Representative Matters And Clients

Our firm provides specialized services to stakeholders in the art market, including collectors, dealers, museums, designers, foundations, non-profit organizations, appraisers, and art experts. We also work with artists, designers, photographers, writers, dancers, entertainers, and even magicians, to protect their creative work, intellectual property, moral rights, and publicity rights. We have counseled and represented clients, including:

An art collector and museum trustee in successfully obtaining a nine-figure loan secured by art.
Foreign sovereign governments with the protection of their art and cultural heritage.
A well-known international artist and his studio with long-term legal planning goals, authentication procedures, and the establishment of a non-profit foundation to further his artistic and philanthropic interests.
An artist and his studio to negotiate the terms of a $35 million consignment agreement.
A collector as he proceeded with due diligence investigations, including title and authentication analysis, prior to the purchase of over $50 million in art.
A number of art galleries representing artists, demanding payment, and purchasing and selling valuable inventory.
An art collector who discovered, while in a thrift shop, an antiquity looted during WWII and sought to return it to its rightful owner.
A US museum in analyzing ownership issues related to gifts from donors.
An international museum and creative hub for the preservation and promotion of national cultural heritage, including intangible heritage such as traditional and contemporary dance performances.
A number of successful artists and designers in negotiating representation and consignment agreements.
Musical groups, writers, photographers, jewelry designers, and artists to develop their intellectual property portfolios and strengthen their brands.
An international fashion tech startup to file its operating agreement, establish corporate governance procedures, protect its intellectual property, and develop licensing and business strategies.
A major news publication to complete due diligence for defamation issues.
Multiple non-profit organizations to receive their 501(c)3 statuses and operate successful establishments.
Collectors to negotiate terms for the purchase of luxury cars, musical instruments, and other valuable items.
Film producers in negotiating and finalizing gap-financing and production service agreements.
Authors negotiating terms for publishing agreements.
Art authentication experts and connoisseurs to protect them against litigation.
A fashion company concerning cease and desist demands for luxury fashion goods.
International art galleries to demand rescission of purchase agreements for stolen or forged artwork.
A comic book collector with the sale and purchase of rare editions.
An artist providing exclusive artwork for a chain of luxury restaurants.
A notable magician and entertainer to reclaim his intellectual property rights after they were infringed by well-known producers.
An entertainment marketing agency in intellectual property matters and the purchase of the company’s shares in a purchase agreement.

Representative Matters and Clients

An art collector and museum trustee in successfully obtaining a nine-figure loan secured by art.

Foreign sovereign governments with the protection of their art and cultural heritage.

A well-known international artist and his studio with long-term legal planning goals, authentication procedures, and the establishment of a non-profit foundation to further his artistic and philanthropic interests.

An artist and his studio to negotiate the terms of a $35 million consignment agreement.

A collector as he proceeded with due diligence investigations, including title and authentication analysis, prior to the purchase of over $50 million in art.

A number of art galleries representing artists, demanding payment, and purchasing and selling valuable inventory.

An art collector who discovered, while in a thrift shop, an antiquity looted during WWII and sought to return it to its rightful owner.

A US museum in analyzing ownership issues related to gifts from donors.

An international museum and creative hub for the preservation and promotion of national cultural heritage, including intangible heritage such as traditional and contemporary dance performances.

A number of successful artists and designers in negotiating representation and consignment agreements.

Musical groups, writers, photographers, jewelry designers, and artists to develop their intellectual property portfolios and strengthen their brands.

An international fashion tech startup to file its operating agreement, establish corporate governance procedures, protect its intellectual property, and develop licensing and business strategies.

A major news publication to complete due diligence for defamation issues.

Multiple non-profit organizations to receive their 501(c)3 statuses and operate successful establishments.

Collectors to negotiate terms for the purchase of luxury cars, musical instruments, and other valuable items.

Film producers in negotiating and finalizing gap-financing and production service agreements.

Authors negotiating terms for publishing agreements.

Art authentication experts and connoisseurs to protect them against litigation.

A fashion company concerning cease and desist demands for luxury fashion goods.

International art galleries to demand rescission of purchase agreements for stolen or forged artwork.

A comic book collector with the sale and purchase of rare editions.

An artist providing exclusive artwork for a chain of luxury restaurants.

A notable magician and entertainer to reclaim his intellectual property rights after they were infringed by well-known producers.

An entertainment marketing agency in intellectual property matters and the purchase of the company’s shares in a purchase agreement.