Working at Adams & Adams

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As a result of our commitment to excellence, we require employees with exceptional skills and commitment. Our emphasis on recruiting high calibre people and providing them with development opportunities, is vital to attracting and retaining top people. This ensures that our employees - professionals and support staff - provide the best legal services to our clients as one of the cornerstones of our practice.

We are looking to employ candidates with:

  • the ability and drive to progress
  • leadership skills
  • commitment
  • academic excellence
  • enthusiasm and creativity
  • integrity and a zero-tolerance for negative intent
  • a well-balanced lifestyle in respect of career, sport, hobbies, socialising etc. – an all-rounder
  • excellent communication skills

Structure of the firm

Our head office is located in Pretoria, with branch offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

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Pretoria

The Pretoria office has been based in the Hatfield area for a number of years. As the head office of the firm it is not only occupied by the various professional departments, but also houses the administration and accounting departments.

Cape Town

The Cape Town office is situated high up in the ABSA Centre in Cape Town and has a patent and trade mark department.

Durban

Our Durban office is located in suite 1, 4 The Crescent, Westway Office Park, Westville. The trade mark department has the pleasure of operating in this ideal location.

Johannesburg

The Johannesburg office is in Wellington Road, Parktown and has a patent and trade mark department.

The firm is organised in four Departments:

  • Trade Marks
  • Patents
  • General Law
  • Administration (incorporating Human Resources, Accounts, Office Administration, Professional Affairs, IT and the Library).

At present our complement of lawyers comprises of 50 partners, 13 senior associates, 18 professional assistants, and 2 full-time attorney-consultants who are fully trained and admitted attorneys. Many of these lawyers have both legal and technical qualifications. Some 33 candidate attorneys form part of the professional staff complement. The professional staff is assisted by about 303 paralegals and support staff members. The staff is fully multilingual and includes members competent in several languages, including Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and various African languages.

Fair labour practices

Adams & Adams is committed to equal opportunities, non-discriminatory practices and applying fair labour practices at all levels of employment. The partners at Adams & Adams thus are specifically committed to:

  • transforming their professional environment and service
  • ensuring that any discriminatory labour practices are identified and eliminated, including both direct and indirect discrimination
  • ensuring that our premises and social practices are free from all forms of discrimination, both direct and indirect
  • developing relevant policies and procedures to ensure the creation of opportunities for disadvantaged people in the fairest possible manner
  • resolving concerns, correcting misconceptions and refining communication on an ongoing basis
  • striving to acknowledge and reward individual performance
  • avoiding a paternalistic approach, tokenism and window-dressing
  • providing opportunities for training and growth for staff
  • changing the demographic representation at all levels to create a proudly South African team
  • remaining a law firm of excellence