Pieter Conradie

Summary Profile

Pieter Conradie is a Director and National Practice Head of 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, 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, Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg)
Year of admission: 1976

Experience

• Arbitrations, mediation, investigations into mining incidents, FCPA (Federal Corrupt Practices Act), anti-corruption investigations, defamation.

• 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

• Who's Who Legal - The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2007 - 2011 and Who's Who of Commercial Litigation and Product Liability Defence Lawyers 2007 - 2010: Pieter Conradie has been selected by clients and peers as being among 336 of the world's leading Product Liability Defence lawyers. Pieter is the only lawyer selected as an expert in the South African jurisdiction.

• Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008 - 2010, says: "Pieter Conradie is lauded for his outstanding leadership skills, ensuring that he always gets the best out of the team around him." Clients choose Pieter Conradie for complicated cases because "he has a deep knowledge of corporate issues and a great track record."

• Legal 500 EMEA 2010: ranks Pieter in Tier 1 for Dispute Resolution and recommends him for multi-jurisdictional disputes.

• PLC Which Lawyer? 2008 - 2010: Endorsed in Dispute Resolution as a "general litigator and arbitration practitioner with an international remit, with particular focus on product liability and telecoms."

• Best Lawyers International 2008 - 2010: Listed as a leading lawyer in Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation.

• Expert Guides, 2008 - 2010: Selected as a pre-eminent practitioner in the fields of Litigation and Product Liability.

• Pieter has made written contributions to The International Comparative Legal Guide to Product Liability.