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Our large but close-knit team offers truly expert know-how with pragmatic art law advice and excellent service. What makes us unique is that our team spans different departments and disciplines, meaning we can offer full service art law and luxury asset advice, calling on an extensive network of external experts as needed.
We have an unrivalled pedigree of providing excellent legal advice to individuals, institutional collectors, estates and trustees, galleries, art and antique dealers on art law issues for 300 years.
Our art lawyers advise on issues from the disputed authenticity of Old Masters, to conditional exemption claims and cutting-edge issues facing street artists.
Our outstanding reputation reflects the experience and expertise that we have accumulated, which itself helps us to understand the quirks peculiar to the fields in which our art law clients invest, work and flourish.
With offices in two of London’s largest artistic hubs, Mayfair and Bankside, our team has a thorough understanding of the market. Blending arts knowledge and legal expertise ensures we get the best results for our clients, which include artists and their estates, international auction houses, private and institutional collectors, galleries, art and antique dealers, valuers and independent advisors, trustees and leading landed estates, and financiers.
How we help
Our cross-departmental art law experts advise on:
- Commercial issues to enable you to manage your gallery, business or collection
- Heritage property and tax planning
- Dispute resolution involving art, cultural and luxury assets and disagreements with galleries or museums
- Property issues for artists, galleries and museums
- Issues involving the valuing and division of art and luxury assets arising on divorce.
What sets us apart is our understanding of the unique issues and concerns that apply to the art world, and our ability to draw on an extensive network of contacts, including experts, valuers and institutions, where necessary. The team are founder members of PAIAM (Professional Advisers to the International Arts Market), are members of IAL (Institute of Art Law) and are recommended by BADA (British Antique Dealers Association).
We have an award-winning blog and dedicated Twitter and Instagram feeds that keep our readers up to date on art law and art market news. Discover our dedicated Art Law & More blog.
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Mayfair Art Weekend
Since 2014, Boodle Hatfield has sponsored Mayfair Art Weekend, a gallery event for art collectors and enthusiasts based in Mayfair. Now a key date in London’s cultural calendar, the event draws visitors from all over the world and has seen 150 galleries, auction houses and studios open their doors to the public for one exclusive weekend. Find out more about the event and how Boodle Hatfield have been involved here.
Recommended reading
20 Jul 2022
Grappling with Graffiti: Street art – who owns it?
Litigation and Art Law Partner, Simon Fitzpatrick, Associate, Rosie Adcock and Trainee Solicitor, Ruby Dyce comment on the rise of street art, thanks to the likes of artists such as Banksy and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and the resulting disputes over ownership which are often tied to property and land law.
Read more 05 Jul 2022 Prevention is better than cure: Avoiding Crypto / NFT fraud and theft (Part 1 of 2)With a rise in reports surrounding NFT and cryptocurrency scams, Partner, Kellie Jones, Associate, Rosie Adcock and Trainee, Ruby Dyce highlight what strategies can be put in place by those creating, buying or selling NFTs.
Read more 23 Jun 2022 Supporting young Londoners to use art to express their response to climate changeWe are delighted to be sponsoring the Young London Print Prize run by Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. The prize provides a platform for young Londoners to use art to express their personal response to climate change and is driven by the idea that all young people can be artists in their own right.
Read more 07 Jun 2022 Mayfair Art Weekend: Opening the doors to Art in MayfairMayfair Art Weekend is back for 2022 and in its ninth year, the programme will open the doors to art in Mayfair between 24–26 June 2022.
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