Since its founding days in 1908, Adams & Adams has grown in size from a law practice with two partners to one of the biggest law firms in South Africa with a professional staff complement of 50 partners, 13 senior associates, 18 professional assistants, two full-time attorney-consultants, 32 candidate attorneys and 32 paralegals. It has also grown in stature to become a law firm recognised both locally and internationally as a leader in the area of intellectual property law and in certain other specialised practice areas, such as High Court litigation.