Peter Clucas > Cains > Douglas, Isle Of Man > Lawyer Profile

Cains
FORT ANNE
DOUGLAS
IM1 5PD
Isle Of Man

Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Peter is a Senior Consultant with our top tier Litigation team. .  He has been repeatedly recognized as a leading practitioner in the Isle of Man and regularly advises clients on strategy and procedure relating to international and domestic commercial disputes, insolvency and money laundering matters.   His clients include financial institutions, insurance companies, multi-jurisdictional trust companies and HNWIs as well as acting on instruction from major international law firms.

He has considerable experience advising on cases involving court approved corporate restructuring and business transfer schemes.

Peter appears as counsel in cases before the Isle of Man High Court and the Isle of Man Appeal Court and also has experience of appearing before the Island’s Financial Services tribunal.

His longstanding reputation is endorsed by his ‘Hall of Fame’ standing with The Legal 500, due to his ability to handle some of the Islands’ largest injunction and civil fraud instructions. Clients have commented on Peter as being “very professional, experienced, very responsive and good attention to detail” and “a credit to his profession”.

Career

Manx advocate 1993; English solicitor 2005 (currently non-practising).

Memberships

International Compliance Association, Isle of Man Law Society.

Lawyer Rankings

Isle of Man > Dispute resolution

(Hall of Fame)

Peter ClucasCains

The litigation team at Cains has a strong track record of managing complex, high value litigation disputes. In particular, the team specialises in insolvency disputes, asset tracing, fraud and trust litigation cases on behalf of a range of significant domestic and international banks, lenders and corporates. Peter Clucas is an expert in insolvency matters and regulatory enforcement, while Robert Colquitt handles all aspects of commercial and chancery litigation domestically and internationally. Seth Caine is a leading name in insolvency cases and Lindsey Bermingham is particularly experienced in regulatory and anti-money laundering issues. Tara Cubbon-Wood handles high profile contract disputes and claims against directors. Charles Williams handles litigious commercial matters for onshore and offshore clients. Robert Long joined the team from Humphrey & Helfrich in 2022.