Our founder Barbara Berdou has led Berdou Attorneys for over 20 years and seen tremendous growth throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
Barbara has extensive experience in International Intellectual Property Law, with a strong background in legal practice in South Africa and has grown a reliable global legal network to ensure your Intellectual Property and Commercial legal service needs are met.
Additionally, as a member of various international legal groups and committees, our clients benefit from Barbara’s depth of experience in the international arena, tapping into a reliable worldwide legal network and knowledgeable partners that are up to date on international trends.
Berdou Attorneys are your Intellectual Property specialists in South Africa. Connecting you locally; protecting you globally.
Why Berdou Attorneys?
We listen to our clients and give advice considering both the legal and economic context for the best possible outcome.
As a trusted firm operating under South African law, we offer personalised, skilled, efficient services and end-to-end solutions for our clients various Intellectual Property needs.
Our talented, highly skilled team has extensive knowledge and experience with Intellectual Property Offices and Institutions around the world.
Our flexibility, competitive rates and accessibility provides our clients with a depth of experience, thorough advice, maintenance and litigation services in the fields of trade marks, copyright, designs and patents.
Whether you are a private individual, start-up entrepreneur, small, medium or large business, our values and approach enable us to advise, manage, enforce and protect your Intellectual Property rights across many sectors, worldwide.
VISION
Berdou Attorneys aims to be the most responsive, competent, client-centric, and cost-efficient IP legal practice in sub-Saharan Africa.
VALUES
We pride ourselves on being friendly, straightforward, skillful and accessible, providing deft and extraordinary legal services to every client.