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Iain Rutherford

Iain Rutherford

Brodies LLP, Scotland

Work Department

Litigation.

Position

Iain advises clients in relation to a broad range of commercial disputes with an emphasis on IT, IP & telecoms, oil & gas, corporate and financial services disputes. He has represented clients in relation to various IT/IP related disputes including trade mark and patent infringement, outsourcing, domain name and IT supplier disputes.

Iain has also acted for banks and financial services institutions in relation to high profile and high value professional negligence, misrepresentation, contractual and pensions disputes and has acted in a wide variety of corporate litigation including warranty claims, unfair prejudice petitions and related shareholder disputes.Iain is a Solicitor Advocate and his practice is primarily in the UK Courts. He is, however, an enthusiastic proponent of alternative dispute resolution, with recent experience of mediation, international arbitration (IT, Oil & Gas, international trade) and expert determination (both financial and technical).

Career

(Pre-legal) Morgan Stanley, London 2000-02; trained Brodies LLP, qualified 05, senior solicitor 07-09; associate 09-14; partner 2014-present.

Memberships

Association of Pension Lawyers (associate membership); Society for Computers & the Law; Law Society of Scotland.

Education

Glasgow University (2000 LLB Hons); Glasgow Graduate School of Law (2003 Dip LP); University of Strathclyde (2010, LLM, IT & Telecommunications Law)

Leisure

Family, golf, music and food

Mentions

Dispute resolution • Scotland

Commercial litigation

Hall of fame
Dispute resolution • Scotland

Debt recovery

TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • Scotland

Intellectual property

Leading partner
TMT (technology, media and telecoms) • Scotland

IT and telecoms