Representative Engagements
Our team has handled a wide variety of art-related matters, including:
Repatriating dozens of cultural assets to their countries of origin, including Egypt, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, China, and Mexico.
Conducting due diligence on potential acquisitions and facilitating all aspects of transactions for major artworks, antiquities, dinosaur fossils, natural history specimens, memorabilia, and other rare collectibles.
Advising and handling litigation on art authenticity matters.
Guiding NAGPRA repatriation process for museums with ancestors and cultural items in their collections.
Drafting artist agreements for major public works.
For the world’s leading auction house, handling federal litigation regarding ownership of a rare antiquity.
For a major museum, advising on board governance issues and collections best practices; reviewing provenance of objects in collection and advise on acquisitions; advising on foreign cultural heritage legislation and import/export issues with objects in museum’s collection, for future purchase, or on loan; assisting with settlement negotiations involving museum client and foreign sovereigns for the repatriation of objects.
For current and former members of Congress, filing as amici curiae before the Ninth Circuit supporting restitution of Nazi-looted artworks to claimant heir.
Assisting nonprofit organization client in locating sculpture stolen during 1960s and negotiating its return from current possessor.
For a nonprofit cultural heritage organization, orchestrating cultural heritage restoration project in Syria and complying with Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions and reporting requirements.
Providing general counsel services to museums and other cultural institutions.
Advising on the handling of decommissioned Confederate monuments at local museums.
Assisting collector with transactional issues involved in marketing and sale of rare natural history specimens.
Advising nonprofit organization on community engagement, board diversity, and structural parity in museum governance.
Preparing model conservation services agreement for professional organization.