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Farrer & Co LLP

Art and Cultural Property Law

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Farrer & Co LLP

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Art and Cultural Property Law - UK-wide

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Farrer & Co advises a wide range of art world clients, including dealers and owners, museums, charities and trustees, on disputes and transactional matters, particularly art investments and structuring.

Strengths

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  • We found that the team is highly intelligent, responsive and commercial. They are hard-working and creative with a clear focus on their clients’ desired outcome.

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  • The Farrer team has extensive experience in a highly specialised area. You get a lot of partner attention, but the team also has a deep bench of talented and experienced associates to draw on.

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  • Farrer & Co offers an excellent all-round service. It is extremely competent and reliable on complicated, sensitive matters.

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  • Farrer's strength lies in its depth of knowledge and experience in art-secured financing. They are commercial, very approachable and responsive to any queries on short notice.

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  • Farrer is my favourite law firm for this area of work. They are really passionate, intelligent, motivated lawyers. They love law, and they love clients, and they love finding the right answer.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 3Bethan Waters
    Band 3Bethan Waters

    Bethan Waters

    Bethan Waters is a partner in Farrer & Co's banking and finance division. She has a particular focus on art finance and is well known for this aspect of her practice.
    • Bethan doesn't only answer legal questions very well, but she also offers excellent commercial and strategic advice that can make a real difference to the outcome.

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    • Bethan is incredibly brainy, relentless and thorough.

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    • Bethan provides an excellent level of service. She brings commercial awareness to any advice she gives, which is very valuable.

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  • Band 3Isabel Kerber
    Band 3Isabel Kerber

    Isabel Kerber

    Isabel Kerber advises individuals and estates on art-related transactional issues. She is experienced in the full range of work, including sales and purchases, consignments and loan arrangements for major art world players.

    • Isabel is particularly experienced with art cases. She gets into the fiddly issues and is very good at straightening them out. I find her very impressive and able to handle complexities really well.

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    • Isabel is extremely good. She is really fantastic and she is passionate, which is important for her clients.

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    • Isabel is an absolute dream. She will always call you back, she is passionate and she is motivated.

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  • Band 3William Charrington
    Band 3William Charrington

    William Charrington

    William Charrington has a growing practice in the art disputes world. He assists in matters relating to provenance, authenticity and contractual breach settlements for cross-border cases.

    • William is very embedded in the art market and he is very clever and succinct.

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    • William is super-clever and unbelievably hard-working.

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    • William puts his clients first. He is very reliable, fast and collaborative.

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