About

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Forsters has a specialist team of lawyers drawn from across the firm to provide a full service to clients owning heritage property and works of art. The team have a broad range of clients including artists, galleries and auction houses, individual owners and collectors of art, owners of historic houses and their contents, whether individuals, trustees or charities in the UK or overseas.

 

They provide advice on:


  • Tax and succession planning
  • Structuring of artists' businesses, agency agreements and lending arrangements
  • Formation of charities and art foundations
  • Intellectual property rights including artists' resale rights
  • Import and export of works of art
  • Buying and selling art privately or at auction
  • Conditional exemption and public access requirements, acceptance in lieu scheme, maintenance funds specific to heritage property
  • Liability and insurance issues for trustee owners of heritage property and art
  • Disputes regarding ownership, provenance and authenticity of art
  • Litigation over transactions involving agents, auction houses and galleries.

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Art and Cultural Property Law - UK-wide

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

The art and cultural property practice at Forsters brings together lawyers from across the firm. It regularly advises collectors, galleries and auction houses, and is particularly notable for handling estate planning and commercial matters for artists.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Catherine R Hill
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Catherine R Hill
2
Band 2

Catherine Hill leads Forsters' art and cultural property practice and is an expert on advising living artists on tax and estate planning matters.

Catherine knows the art world very well. She is immensely practical and sensible in giving advice, as well as getting the key points. She is technically strong.

Catherine is terrific. Clients love her and she has a real talent for being able to work through challenging issues and present simple-to-understand solutions for clients.

Catherine Hill is excellent in every respect.

Laura Neal
Laura Neal
Associates to watch

Laura Neal is a senior associate in Forsters' private client team. Her art and cultural property work includes advising artists on succession matters and high-value art loan agreements for collectors.

Laura is utterly reliable.

Laura immediately gives the impression that she is all over the technical legal side, but at the same time has a warm manner. She has a great combination of bedside manner and being sure-footed.

Laura Neal is really impressive. She is wise beyond her years. She has a real eye for detail, she is quick and she explains things really well.

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Art and Cultural Property Law

Catherine R Hill
2
Catherine R Hill
2
Band 2
Laura Neal
Laura Neal
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