Professional background and experience:

Pieter is an accredited mediator and practising advocate with over seventeen years of litigation experience. Since being admitted as an advocate, he has been a member of the Pretoria Society of Advocates. Pieter runs a focused litigation and advisory practice with particular expertise in commercial disputes, personal injury matters, medical negligence and insurance law. Since completing his forty-hour Commercial Mediation Skills Training Course and being assessed as having all core mediation competencies in 2025, Pieter has been accredited with Conflict Dynamics and internationally with CEDR. He has also completed the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa’s (AFSA), Road Accident Fund (RAF) Mediation Short Course and is certified to mediate RAF and personal injury disputes (having completed a six month UCT medical negligence course). 

Pieter is a member of AFSA, South African Medico-Legal Association (SAMLA) and the Legal Practice Council and is listed with multiple RMOs. He is available for both court-annexed and private mediations across Gauteng and nationally, offering services in English and Afrikaans, in person and online. His medico-legal background is founded upon his Higher Diploma in Medical Law from the University of Cape Town, complementing his LLB and LLM (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria.

Mediation experience and style:

Pieter approaches mediation with analytical clarity, calm authority and a principled, solution-focused attitude. His style is grounded in impartiality, confidentiality and procedural fairness, allowing parties to engage constructively even in high-stakes or emotionally charged disputes. Drawing on his extensive litigation and medico-legal experience, Pieter is adept in identifying core issues, managing complex factual and legal dynamics and guiding parties to practical, durable resolutions.