Summary Profile
Pieter Conradie is National Practice Head and a Director in the firm's
Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration practice.
Career
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 Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr).
Pieter is a former member of the Johannesburg Attorneys Association
Supreme Court sub-committee and also 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 United States of America, Britain and
Europe.
Education/ Qualifications
BA LLB, University of Johannesburg
Year of admission: 1976
Experience
- 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
- Involved in the first HIV+ related case in South Africa and has been
the attorney of record in various cases reported in South Africa
- 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
Accolades/ Achievements
- The Practical Law Company (PLC) Which lawyer? 2008 : Highly
recommended in Dispute Resolution
- PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2008. Pieter is 'Highly
Recommended' as a 'general litigator and arbitration practitioner with an
international remit, with particular focus on product liability and
telecoms.'
- Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business,
2008, says: 'Clients choose Pieter Conradie for complicated cases because "he
has a deep knowledge of corporate issues and a great track record." He has
notable strengths in media and telecoms law and counts Naspers and Vodacom
amongst his regular clients.'
- International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2007 Edition and Who's
Who of Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Defence Lawyers: Named as a
leading lawyer in South Africa in this field.
- Best Lawyers International, in the inaugural South African edition,
2008 for South Africa 2008: Listed in the specialty of Litigation
- The Legal Media Group's Expert Guides, 2008: Selected through
exhaustive research as a pre-eminent practitioner in the field of
Litigation.
- The Legal Media Group's Expert Guides - Guide to the World’s Leading Product Liability Lawyers (2nd edition, 2008-2009) names Pieter as one of the world’s pre-eminent Product Liability lawyers.
- Pieter has made written contributions to The International
Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability.
