Work Department

Trade mark Prosecution

Position

Tshepo Shabangu is a Trade Mark Practitioner, with BProc and LLB degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an LLM (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany. She is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public.

Tshepo has over two decades of experience in the local and international selection, clearance, prosecution and registration of trade marks. She also has expertise in trade mark audits, IP portfolio management and due diligence investigations, as well as drafting IP related agreements and policies. She has extensive knowledge in corporate governance, having sat on boards of various trusts and companies. Tshepo speaks eight languages, including German.

Education

BProc, LLB (University of KwaZulu-Natal) LLM magna cum laude (University of Bonn, Germany). Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and Notary Public.