Mr Peter Grealy > Webber Wentzel > Johannesburg, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

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

Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Peter focuses on general commercial law, litigation, regulatory and administrative law. His areas of expertise include telecommunications and broadcasting, media and entertainment, copyright and defamation law, e-business, systems acquisitions, procurement, outsourcing and data protection. He experience includes advising on general commercial agreements and in respect of development, outsourcing supply and maintenance and systems acquisitions and on the regulatory environment pertaining to telecommunications and broadcasting. He also regularly advises on agreements relevant to e-Commerce ​​and on-line banking. He has been involved in matters involving cross-border negotiations, telecommunications interconnection and facilities leasing.

Memberships

Member of the International Bar Association (1995 to present)
Member of the Association for Corporate Counsel in South Africa (2008 to present)

Education

LLB, University of the Witwatersrand, 1988
BA, University of the Witwatersrand, 1986
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.