Adams & Adams expands African offering
Adams & Adams has agreed to incorporate South African law firm Bowman Gilfillan’s IP practice into its own, effective March 1.
Dario Tanziani, chairman of Adams & Adams, said: “We see great opportunities and synergies to be gained from the merger of the two intellectual property practices.
"We are excited about the outstanding intellectual property practitioners joining us from a top law firm such as Bowman Gilfillan and bringing with them a blue chip (IP)client base. The consolidation of the two practices into Adams & Adams will provide IP clients of both firms with unrivalled collective capacity, experience and expertise.”
Jonathan Schlosberg, president of Bowman Gilfillan, said that the firm’s decision to let its IP practice merge with Adams & Adams is for the good of its clients, partners and staff. “When Adams & Adams approached last year we concluded that, in the context of our own strategic investment priorities for the future, the merger makes sense for our clients, our partners and our staff as it affords them the opportunity to be part of a leading firm in this specialised area and we believe this will add significant value to all stakeholders.”
Adams & Adams also announced that it is opening two new offices in Burundi and Tanzania, bringing the number of the firm’s offices in Africa to four. These openings follow an agreement that the IP practice of law firm Mkono & Co will now operate as the Tanzanian and Burundi IP offices of Adams & Adams.
“The agreement formalises the long-standing relationship between our firms, and also means that Adams & Adams will use Mkono & Co on an exclusive basis for the provision of IP legal services in Tanzania (including Zanzibar) and Burundi,” says Dario Tanziani, chairman of Adams & Adams.
