Professional background
My clients are leading art collectors, family offices, artists and their estates, art galleries, dealers and advisors, auction houses, museums and foreign governments looking to repatriate cultural property or developing large cultural projects. I handle disputes and international transactions, and I advise on a broad range of topics including export and import controls, intellectual property, anti-money laundering compliance and other semi-regulatory matters. My clients are worldwide.
Authored pieces
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Tariffs and the Art World: What is going on?
03.11.2025
The entire Trump-tariff saga is as chaotic as it is confusing. Since January 2025, the current Trump administration has wielded various US statutes to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports. These measures, implemented via a patchwork of executive orders and shrouded in emergency-powers justifications, sent shockwaves through global supply chains, battered US businesses facing higher input costs, and left economists scrambling to forecast the next twist in an ever-evolving trade battle.
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EU Regulation 2019/880 on the importation of cultural goods – The EU Commission Q&A Part 2
03.06.2025
Last month, we published a blog on the European Commission's second edition of the “Questions & Answers on the EU legislation on the introduction and the import of cultural goods (Regulation (EU) 2019/880)” (the “Q&A”). In that blog, we focused on the second part of the Q&A, namely three hypothetical case scenarios and the Commission’s commentary on those scenarios.
Lawyers I've worked with
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Helen Mulcahy Partner, Dispute ResolutionArt lawBanking LitigationCommercial FraudDispute Resolution
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Richard Pike PartnerLondon, England Email RichardCompetition, Regulation and Distribution LawDispute ResolutionPublic and RegulatoryTechnology
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