Established in 1908

Total number of professionals: 137 (68 partners)
Principal office: Pretoria
Associate offices: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon (OAPI), Cape Verde, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Mozambique (ARIPO), Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), and Zimbabwe

Key practice areas

Intellectual property; commercial law; litigation; property law; competition law

Our services

Adams & Adams is a leading African law firm that specialises in IP, corporate and commercial services. The firm is internationally recognised for its work in South Africa and across the African continent, and prides itself on its valuable client relationships and quality professionals.

As the largest IP law firm in Africa, Adams & Adams works with clients across industries to protect, enforce and commercialise all forms of IP on the continent. Its range of legal services relating to IP include filing, prosecuting, counselling and handling of transactions involving patents, copyrights, trade marks, designs, licensing, and data security, as well as anti-counterfeiting and IP rights enforcement.

The firm’s general commercial legal services practices boast professionals that represent clients in areas such as dispute resolution, M&As, real estate and property law, public procurement, banking and finance, franchising, and technology, among others.

Adams & Adams attorneys are highly respected in their field, with many serving on local and international committees, including the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL), Board of International Trade Mark Association (INTA), ARIPO Working Group, and Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA).