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Office	Pretoria

Position	Partner: Patent Litigation - Head : Competition Law Group
Profession	Patent Attorney
Nationality	South African/Italian
Post Qualification Experience	11 years

Academic	BSc (CHEMISTRY, LAW) - University of Witwatersrand (1998) LLB (CUM LAUDE) : University of Witwatersrand (2002)

Qualifications	Qualified Patent Attorney (2004) Admitted attorney (2002)

Specialisations	Patent Litigation (Pharmaceutical), Drafting of chemical, Pharmaceutical and Petrochemical related patent specifications and Competition Law including mergers and acquisitions & specialising in the interface between Competition Law and IP.

Involvement	SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow International Federation of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - member Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member Competition Law Committee for the Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member International Bar Association (IBA) - member & South African reporter for IBA Competition Law Committee ICLG - Pharmaceutical Advertising: South African section - 2010; 2011 - author Getting the Deal Through (GDT) - Intellectual Property & Antitrust - South African section – 2010 - author Inside the minds: IP Clients strategies in the Middle East and Africa Awards - author Listed in IAM Patent Litigation 250 - Top 250

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