--- title: "Best Lawyers 2026: Spoor & Fisher Celebrated For Expertise" description: "Spoor & Fisher is proud to have over 30 attorneys recognised in Best Lawyers 2026, spotlighting our IP excellence and client commitment." image: https://spoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Best-lawyers-banner.png canonical: https://spoor.com/ja/award/best-lawyers-2026/ url: https://spoor.getmd.ai/ja/award/best-lawyers-2026/.md last_converted: 2026-05-18T03:49:14.749Z --- [家](https://spoor.com)›[賞と称賛](https://spoor.com/accolades-and-awards/)›Best Lawyers 2026: Spoor & Fisher Celebrated For Expertise # Best Lawyers 2026: Spoor & Fisher Celebrated For Expertise Spoor＆Fisher - 13 11月 2025 Spoor & Fisher is proud to have over 30 attorneys recognised in Best Lawyers 2026, spotlighting our IP excellence and client commitment. Lodewyk Cilliers, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Spoor & Fisher, stood out from the crowd by being recognised as **Lawyer of the Year (Intellectual Property Law)**. Lodewyk has over two decades of experience, specialising in the filing and prosecution of patent and registered design applications locally and abroad. He focuses on mechanical, civil and engineering inventions. See the full list of our attorneys who have been **recognised for 2026**below**,**along with their tenure, area of expertise and milestone recognition: ## Recognised since 2026: - [ダークハネコム](https://spoor.com/our-people/dirk-hanekom/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law ## Recognised since 2025: - [モハメド・カーダー](https://spoor.com/our-people/mohamed-khader/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [Shanaaz Mahomed](https://spoor.com/our-people/shanaaz-mahomed/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [Kaajal Nagindas](https://spoor.com/our-people/kaajal-nagindas/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [アマニパテル](https://spoor.com/our-people/amani-patel/) (Senior Associate) – Intellectual Property Law - [ダニーピエナール](https://spoor.com/our-people/danie-pienaar/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [カリエン・ポストマ](https://spoor.com/our-people/karien-postma/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [シャミン・ラグナンダン](https://spoor.com/our-people/shamin-raghunandan/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [ポールラマラ](https://spoor.com/our-people/paul-ramara/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law ## Recognised since 2024: - [テルティア・ベハリー](https://spoor.com/our-people/tertia-beharie/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [ジュリ・ホップ](https://spoor.com/our-people/juli-hopf/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [Salomé Le Roux](https://spoor.com/our-people/salome-le-roux/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [ハーマン・ヴァン・シャルクウィック](https://spoor.com/our-people/herman-van-schalkwyk/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law ## Recognised since 2023: - [ハーマンブリグノート](https://spoor.com/our-people/herman-blignaut/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [Lodewyk Cilliers](https://spoor.com/our-people/lodewyk-cilliers/) (Partner) (Best Lawyers 2026: Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property) – Intellectual Property Law - [ジョン・フォスター](https://spoor.com/our-people/john-foster/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [タイロン・グラント](https://spoor.com/our-people/tyron-grant/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [クレイグ・カーン](https://spoor.com/our-people/craig-kahn/) (Director, Jersey) – Intellectual Property Law - [ReinardKrüger](https://spoor.com/our-people/reinard-kruger/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [ルイーズ・マイバーグ](https://spoor.com/our-people/louise-myburgh/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [ミーガン・ライマーズ](https://spoor.com/our-people/megan-reimers/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law - [Jarred West](https://spoor.com/our-people/jarred-west/) (Partner) – Intellectual Property Law ## Recognised since 2022: - [ランス・アブラムソン](https://spoor.com/our-people/lance-abramson/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [ディナビアジオ](https://spoor.com/our-people/dina-biagio/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [デビッドコクラン](https://spoor.com/our-people/david-cochrane/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [マークケンプ](https://spoor.com/our-people/mark-kemp/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [ジョン・マックナイト](https://spoor.com/our-people/john-mcknight/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [ジェレミー・スペレス](https://spoor.com/our-people/jeremy-speres/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law - [Chyreene Truluck](https://spoor.com/our-people/chyreene-truluck/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law - [Marco Van der Merwe](https://spoor.com/our-people/marco-van-der-merwe/) (Partner) – 2022 (Best Lawyers 2025: Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property) – Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law - [ジョナサンウィッタカー](https://spoor.com/our-people/jonathan-whittaker/) (Partner) – 2022 – Intellectual Property Law ## Recognised since 2020 or prior: - [ツェポシャバング](https://spoor.com/our-people/tshepo-shabangu/) (Partner) – 2020 – Intellectual Property Law - [カール・ヴァン・ルーエン](https://spoor.com/our-people/carl-van-rooyen/) (Partner) – 2015 – Intellectual Property Law - [Eben van Wyk](https://spoor.com/our-people/eben-van-wyk/) (Partner) – 2011 (Best Lawyers 2017: Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property) – Intellectual Property Law, Advertising Law, Litigation - [チャールズウェブスター](https://spoor.com/our-people/charles-webster/) (Partner) – 2009 (Best Lawyers 2023: Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property) – Intellectual Property Law - [オーウェンディーン](https://spoor.com/our-people/dr-owen-dean/) (Consultant) – 2008 – Intellectual Property Law ![Best Lawyers 2026](https://spoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Best-Lawyers-1-240x300.jpg) ![Best Lawyers 2026 Lodewyk Cilliers](https://spoor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Best-Lawyers-2-Lodewyk-240x300.jpg) The 17th edition of [最高の弁護士](https://www.bestlawyers.com/) – a peer-driven accolade – captures the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.