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.
Intellectual Property
Pei Ren (Rudy) 任培
Rudy is an admitted Attorney and Associate in the Trade Mark Department, fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin). Rudy specialises in Trade Mark Portfolio management, searches, filing and the prosecution of trade mark cases throughout Africa. Rudy also assists clients, particularly Asian clients, in other Intellectual Property fields.
Kiara du Preez
Kiara is an Associate in the Trade Mark department at the Adams & Adams branch office in Cape Town. She obtained her LLB degree in 2018 and LLM in the field of Intellectual Property Law in 2021, both from the University of Pretoria. Kiara was admitted as an...
Christine Strauss
Christine is an Associate in the Trade Mark Department. She holds a Human Genetic Honours degree as well as an LLB degree from Stellenbosch University and an LLM (Law, Science and Technology) from Stanford University.
Rutendo Chapwanya
Rutendo is an admitted attorney and associate in the Trade Mark Litigation department. She obtained her BCom Law, LLB and LLM (Intellectual Property Law) from the University of Johannesburg. She is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a...
Gizela Lombard
Gizela is an associate in the Patent Department of Adams & Adams. She was awarded an LLB from UNISA in 2018 and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2023. Gizela assists in the management of foreign clients' patent and design portfolios...
Hashiem Logday
Hashiem Logday is an associate in the Anti-Counterfeiting Department. He served his articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining his LLB degree and LLM degree at the University of Cape Town in 2019 and 2020, respectively. In 2023, Hashiem was admitted as...
Chris Nyarukowa
Chris Nyarukowa is an associate in the Patent Department at Adams & Adams. He is an admitted attorney of the South African High Court, and a registered Patent Attorney. He holds a PhD in Medicinal Biochemistry, specialising in Genomics and Metabolomics, and an LLB...
Rachael Lee
Rachael Lee is an Associate in the Trade Mark Litigation department at Adams & Adams. Rachael served her articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining her BA Law degree and LLB degree (Cum Laude) at the University of Stellenbosch in 2018 and 2020,...
Fanele Mabaso
Fanele is an associate in the Trade Mark Litigation department in Pretoria. He served his articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining his LLB degree and LLM degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2019 and 2020, respectively. In 2023, Fanele was...
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