assisted with the implementation of numerous multinational restructuring transactions as well as personal corporate estate restructuring transactions for efficient estate succession planning purposes. His interests are in corporate, commercial and tax law, with a focus on finding the most tax-efficient solutions for both corporate entities and individuals.