Eve Pienaar

Mediator

UK Panel, Trusts, Wills & Probate Panel, Workplace Mediation Panel, P2B Panel

Professional Overview

Eve Pienaar is a leading commercial mediator specialising in construction, property, professional negligence, shareholder, insolvency, trusts and probate disputes. Ranked by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, she has mediated more than 350 commercial disputes and is regularly appointed in complex, high value and multi party cases across the UK and internationally.

A former solicitor with Clifford Chance and senior in house counsel for global organisations including Warner Bros., RICS and RIBA, Eve combines strong legal analysis with commercial insight. Clients value her thorough preparation, strategic thinking and ability to help parties resolve challenging disputes efficiently and pragmatically.

Testimonials

"Eve Pienaar is an excellent mediator and is very good at getting to the essence of complex issues and explaining the risks of these issues to the parties participating."

Chambers & Partners 2024

"Eve’s persistence, coupled with her diplomatic approach, was remarkable. Although settlement was not reached on the day, Eve continued to facilitate settlement discussions between the parties thereafter and kept momentum going resulting in a settlement being reached within a week of the mediation. Eve is a truly exceptional mediator."

Partner, law firm

"Eve acted as the mediator in a complex multi-party case between family members, involving various legal issues including contentious probate and trusts, partnership law, professional negligence and land disputes. Eve demonstrated exceptional skill and professionalism throughout the mediation process. Her thorough preparation allowed her to navigate the intricacies of the case with ease."

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Experience & Mediation Approach

Complex commercial disputes are central to Eve's mediation practice. She regularly mediates construction and engineering disputes, property matters, shareholder and partnership conflicts, trusts and probate claims, insolvency disputes, professional negligence cases and commercial contract disagreements.

Before becoming a full time mediator, Eve held senior legal positions within international organisations across the property, construction, media and technology sectors. This experience gives her a detailed understanding of commercial decision making, risk management and organisational dynamics.

Eve has extensive experience resolving disputes involving inheritance and probate claims, family trusts, construction defects, professional negligence, shareholder exits, unfair prejudice petitions, insolvency proceedings, intellectual property disputes and commercial property matters. She is particularly experienced in disputes involving multiple stakeholders, complex legal issues and sensitive family or business relationships.

Clients merit Eve's calm, analytical and commercially focused approach. She invests significant time in preparation, helping parties understand the strengths and risks of their positions before mediation begins. Combining empathy with constructive challenge, she helps parties overcome deadlock and identify practical solutions that support long term resolution.

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