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About Biolegal
Biolegal provides expertise and consulting services to support your business in the navigation of complex and ever-changing regulatory systems.
We are specialised legal and regulatory consultants in the agricultural, food and human-health sectors within South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
About Our Founder
Company Profile
Biolegal was started by Alison Levesley who is a registered Patent Attorney with a Masters degree in Biotechnology.
She has over 10 years experience providing legal, regulatory and food safety expertise within global industry leaders. Alison is a science and legal expert who thrives on finding solutions to complex challenges.
Alison has travelled extensively across the African continent and is passionate about the development of communities and people. Alison has a solid network of stakeholders across sub-Saharan Africa which she can leverage to facilitate your company objectives.
Service offering
What We Can Do For You
Charge Forward
Service Offering
GMO permits, Trade and Compliance
We provide detailed support in obtaining all necessary permits and licences for any activity involving GMOs in South Africa.
We have the necessary expertise to communicate the science to regulators to ensure that trade barriers are limited as a result of GM technology. We work closely with various stakeholders in Africa to support the development of workable biosafety regulatory systems in emerging markets and those with biosafety systems in place where the policies may not be favourable to all stakeholders.
We assist in understanding the data requirements for trading partner countries to ensure that applications can be made to ensure trade, commercialisation and marketing of GMOs and products derived from GMOs.
Agricultural Industry Expertise
We are experts in navigating regulatory systems around agricultural products (seeds, pesticides, herbicides and biologicals) in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We are strong advocates for working to bring sustainable solutions to growers in Africa.
Allow us to manage all regulatory aspects of your business to ensure compliance and licence to operate in key markets
Regulatory Compliance Assessments
We provide analysis on legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to your business and assess your organisations’ compliance level.
Legal Research and Advice
We provide research support on any legal aspect of your business where you may require more insight and guidance.
We are intellectual law and patent law experts who can provide your business with the required expertise to ensure protection of you intellectual property.
We will provide a thorough analysis of legal frameworks relevant to your business and provide your company with guidance and opinion work to support strategic decision-making
Intellectual property consulting and Portfolio management
Let us take over the management of your intellectual property so that you can focus on key imperatives. We assess the intellectual property within your business from trademarks to know-how and patentable aspects of your operations and develop a strategy to protect and leverage this expertise. We manage the portfolio and ensure timely renewal of all registered IP
Food Law and Regulations
We navigate the complexities of the food legislation systems in South Africa and key markets in Africa to enable a compliant go-to-market strategy and operational activity.
Our technical expertise allows us to talk the language of science and law.
Project Management
We provide expertise for ad-hoc or project-based support to manage and co-ordinate projects, enabling you to focus on growing other aspects of your business.
Why Biolegal
Benefits to you and your business
The services we offer include access to a network of problem solvers that provide advice and expertise that informs decision-making whilst optimising operational costs. We assist in risk-mitigation caused by legal and regulatory uncertainty. Biolegal provides support in advancing regulated products including, but not limited to, products regulated under the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development. We are passionate about sustainability, scientific evolution, community development and economic growth in South Africa and the continent.
Ask yourself these questions
Are you looking to develop and launch products in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Are you a food or commodity trader navigating complex regulatory systems in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Is intellectual property an asset in your business?
Are you a company looking to outsource regulatory and legal support?
Blog
Regulatory Insights
Expert commentary and analysis on the evolving legal and compliance landscape across Africa’s agri-food-health sectors.
Why Your Pet’s Dinner Costs More Than Yours
What most people don’t realise is that pet food in South Africa is one of the most tightly regulated product categories — and for good reason.
The use of sanitation tunnels at schools in South Africa
Recently there have been some cases of companies proposing the use of sanitation or decontamination spray tunnels at school entry and exit points in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
An mRNA vaccine and what it means
Economist published an article by Bill Gates on 23 April 2020 on COVID-19 and in this piece he highlights three major medical breakthroughs that can be expected as a result of this pandemic and the research that is underway to find a workable solution to this global crisis.
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