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Boodle Hatfield's expert team spans different departments and disciplines, offering full-service art law and luxury asset advice. Its team of specialists provide top tier legal advice to individuals, institutional collectors, estates and trustees, galleries, art and antique dealers on art law issues from the disputed authenticity of Old Masters to conditional exemption claims and cutting-edge issues facing street artists.

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Art and Cultural Property Law - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Boodle Hatfield is a notable firm for art-related matters, including contentious work, transactional matters and art-related tax and estate planning.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Simon Fitzpatrick
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Simon Fitzpatrick
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Simon Fitzpatrick advises clients on art disputes, including provenance, authenticity and misattribution matters.

Simon is assiduous and razor-sharp. He has the keenest eye for detail.

Simon is one of the most experienced practitioners in the art law space. He is very reliable and knowledgeable in the field.

Simon is a superb team leader. He combines pragmatism with persistence and perseverance. He gets results through his strategic and subtle approach.

Simon a key name in the field and deservedly so. He is a machine.

Fred Clark
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Fred Clark
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Fred Clark advises on commercial art matters, including ownership structures, purchases and sales, and collection management.

Fred has a wide skill set that combines depth of knowledge and fine commercial instincts with diplomacy and indefatigable good humour.

Fred is a safe pair of hands with an excellent understanding of art commissioning.

Fred has a wealth of knowledge on non-contentious art market matters and a poise and confidence which is highly attractive to clients.

Rebecca Foden
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Rebecca Foden
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Rebecca Foden handles art-related disputes, including title claims, professional negligence matters and cases involving stolen items.

Rebecca is extremely savvy and commercial, whilst being easy to work with and understanding of her clients' situations.

Rebecca is commercially savvy as well as having a genuine technical understanding of the area. She is also very down to earth, practical and reliable.

Rebecca Foden is fantastic. She is clever, commercial and client-oriented.

Rebecca is a safe pair of hands who can also deliver creative solutions as needed. She is knowledgeable and extremely well connected in the art market.

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Art and Cultural Property Law

Simon Fitzpatrick
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Simon Fitzpatrick
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Band 1
Fred Clark
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Fred Clark
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Band 2
Rebecca Foden
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Rebecca Foden
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Band 3

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