Art and Cultural Property Law

About

Provided by Forsters

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.