Ms Carla Collett > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Webber Wentzel
90 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON
JOHANNESBURG 2196,
PO BOX 61771, MARSHALLTOWN 2107
South Africa

Work Department

Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Intellectual Property Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Carla is an Intellectual Property (IP) specialist. She advises on contentious and non-contentious IP matters. Her experience includes assisting in national and international protection, management and exploitation of IP as well as enforcement strategies. She is also involved in all services associated with trademarks, designs and patents, including filing, prosecution, litigation, transactional work and strategic advice. She provides advice on complex corporate transactions relating to the exploitation of IP rights, the monetisation and structuring of IP rights (such as through cross-border licensing and assignments), IP issues flowing from international acquisitions and disposals, public offerings, corporate reorganisations, international structures as well as exchange control issues and IP due diligence investigations. She also advises on media, technology and telecommunications related matters, focusing on licensing, regulatory considerations and due diligence investigations.

Education

Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and qualified trade mark practitioner
LLB, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011
B.Com, University of South Africa, 2009
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Intellectual property

The ‘strong and capable‘ team at Webber Wentzel is well-known for advising on transactional and commercial IP matters, and assists clients from the healthcare, TMT, pharmaceutical, financial services and energy sectors, among others. Practice head Leanne Mostert ‘is always at the forefront of new IP developments‘, and TMT expert Peter Grealy is ‘generous with his advice and a problem solver‘. Tim Ball has experience in handling patent litigation for general pharmaceutical companies, and Carla Collett is a key name for advising on the monetisation of IP and data assets, copyright and trade mark litigation, and high-value commercial IP transactions. Bernadette Versfeld is very well known for her specialist focus on all areas of intellectual property law.