Davina Given
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Art and Cultural Property Law
Band 1
About
Provided by Davina Given
Practice Areas
Partner Davina Given takes on the most complex commercial and financial disputes for clients. She advises multinational corporates and financial institutions on a range of disputes, including claims arising out of financial structures such as hedge fund linked notes and syndicated loans, as well as breaches of warranty and professional negligence. In addition, she has extensive experience of national and international internal, regulatory and criminal investigations in relation to money laundering, bribery, sanctions, smuggling and compliance with financial regulation. Davina also has an interest in art-related disputes.
Career
Trained Allen & Overy LLP; qualified 2004; Allen & Overy 2004-12; RPC 2014; partner RPC 2015.
Professional Memberships
London Solicitors Litigation Association; Commercial Litigators' Forum (Committee Member); Financial Services Lawyers Association; Professional Advisers to the International Art Market; Female Fraud Forum.
Publications
Davina was a contributor to ‘Serious Economic Crime: A boardroom guide to prevention and compliance’ (ed Travers, 2011).
Chambers Review
UK
Davina Given brings a wealth of experience to art and cultural property disputes, including matters concerning ownership, provenance and attribution. She also represents clients in art-related criminal matters, such as illegal export and negligence cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Davina is very sensible, commercially minded and a tough litigator. She also has a strong personal interest in art, which is not always true of people. She gets very invested."
"Davina is extremely thorough, conscientious and intelligent."
"Davina has strong and deep links to the art market, and a good understanding of how the client views these cases and the reality of how they pan out in the court."
"Davina is very sensible, commercially minded and a tough litigator. She also has a strong personal interest in art, which is not always true of people. She gets very invested."
"Davina is extremely thorough, conscientious and intelligent."
"Davina has strong and deep links to the art market, and a good understanding of how the client views these cases and the reality of how they pan out in the court."
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