Biography: Commercial Litigation

Pieter Conradie is a director in our dispute resolution: litigation, arbitration and mediation practice.

Pieter was admitted as an attorney in 1976, after which he joined the Johannesburg Bar, where he practised as an advocate until March 1980 when he then joined Hofmeyr (now DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr). Pieter is a former member of the Johannesburg Attorneys Association Supreme Court sub-committee, a founder member of the Transvaal branch of the Environmental Law Association and a former commissioner of the small claims court. Pieter has been the attorney for various large corporations in South Africa representing them in the United States of America, Britain and Europe.

Pieter holds a BA and an LLB degree from the University of Johannesburg. He is a member of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces.

Pieter's experience includes, arbitrations, mediation, investigations into mining incidents, FCPA (Federal Corrupt Practices Act), anti-corruption investigations, defamation. He has been involved in actions in New York in both Federal and State Courts on behalf of defendant corporations, where jurisdiction and forum non conveniens points were successfully taken. In view of various matters being dealt with in New York, Pieter has gained extensive knowledge about the New York legal system, which includes knowledge about class actions, punitive damages and jury trials. Pieter has been involved in the first HIV+ related case in South Africa and has been the attorney of record in various cases reported in South Africa. He has also been involved in an international court case involving the sale of a 1962 Ferrari GTO, which was the most expensive car deal in the world. The car was sold for £8m to a Japanese billionaire. The matter was heard in the courts of the United States of America and in Britain.

Pieter has been recognised as a leading lawyer in The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2007 - 2011 and The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators as well as The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers 2007 – 2010. He is also recommended in Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 - 2010, Legal 500 EMEA 2010, Practical Law Company (PLC) Which Lawyer? 2008 - 2011, Best Lawyers International 2008 – 2011, and Expert Guides 2008 – 2010. Pieter has made written contributions to The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability.

Biography: Product Liability Defence

Pieter Conradie is a director in the firm's dispute resolution: litigation, arbitration and mediation practice. He specialises in product liability, alternative dispute resolution, commercial litigation, forensic investigations, international litigation, litigation and dispute resolution.

In 1976, Pieter joined the Johannesburg Bar, where he practised as an advocate. In 1980, he joined Hofmeyr (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr).

Pieter is a former member of the Johannesburg Attorneys Association Supreme Court subcommittee, a founder member of the Transvaal branch of the Environmental Law Association and a former commissioner of the Small Claim's Court.

Pieter has been the attorney for various large corporations in South Africa, representing them in the USA, Britain and Europe. Pieter has gained extensive knowledge about the New York legal system, including class actions, punitive damages and jury trials. Famously, he was involved in an international court case involving the sale of a 1962 Ferrari GTO, the most expensive car deal in the world. The car was sold for £8 million to a Japanese billionaire with the matter heard in the courts of the USA and Britain. Pieter was also involved in the first HIV- related case in South Africa and has been the attorney of record in various cases reported in South Africa.

Pieter has published articles in the International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability and he is highly ranked in the Chambers Global Guide; the Legal Media Group Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers; PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook, Best Lawyers International, Legal Media Expert Guides and The International Who's Who of Product Liability Defence Lawyers.