Kim Lancley Mbombo Kazadi

  • Senior Associate
@kim.lancleymbombokazadi
kim.mbombokazadi@cwbip.com
+971 2 8775741

Kim’s practice focuses on trademark and copyright matters in the MENA region. She assists clients with the prosecution, enforcement and commercialization of IP, focusing on contentious work. Kim manages the trademark portfolios of leading global companies and has significant experience assisting clients in the fields of technology, luxury goods, fashion, beauty, cryptocurrency, automobiles and FMCG.

Prior to joining CWB in 2022, Kim practiced with a leading South African IP firm for five years, focusing on trademark, copyright, unlawful competition and geographical indication matters in South Africa and neighboring countries.

Experience

  • Assisting the world’s leading technology company with contentious and non-contentious trademark matters in the MENA region, including trademark prosecution, opposition and litigation work

  • Secured various successful decisions in an enforcement case spanning numerous territories in the MENA region for a leading global technology company, assisting the client in safeguarding what is arguably their most valuable trademark and one of the word’s most famous trademarks

Qualifications
  • Trademark Attorney, South Africa, 2019
  • Attorney at Law, High Court of South Africa, 2018
Education
  • Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, LLB, 2015
  • EBS Law School, Wiesbaden, Germany, Transnational Commercial Law Program 2015
  • Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, BA in Drama and Theatre Studies, 2012
Languages
  • Afrikaans
  • English

Professional Activities

Publications
  • INTA
  • Facilitated attendees’ trademark and copyright queries at the WIPO South Africa Summer School on Intellectual Property Transfer of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2021
  • INTA Young Practitioners Virtual Event: NFTs and IP, 2021