Art market law
UGGC Avocats works for a wide range of national and international clients on a variety of issues at every stage in the life of a work of art, from its creation and circulation to its transmission.
Expertise
Art law
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Specific expertise
UGGC Avocats regularly assists private cultural institutions and foundations, auction houses, art galleries and collectors.
The firm has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting agreements and contracts, often cross-border, in the art market (commission, loan, exhibition, gallery/artist, purchase/sale, intermediary contracts, etc.), and is regularly instructed in market disputes (questions of ownership, provenance, attribution or authenticity), as well as in major wills and estates disputes involving works of art.
The firm also has specific expertise in the criminal law of art, and regularly represents clients in criminal proceedings relating to a wide range of offences involving works of art, such as theft, fraud, money laundering, counterfeiting, artistic forgery, etc.
