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South African Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
28/04/2011

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Adams & Adams has recently added a number of awards to its already impressive hoard of accolades.

These include the InterContinental Finance Magazine Legal Award for the Law Firm of the Year in the Life Sciences category; the South African Patent & Trade Mark Law Firm of the Year in the DealMakers Global 2011 Awards; The Lawyers World Law Awards 2011; the Top Gender Empowered Company in the Professional Support Services category in the Top Women in Business and Government Awards; also judged as one of South Africa’s top empowered companies by the Impumelelo Research Department, in conjunction with the University of Cape Town, and adjudicated by Topco Media; and was judged a Finalist in the prestigious Metropolitan Oliver Empowerment Awards. Adams & Adams was also awarded the South African Intellectual Property Firm of the Year by the prestigious Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards 2011 at the annual global awards dinner at The Dorchester Hotel in London on 6 April 2011.

“These awards are recognition of Adams & Adams’ focus on our clients’ needs and on the need for change in the demographics of the legal profession. We are proud of our track record in both areas and will continue our efforts to improve it,” says Dario Tanziani, partner and chairman at Adams & Adams.

Adams & Adams has won a number of other awards in the past. During 2010, for example, it received kudos from a number of institutions, including SAGRA, Finance Monthly, PMR.Africa and TopCo (which selected it as the only specialist intellectual property firm amongst South Africa’s Top 500 companies). It was, furthermore, recognised in the Corporate International Global Awards and the ACQ Awards.

The firm was also mentioned by Managing Intellectual Property in 2010, which gave it a top tier ranking for patent prosecution, patent litigation, trade mark prosecution and trade mark litigation.

“We are particularly pleased to have received recognition in this sphere, as our goal is to offer exceptional service in our area of expertise,” Tanziani says.
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.