Ian Jacobsberg

Ian is a director at Andersen in South Africa with over thirty years’ post-admission experience.

His expertise and experience include data protection and processing, mergers, acquisitions and sales of business, competition law, economic regulation (including international trade, data protection, life sciences, food and beverage and consumer law), commercial exploitation of intellectual property, franchising and licensing.

He has advised numerous clients on compliance with South African and international data protection laws and laws regulating electronic commerce and communications, including the Protection of Personal Information Act, Electronic Communications and Transactions Act and the newly introduced Cybercrimes Act.

Ian is recognised as one of the leading practitioners in South Africa in the field of franchise law, and has served as a member of the board of directors of the Franchise Association of South Africa for several years, and as its chairman in 2014/15. Ian enjoys working with entrepreneurs and innovators and finds the problem-solving aspects of legal practice especially fulfilling.