Rebecca Foden

Practice Areas

Rebecca is a Senior Associate within the Litigation team. She has a wide ranging commercial litigation practice with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, art litigation and cross border civil fraud claims. Rebecca acts for companies, international clients and high net worth individuals.

In the field of art law, including art litigation, Rebecca represents collectors, dealers, artists, foundations and galleries. She deals with all aspects of art litigation, including cases involving, professional negligence, attribution, authenticity, disputed ownership, fraud, guarantees, recovery, insolvency and enforcement.

Rebecca's notable art law cases have included representing a Claimant vendor in a professional negligence claim against a leading auction house relating to the sale of a painting which was sold as a copy but subsequently attributed to Caravaggio (Thwaytes v Sotheby's [2015] EWHC 36 (Ch)); representing Claimant vendors in a professional negligence claim against a leading auction house relating to a painting which was sold as 'studio of Titian' and which is now attributed to Titian. The claim settled immediately before trial, but was widely reported in the media.

Professional Memberships

PAIAM