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International plaudits for Adams & Adams
22/04/2008

Adams & Adams has been acknowledged as a leading firm in the 2008 edition of the Practical Law Company’s annual publication, Which Lawyer. The company is the United Kingdom’s primary provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence for business lawyers.

The publication notes that Adams & Adams has the largest intellectual property law practice in South Africa and lists chairman Chris Job as one of the countries’ leading practitioners in the field, with Alan Smith and Gerard du Plessis listed as highly recommended. Partners Dario Tanziani and Marilyn Krige are identified as recommended practitioners.

Intellectual property law remains a very specialised area in the South African legal environment with few law firms having significant intellectual property practices. Local IP firms are very popular with multi- national clients as a first port of call regarding pan-African matters.

Adams & Adams is represented or has associations, directly and indirectly, in more than 50 African countries and in virtually every country abroad – making it one of the best-known intellectual property law firms in the world. In South Africa, the firm has offices in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban and celebrates its Centenary this year.
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The facts of the matter which led to the CC being wound-up are not relevant, suffice to state that in the course of the winding-up of the CC all creditors of the CC (including the South African Revenue Service) and the members were paid and the liquidator supported the application. 		  Featured Case Law Reptile Wars
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.