Spoor & Fisher wins the MIP Africa Award for the fifth year in a row

Spoor & Fisher has once again won Managing Intellectual Property’s prestigious regional award, ‘Africa Firm of the Year’ for the fifth consecutive year. The annual EMEA awards ceremony was held this week in London.

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) has announced its 2022 IP Stars for Trade Marks and Patents, with Spoor & Fisher being awarded the “South African Trade Mark Firm for 2022” and 15 attorneys being internationally recognised in the global categories of Trade Mark and Patent Stars.

The IP Stars are senior practitioners who have been recommended or identified as leaders in their firm and/or jurisdiction. MIP has acknowledged the following practitioners as IP Stars 2022:

Trade Mark Stars 2022:

• Mohamed Khader, Partner
• Jean McIvor, Partner
• Wayne Meiring, Managing Director, Jersey
• Louise Myburgh, Partner
• Megan Reimers, Partner
• Eben van Wyk, Partner
• Charles Webster, Partner

Patent Stars 2022:

• Lance Abramson, Partner
• Tertia Beharie, Partner
• Dina Biagio, Partner
• David Cochrane, Partner
• Craig Kahn, Partner
• Mark Kemp, Partner
• Hugh Moubray, Partner
• Jonathan Whittaker, Partner

“We congratulate our IP Stars and we thank all of the members of the firm who have contributed towards our consistently excellent results in these international awards,” said Lodewyk Cilliers, Executive Chairperson of Spoor & Fisher. He added, “We have outstanding talent and commitment to our clients across our practice areas.”

Wayne Meiring, Managing Director of Spoor & Fisher Jersey, said, “To retain the Africa award for another year is a great honour and a credit to our staff and colleagues throughout Africa…our thanks extends to our clients for their endorsements of our client service.”