Art law

[ ART LAW]

Our firm specializes in art law and art market law, and handles complex, high-profile cases on behalf of a renowned clientele: museum institutions, art foundations, art galleries, well-known artists or their beneficiaries, auction houses and art experts.

For example, we have acted for the Musée D’Orsay in the management of international donations, or in litigation concerning claims involving works of art, for contentious artists’ estates for painters such as Vuillard, Degottex, Zao Wou Ki, Braque, Hartung, but also for authors and writers such as Gérard de Villiers and major collectors.

We also manage and defend the rights of numerous and famous photographers such as Raymond Cauchetier, Georges Pierre, Vincent Rossell, Dimitri Coste, Vincent Mercier, Francis Giacobetti.

We provide consultancy services through protective and effective sales, deposit and commission contracts.

In the event of disputes (litigation), our expertise enables us to manage complex litigation that often require the application of international law, with both civil and criminal issues at stake (misappropriation, forgery, theft, handling of stolen goods) in matters of intellectual property and inheritance rights, taking into account their specific features, such as moral rights protection, property rights, works of art, or dations in payment.

We intervene in matters of sale cancellation, VSC liability, civil matters and counterfeiting.

We advise and defend museums, foundations, galleries, experts, artists, artists’ estates and collectors in this field.