Phillips Nizer LLP

Phillips Nizer, founded in 1926, is a full-service, mid-size law firm representing domestic and international clients in business, finance and real estate transactions, intellectual property matters, employment and labor law matters, commercial litigation, tax and estate planning, and private client services, with a particular focus on the arts & entertainment, fashion, real estate and technology industries.

Our Private Clients Group is distinguished by its collaborative, personalized approach to wealth preservation and planning. We advise U.S. and international high net worth individuals, multi-generational families, family offices, and fiduciaries on sophisticated personal, business, and cross-border legal matters. The group regularly coordinates with attorneys across the firm’s corporate, tax, real estate, matrimonial, litigation, and immigration practices to deliver fully integrated legal solutions.

• Estate, gift, and income tax planning (domestic and international)
• Wills and trust planning
• Estate and trust administration (domestic and international)
• Surrogate’s Court proceedings and fiduciary litigation
• Business succession planning
• Tax-exempt organizations and charitable giving
• Pre-immigration and expatriation tax planning
• Premarital and postmarital agreements
• Executive compensation and retirement benefits
• Private investments, including closely held businesses and real estate

• Our attorneys are nationally recognized for their leadership in Art & Cultural Property Law. We represent individual and institutional collectors, artists, estates, museums, galleries, fiduciaries, auction houses, and nonprofit cultural organizations on a broad spectrum of legal matters, including:
• Domestic and international art transactions
• Cultural property disputes
• Art provenance, title, and restitution matters
• Estate planning and administration for collectors, artists, and artists’ estates
• Intellectual property protection, licensing, enforcement, and counseling
• Legal risk management and due diligence for art acquisitions and sales
• Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) disputes
• Loan agreements and exhibition-related legal issues
• Legal issues related to conservation and restoration
• Art-related insurance issues
• Import/export regulations and customs compliance
• Litigation involving art and cultural assets
• Digital art, NFTs, AI and emerging technology in the art market
• Museum and foundation governance

Our cross-disciplinary approach allows us to provide comprehensive advice to clients operating at the intersection of law, art, and culture.

New York

485 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Phone: 212-977-9700

Fax: 212-262-5152

New Jersey

Continental Plaza

433 Hackensack Avenue, Suite 803

Hackensack, NJ 07601

Phone: 201-487-3700

Fax: 201-646-1764