United Kingdom - Scotland • Dispute resolution
Shoosmiths
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.
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Testimonials
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‘Works in collaboration, always available to assist and goes above and beyond.’
‘The team is efficient and pragmatic.’
'The team has an excellent knowledge of insolvency and general commercial litigation law. The quality of their work is excellent.'
'They are proactive in their approach. They are commercial and charge reasonable fees. Also very pleasant and easy to work with.'
‘I have been working with Ben Zielinski, who is thoughtful, well organised and pragmatic in his approach.’
‘Ben Zielinski is always available and aware of the client's needs, resulting in very pragmatic and commercial solutions.’
‘Stuart Clubb is a specialist in the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency. He is very good at listening to clients and understanding what their aims and objectives are. Having identified these, he looks to put in place pragmatic solutions for them based on his wealth of experience.’
‘Stuart Clubb is very good at identifying his client's objectives and then creating a strategy to achieve those. He has an excellent manner with clients. He can explain difficult concepts to clients of all levels of knowledge.’
Key clients
- The Royal Bank of Scotland plc / Natwest Group
- Boots UK Limited
- Poundland Limited
- Cabot Financial UK Limited
- SSE / Ovo Energy
- Screwfix Direct Ltd
- Middlebrooks
- Grahams The Family Dairy
- Close Brothers Limited
- Hoover Limited
Work highlights
- Acting on behalf of a property developer on a breach of contract and professional negligence action against its former architects and cost consultants.
- Acting on behalf of a specialist insolvency litigation claims acquisition company in the pursuit of an unpaid director’s loan.
- Acting on behalf of minority shareholders on an unfair prejudice petition in the Court of Session.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stuart Clubb, Andrew Foyle