Anthony van Zantwijk

Patent Attorney and Registered Tax Practitioner

Qualifications

BSc(Civil)Eng (Wits); LLB cum laude (Wits); LLM(Tax) (Wits), FSAIIPL

Previous Positions

Patent Attorney at Spoor & Fisher; IP Specialist at SARS

Focus areas

IP Commercialisation, Tax, Exchange Controls, Valuations and Structured Finance

Interests

History, Russian authors, Philosophy

Position

Partner

Paulo Lopes

Patent Attorney

Qualifications

BSc(Mech)Eng (Wits); MSc(Mech)Eng (Wits), LLB (UNISA); HDip(Tax) (Wits), FSAIIPL

Previous Positions

Patent Attorney at Spoor & Fisher

Focus areas

Filing and Prosecuting Patents and Designs

Interests

Technology, Innovation, Product Development

Position

Partner

Taya Lombard

Trademark Attorney

Qualifications

LLB (UNISA)​

Previous Positions

Senior Associate (Berdou Attorneys)​

Focus areas

Searching, filing and prosecuting Trade Marks (local and foreign)​

Interests

Reading, Travelling, Socialising

Position

Senior Associate

Tanith El Alam

Trademark Attorney

Qualifications

BCOM (LAW); LLB (University of Pretoria)​

Previous Positions

Associate (Adams & Adams); Senior Associate (ENSafrica)​

Focus areas

Trade Mark Litigation (local and foreign)​

Interests

Reading and padel

Position

Senior Associate

Lesley Mackell

Office manager

Gontse Nosi

Consultant

Qualifications

MBA, China University of Technology