Meet our people
Our leadership team
Leon Pierre Susan
BEng (Mechanical Engineering) – University of Pretoria
LLB – University of South Africa
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Leon is a registered South African patent attorney with degrees in mechanical engineering and law and has 12 years of experience in intellectual property law. Leon’s practice focuses on all aspects of patents and designs including the preparation and filing of South African and foreign applications for mechanical, electrical, and software related inventions.
Jadon Wolmarans
LLB – University of South Africa
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Jadon is a South African Attorney with 12 years experience in intellectual property law. Jadon has extensive experience in trade mark prosecution and brand enforcement strategies in South Africa and Africa. Jadon has assisted high-end, well-known and luxury brands with their trade mark and brand enforcement strategies in South Africa and Africa. In addition to intellectual property law, Jadon’s practice also focuses on commercial and labour law matters.
Pieter Lombard
BEng (Chemical and Process Engineering) – University of Stellenbosch
LLB – University of South Africa
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Pieter is a registered South African patent attorney with a technical background in chemical and process engineering. He is based in Cape Town, but also meets with our clients in Gauteng. His practice covers the law of patents, designs, copyright, contracts, and unlawful competition in terms of the common law of South Africa. Pieter drafts and prosecutes domestic and foreign patent and design applications for inventions that fall within the technical fields of engineering, software and computer-implemented inventions, organic and inorganic chemistry, and medical devices.
Pieter has extensive experience in drafting comprehensive legal opinions that pertain to the validity and enforceability of various intellectual property rights, including patents, registered designs, and copyrights. Pieter enforces our client’s intellectual property rights in various forums. He also defends our clients against intellectual property right infringement claims that are levelled against them.
