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Our non-contentious work includes complex international cross-jurisdictional transactions covering a wide range of commercial agreements, creation of art funds and other art investment structures, and advice on anti-money laundering regulations. Our contentious work includes advising on cases of defective title, provenance, authenticity, attribution and reputation as well as criminal and fraudulent aspects of art.
Our clients include family offices, international collectors, artists, dealers, art institutions, art foundations, museums, galleries, governments and auction houses.
Specialist services range from advice on sale, purchase, loan, consignment and financing of art to exploitation and protection of copyright and cultural heritage issues.
Work Highlights:
Advising Artist - Advising artists on artist's moral rights and copyright in their work.
Large international art dealers - Reviewing and amending terms and conditions of sale for large international art dealers.
Heirs to a French estate - Representing the Heirs to a French estate to prevent a potential sale at a major auction house of stolen antiquities.
US artist's Foundation - Advising a US artist's Foundation on protection of copyright of the artist's work in the UK.
Private collector - Advising a private collector prior to the acquisition of a manuscript collection and negotiating the terms of purchase.
Swiss private collector - Advising a Swiss private collector on a claim against an auction house.
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The team at Mishcon de Reya manages to always get an accurate, detailed and well-thought-out answer to all questions in a timely manner no matter the complexity or jurisdiction.
Mishcon is recognised as being among the top law firms in terms of litigation and non-contentious matters relating to the art market.
Mishcon has a dedicated team which does an awful lot of international work. They do a mix of art, cultural heritage protection and regulatory; they do the full suite.
The team at Mishcon de Reya manages to always get an accurate, detailed and well-thought-out answer to all questions in a timely manner no matter the complexity or jurisdiction.
Mishcon is recognised as being among the top law firms in terms of litigation and non-contentious matters relating to the art market.
Mishcon has a dedicated team which does an awful lot of international work. They do a mix of art, cultural heritage protection and regulatory; they do the full suite.
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She is incredibly passionate and hard-working. I have never seen anyone do so much academic work outside of their practice. She has a real personal interest in art.
Amanda Gray is truly brilliant and has always supplied insightful advice.
Amanda is very well connected in the art world, which is very helpful in getting access to expert witnesses. She really understands her clients' commercial needs.
Words cannot describe how brilliant Karen Sanig is. I have worked with Karen intensely for decades and remain always impressed with the breadth and scope of her knowledge and the wisdom of her advice.
Karen Sanig is very well respected and is one of the eminent leaders in the art law world. She has seen a lot of important cases and is top of her game.
Karen is an incredible strategist. She can see within a really complicated matter how to quickly dissect the issues and forge a clear path to resolution.
Simon Chadwick has recently been promoted to partner at Mishcon de Reya. He brings his previous experience in a gallery to his art and cultural property practice. He regularly advises on significant disputes in the industry.
Simon has a background in the art market so he understands first hand how the market works and can apply his legal knowledge to that area very well.
Simon is unflappable: a cool head in a crazy industry.
Simon has a steel trap of a mind. He is very, very clever and quite a formidable lawyer.
Abby Brindley is a managing associate at Mishcon de Reya. She advises clients on art and cultural property disputes.
Abby exuded a strong sense of being in command and on top of the job. She was very businesslike and gave the impression that this was all in a day's work for her.
Abby has a great level of service and true commercial awareness.
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