Authors
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Dr. Madelein Kleyn has more than 30 years international experience as intellectual property practitioner, patent attorney and in-house legal counsel in the petrochemical and agri industries. She is presently the Chief Legal Officer of Omnisient (Pty) Ltd a company specializing in data collaboration and anonymization . She also is the CEO and founder of Mad K IP consulting (Pty) Ltd a private company advising clients on IP matters.
She is a qualified chemical engineer (BSc Chem Eng), an admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a registered South African patent attorney. She holds a LLM in tax law and PhD in intellectual property law. Her technical expertise is in the area of petrochemicals, chemistry, process engineering, explosives and agriculture.
Madelein’s main areas of expertise include IP Portfolio management, IP policy and strategy development and implementation. She regularly advises on corporate governance and IP risk management and specializes in drafting and advising on IP-related business transactions, including technology transfer and licensing.
She has authored and presented various articles, papers and publications on IP matters internationally specifically on technology and IP licensing and commentaries on national IP related legislation. Since 2014 she is the co-editor of the textbook “International Pharmaceutical Law” and is also a co-author of the South African Chapter of this publication.
She is a member of the SAIIPL (South African Institute of Intellectual Property Lawyers) and also the editor of the SAIIPL newsletter IP Briefs™. She is a member of INTA (International Trademark Association) and CCASA (Corporate Counsel Association of South Africa), ACS (American Chemical Society) and SARIMA ( Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association). She is also member of LES (License Executive Society of South Africa - past president) and a Vice President of LES International.
Madelein was included in the IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists since 2015 and featured in WTR300 World’s leading trademark professionals since 2016 and included in IAM Global leaders 2023 and 2024
Michael Currie
Partner, Primerio, South Africa
Michael-James Currie is a Director of Primerio and co-founder of the Primerio South African practice. His regulatory and commercial law practice is pan-African and he has practiced across several countries and regional blocs. Mike has consistently been recognised as a “Best Lawyer in South Africa” for Competition Law and also serves as the “Global Law Expert for Competition Law in Nigeria.”
Joshua Eveleigh
Associate (designate), Primerio, South Africa
Joshua Eveleigh is an associate (designate) at Primerio and has represented and advised numerous clients before South Africa’s competition authorities in regard to allegations of cartel conduct, restrictive vertical practices, abuse of dominance and price discrimination and has successfully assisted in the preparation of merger filings across several sectors and jurisdictions , including: South Africa, COMESA, Zimbabwe and Morocco.
Stephany Torres
Senior Associate, Primerio, South Africa
Stephany Torres is a senior associate at Primerio and has advised on a range of regulatory issues, including South African and African competition law including in relation to merger control, joint ventures, dawn raids, and cartel investigations, prohibited practices, corporate leniency applications, horizontal and vertical restrictive practices, abuse of dominance, and applications for exemptions and interim relief, as well as the criminal provisions under the Competition Act.
Companies
Omnisient provides Software platform that allows for secure, compliant and transformative Data Collaboration. We help businesses unlock the power of 1st party data collaboration without the risks.
Mad K IP Consulting (Pty) Ltd is a private IP consulting business that assists clients with IP Strategy development and assisting with commercialisation of IP. www.mad-ip.com
Primerio
Primerio was formed as the first Pan-African boutique competition law firm in 2015, consisting of a team of experienced competition law practitioners, former regulators and economists, offering first-class competition and antitrust counsel to clients across the African continent. The services offered by the Primerio team have developed into several core competencies in addition to the antitrust practice. These include white collar crime, complex commercial litigation, corporate and project development expertise, and a growing regulatory and foreign direct investment department.
With the growth of Primerio, as well as our clients’ requirements for an African-wide offering, Primerio’s services and jurisdictional reach expanded considerably. In 2021, Primerio opened a dedicated South African office. The practice is operationally headquartered in Johannesburg.
Our team provides experienced and focused counsel on an array of commercial and legal issues commonly faced by the foreign newcomer, as well as by established African corporations. Equally, the standard of service, both in quality and turnaround time, meets the expectation of leading law firms who regularly brief our practitioners.
It is, however, our commercially orientated, client-first relationships and thought leadership that sets us apart and ensures that our high-quality legal advice and counselling across multiple jurisdictions delivers award winning results.
Primerio
Primerio was formed as the first Pan-African boutique competition law firm in 2015, consisting of a team of experienced competition law practitioners, former regulators and economists, offering first-class competition and antitrust counsel to clients across the African continent. The services offered by the Primerio team have developed into several core competencies in addition to the antitrust practice. These include white collar crime, complex commercial litigation, corporate and project development expertise, and a growing regulatory and foreign direct investment department.
With the growth of Primerio, as well as our clients’ requirements for an African-wide offering, Primerio’s services and jurisdictional reach expanded considerably. In 2021, Primerio opened a dedicated South African office. The practice is operationally headquartered in Johannesburg.
Our team provides experienced and focused counsel on an array of commercial and legal issues commonly faced by the foreign newcomer, as well as by established African corporations. Equally, the standard of service, both in quality and turnaround time, meets the expectation of leading law firms who regularly brief our practitioners.
It is, however, our commercially orientated, client-first relationships and thought leadership that sets us apart and ensures that our high-quality legal advice and counselling across multiple jurisdictions delivers award winning results.
Primerio
Primerio was formed as the first Pan-African boutique competition law firm in 2015, consisting of a team of experienced competition law practitioners, former regulators and economists, offering first-class competition and antitrust counsel to clients across the African continent. The services offered by the Primerio team have developed into several core competencies in addition to the antitrust practice. These include white collar crime, complex commercial litigation, corporate and project development expertise, and a growing regulatory and foreign direct investment department.
With the growth of Primerio, as well as our clients’ requirements for an African-wide offering, Primerio’s services and jurisdictional reach expanded considerably. In 2021, Primerio opened a dedicated South African office. The practice is operationally headquartered in Johannesburg.
Our team provides experienced and focused counsel on an array of commercial and legal issues commonly faced by the foreign newcomer, as well as by established African corporations. Equally, the standard of service, both in quality and turnaround time, meets the expectation of leading law firms who regularly brief our practitioners.
It is, however, our commercially orientated, client-first relationships and thought leadership that sets us apart and ensures that our high-quality legal advice and counselling across multiple jurisdictions delivers award winning results.
