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Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. South Africa
Pieter Conradie
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc.
Private Bag X40
Benmore, 2010
Republic of South Africa
Tel: +27 11 286 1109
Fax: +27 11 286 1171
Email: pieter.conradie@dlacdh.com
URL: www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com
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, 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: Commercial litigation, arbitrations, mediation, product
liability, 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.
With more than 130 directors and 300 lawyers, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is one of the largest business law firms in South
Africa, combining a strong national presence with global reach.
Our legal teams are fairly evenly split between our Johannesburg (Sandton) and Cape Town offices, giving us sizeable
influence in both key financial centres in South Africa.
Our exclusive relationship with DLA Piper, one of the largest legal services organisations in the world, extends our reach
on behalf of our clients to all the major business centres globally.
We offer a full complement of business legal services in ten core Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial, including
Intellectual Property; Competition; Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration; Employment; Environmental; Finance,
Projects and Banking; Real Estate; Tax; Technology, Media and Telecommunications; and Trusts and Estates.
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