Von Seidels
Larissa Holtzhausen is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Associate at Von Seidels since April 2021. Prior to this role, Larissa held various positions at SWART from January 2018 to April 2021, including Associate, Attorney, and Candidate Attorney. Larissa began their legal career as a Candidate Attorney and gained practical experience as a Legal Assistant at ENS Pro Bono offices in 2014. Educationally, Larissa holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Commercial Law and Intellectual Property Law from Stellenbosch University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Cape Town, complemented by an IEB National Senior Certificate from St Anne's Diocesan College.
Von Seidels
Von Seidels is an intellectual property law firm specialising in protecting and enforcing IP rights in South Africa, Africa and internationally. Our head office is in Cape Town and we have a satellite office in Johannesburg, South Africa. We also have offices in Namibia serving ARIPO, Cameroon serving OAPI and Nigeria. We work with trusted agents in the rest of Africa. Our attorneys are a team of dynamic, efficient and like-minded individuals that bring together many years of IP knowledge and expertise. We have a diverse team of patent attorneys with technical backgrounds in all the engineering disciplines (electrical and electronic, mechanical, industrial, civil and chemical), pharmaceuticals, chemistry and biotechnology. Our trade marks team is experienced in the prosecution and enforcement of local and foreign trade marks, copyright, anti-counterfeiting and brand strategy advice. Von Seidels is ISO 9001 certified for service quality.