The incumbent of the Chair of Intellectual Property Law, Prof Owen Dean, has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the latest edition of Best Lawyers in South Africa in the practice area of Intellectual Property Law.

Congratulations to Prof Dean. To be selected by one’s peers as a leading practitioner in your field is without doubt an honour worth celebrating, made all the more significant considering that Prof Dean has been retired from full time practice for some years.

Prof Dean has been in practice as an Intellectual Property Attorney at Spoor & Fisher for more than 30 years, and is currently a consultant to the firm. He has held the Chair of Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University since 2011 and is also listed as a Senior Statesman of Intellectual Property and a Key Individual of Spoor & Fisher by Chambers and Partners in 2012 and 2013 in the Global-Wide and Pan-Regional Sections of the Chambers Global Ranking. (Read more)

The latest edition of Best Lawyers in South Africa is available here.