Gerda Bouwer

Gerda Bouwer is an admitted Attorney and Trademark Practitioner at WF Bouwer Attorneys Inc. She has extensive practical experience in the field of intellectual property law in South Africa, Africa and foreign countries. She also assists the Special Trust division in the firm from an administrative point of few.

Gerda obtained her BCom: Law and LLB degrees from the University of Pretoria and an LLM degree in International Trade Law from the University of Stellenbosch.  Gerda was admitted as an attorney in 2010 and qualified as a Trade Marks Practitioner in the same year. She is also a Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property (SAIIPL). In 2015, Gerda completed the Advanced Short Course in Intellectual Property Management and Innovation through UNISA and was honoured with the SIEMENS Prize for being the top NIPMO-UNISA IP Management student. Amongst Gerda’s academic achievements are obtaining Academic Honorary Colours for both her BCom: Law and LLB degrees, receiving merit certificates for Criminal Law, Law of Damages, Third Party Compensation Law and Intellectual Property Law as well as being a member of the Golden Key International Honour’s Society and was listed on the Dean’s Merit Roll. She also obtained her LLM degree cum laude.

After completing her studies in 2007, Gerda accepted articles of clerkship with a well-known IP law firm based in Pretoria where she remained until 2014. Gerda gained vast experience both in Trademark litigation and prosecution not only in South Africa, but in Africa and foreign countries. During the course of 2015 and 2016, Gerda did IP consultation work for various law firms and also dipped her fingers into academics, working as a Lecturer at the IIE: Varsity College, Pretoria. In 2016, Gerda joined OAKLAW, a corporate and commercial law firm and headed the Intellectual Property Department. As fate would have it, Gerda joined WF Bouwer Attorneys Inc. in 2024 working alongside her father- and brothers-in-law and is responsible for all the finances in the Special Trust & Curatorship division.

Gerda has been married for 17 years to Willem Bouwer’s eldest son, Adv. Riaan Bouwer. She is a true foody and enjoys baking and cooking and experiencing new tastes at up and coming eateries. She also enjoys spending time in the outdoors and with her family and friends. Gerda is the proud mother of two lovely daughters.

Department:  Finance; Intellectual Property

Email:  gerda@wfbattorneys.co.za