Richard Hart
Partner
Art & cultural property law
Our global team blends specialised legal skills in art and cultural property law and deep market knowledge, ensuring we can tackle any art-related legal challenges our clients encounter, whether transactional or contentious.
Our Art & Cultural Property Law team has extensive and outstanding experience, Including:
- International loan agreements: Advising on lending collections to major international museums including the Met, the Louvre, and the V&A.
- Disputes and ADR: We have a strong, internationally recognised practice handling disputes involving authenticity, provenance, ownership, fraud, and restitution, supported by expert witnesses and our global network.
- Anti-money laundering and fraud: Guiding clients in building compliance frameworks and navigating investigations amid growing regulatory focus.
- Art transactions: Advising on international sales, purchases, loans, consignments, due diligence relating to provenance and agreements with auction houses.
- Banking and financial: Supporting art investment structures and lending secured against artworks.
- Tax: Advising on corporation tax, VAT, and import/export duties.
- Cultural property: Advising on restitution of looted artworks, including those from the Nazi era.
- Intellectual property: Helping clients protect and commercialise their collections through copyright, licensing, and digitisation.
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