Ms Leanne Mostert > Webber Wentzel > Cape Town, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Webber Wentzel
15TH FLOOR, CONVENTION TOWER
HEERENGRACHT, FORESHORE
CAPE TOWN 8001
South Africa

Work Department

Technology, Media, Telecommunications & Intellectual Property Practice

Position

Partner

Career

Leanne is an expert in commercial Intellectual Property (IP) law. She has significant experience in dealing with complex, high-value contracts relating to the monetisation of IP rights and IP issues flowing from international acquisitions and disposals, public offerings and corporate reorganisations, international structures and exchange control issues. Leanne manages numerous IP portfolios (including trade marks, copyright, registered designs, patents and domain names all over the word) for local, multi-national and international blue chip clients who operate across all major sectors.

She is an accomplished speaker on IP and lectured MBA students at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business on protecting business ideas. She is also a member of the Licensing Executives Society and the International Association of Trademark Attorneys and a fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law. Leanne was part of the team that lobbied, on a pro bono basis, for amendments to the IP exchange control regulations and some positive changes have resulted. Webber Wentzel won IP Team of the Year at the Africa Legal Awards for this initiative.

Education

Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and qualified trademark practitioner (1999 to present)
Executive Education Programme in Intellectual Property and Business Strategy, Harvard Business School, 2010
LLB, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1995
B.Sc, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1992
Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Lawyer Rankings

South Africa > Intellectual property

(Leading individuals)

Leanne MostertWebber Wentzel

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.