Stuart Clubb > Shoosmiths > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths Offices
9 Haymarket Square
EDINBURGH
EH3 8RY
United Kingdom
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Stuart Clubb
Work Department
Commercial litigation.
Position
Stuart is an experienced commercial litigator and leads the dispute resolution team in Edinburgh. He specialises in the resolution of commercial disputes, with significant expertise in corporate, contractual, insolvency and property related disputes.
Stuart is also a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the Court of Session and the Supreme Court and has considerable experience acting for and appearing on behalf of clients in the Court of Session, the Sheriff Court, the Land Court and the Lands Tribunal.
Stuart also regularly advises insolvency practitioners, companies and directors on all aspects of insolvency law and has acted on a number of high profile insolvency cases. In November 2015, Stuart delivered the legal update presentation for the fifth year running at the leading Scottish insolvency conference run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
His recent experience includes:
- Acting on behalf of liquidators in an application to the court for directions on the previously untested question of whether liquidators in Scotland have the power to disclaim onerous property.
- Representing a global supplier of diving and subsea equipment in the successful resolution of a multi-million pound contractual dispute at mediation.
- Acting on behalf of the purchasers of a company in a substantial damages claim for breach of warranty in respect of the seller’s failure to disclose, under the terms of a Sale and Purchase Agreement, information regarding the supply of defective products.
- Representing a high net worth private investor in a successful claim for £1.1million under a put and call option agreement. The claim involved the calling up of a standard security granted as security for the debt, and the defence of a petition for suspension and interdict in relation to that calling up process.
Career
Stuart joined Shoosmiths in July 2016.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland; Solicitor Advocate; WS Society Signet Accredited (Commercial Litigation)
Education
Peterhead Academy and University of Aberdeen: LLB Hons (2000); DipLP (2001)
Leisure
Golf, cycling.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
Shoosmiths LLP goes ‘above and beyond’ for its clients, handling financial services litigation, property disputes and insolvency proceedings as well as professional negligence claims, recoveries litigation, and commercial contract and shareholder disputes. ‘Specialist in insolvency litigation’ Stuart Clubb jointly leads the team with Andrew Foyle, who focuses on all aspects of financial services litigation, including claims against lenders, and professional negligence. Principal associate Ben Zielinski, who handles contractual claims and IT-related disputes, is another key contact in the group.
Scotland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Drawing experience from lawyers within the firm’s well-regarded corporate, employment and litigation departments, Shoosmiths‘ restructuring and insolvency group regularly acts on behalf of major clients in the appointment of administrators, liquidators, and trustees in sequestration. Insolvency litigation expert Stuart Clubb has over two decades of experience and regularly represents practitioners in applications before the Sheriff Courts and Court of Session.
Lawyer Rankings
- Insolvency and corporate recovery Scotland > Finance
- Commercial litigation Scotland > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Social housing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction