What’s new in art law? Roundtable discussion insights
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On Monday, April 28, 2025, the Center for Art Law, in collaboration with Fieldfisher and sponsored by Fieldfisher Paris, hosted a roundtable discussion in London titled “Art Law in London: What’s New in Art Law.” The event convened leading experts to examine key developments shaping the regulation of the visual arts sector.
The panel focused on three emerging and complex areas:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Creator Rights
The rise of AI in the creative industries calls for clear legal frameworks to safeguard creators’ rights and define boundaries around machine-generated content. - Evolving Tax Regimes
The UK government’s historic move to abolish the ‘remittance basis’ of taxation, in place for over two hundred years, has major implications for international art dealers and collectors whose transactions have a UK nexus. - Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance
Increased regulatory scrutiny and AML obligations are transforming how transactions in the art market are documented and vetted, with significant compliance implications for market participants.
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Subscribe nowSpeakers included:
- Atreya Mathur: Director of Legal Research at the Center for Art Law. An attorney from India, she specialises in Competition, Innovation, and Information Laws, with a focus on copyright, intellectual property, and art law. She is also the co-founder of Meraki Consultancy, which focuses on legal academia and higher education in law.
- Aaron Taylor: Commercial barrister at Fountain Court Chambers with expertise in civil fraud, banking and finance, energy, commercial crime, and aviation. He has a particular interest in art and cultural property disputes, especially those involving fraud or forgeries. Aaron lectures on art law at the London School of Economics and will be a Visiting Fellow in art law at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for the Easter Term 2025. He is currently authoring a book on fraud, fakes, and financial crime in the art market.
- Alice Vink: Partner at Fieldfisher specialising in personal tax and wealth planning, focusing on international structuring and wealth preservation. She discussed recent and upcoming issues concerning UK taxation of internationally mobile individuals and their assets, including succession, the international relocation of artwork, and potential planning opportunities.
The discussion offered insight into how legal professionals, collectors, and institutions can navigate the shifting regulatory environment and seize opportunities in a globalised art market.
Fieldfisher's art law team quoted in the news
We’re proud to share that Fieldfisher's Noor Kadhim was recently quoted in The Guardian in coverage of international legal developments affecting the global art market — a timely recognition that followed the roundtable in London.
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