Experience
- We advise on transactions involving artworks, including cross-border transactions.
- We draft cooperation agreements between artists and galleries, museums and other cultural institutions involving trading in artworks (sale, loan and storage contracts, agreements for organising exhibitions etc).
- We represent the heirs of pre-war owners on issues of restitution of artworks, including negotiations, mediation, and litigation.
- We represent clients in criminal proceedings involving unwitting possession of stolen goods in connection with attempts to sell artworks stolen during the Second World War.
- We represent artists in disputes with cultural institutions (museums, galleries), auction houses, and private individuals.
- We advise on copyright aspects of trading in artworks, protection against infringement, and issues of droit de suite.
- We draft contracts for use of artworks for commercial purposes.
- We help establish the provenance of artworks and assess the legal situation of holders.
- We represent clients in disputes over obtaining permits to export artworks, and advise clients in customs and tax proceedings related to trading in artworks.
- We advise on how to organise transport, insurance, and storage of artworks.