For over a decade, the Firm has worked in sectors that share a need for a distinctive approach. A work of art, a piece of designer furniture, an archive, a manuscript, an architectural creation, a valuable horse, a private collection or an author\u2019s estate can never be reduced to its legal characterisation alone. Each carries a history, a value, a provenance, an attribution, a purpose, a reputation and a legacy.<\/p>\n
This distinctiveness lies at the heart of the approach taken by the lawyers at Fournol & Associ\u00e9s.[\/nectar_responsive_text][divider line_type=”No Line” divider_opacity=”10″ custom_height=”50px”][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”none” font_style=”h2″ mobile_disable_animation=”true” font_size_max=”55px” content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” text_content=”Expertise built around assets, works and rights” font_size=”2.1vw” font_size_tablet=”4vw” font_size_phone=”6vw” text_direction=”default” font_line_height=”1.1″][\/split_line_heading][nectar_responsive_text inherited_font_style=”default” font_size_min=”19px” font_size_max=”22px” text_direction=”default” font_size_desktop=”20px” font_line_height=”150%” font_size_tablet=”20px” font_size_phone=”19px”]The Firm acts in matters where several areas of law intersect: copyright law, art market law, publishing law, auction law, cultural heritage law, customs law governing cultural property, criminal law relating to art and cultural heritage, art taxation, non-profit and philanthropy law, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance, publishing agreements, inheritance and estate law, equine law, liability law, and civil, commercial and criminal litigation.<\/p>\n
This cross-disciplinary expertise enables the Firm\u2019s lawyers to consider every matter in its full legal, economic, heritage-related, reputational and human context.<\/p>\n
Whether securing a sale, negotiating an agreement, defending an attribution, structuring an estate, arranging the reissue of a work, protecting moral rights, organising a collection, advising an author, challenging an expert opinion, representing an auction house or handling an equine-related dispute, the Firm develops a strategy tailored to the precise nature of the interests at stake.<\/p>\n
The Firm advises clients across a number of sectors: the art market; artists and artist estates; museums, foundations and philanthropy; publishing; the creative and cultural industries; private collectors; architecture; design and the decorative arts; and the equine sector.[\/nectar_responsive_text][divider line_type=”No Line” divider_opacity=”10″ custom_height=”50px”][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”none” font_style=”h2″ mobile_disable_animation=”true” font_size_max=”55px” content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” font_size=”2.1vw” font_size_tablet=”4vw” font_size_phone=”6vw” text_direction=”default” font_line_height=”1.1″ text_content=”An international practice”][\/split_line_heading][nectar_responsive_text inherited_font_style=”default” font_size_min=”19px” font_size_max=”22px” text_direction=”default” font_size_desktop=”20px” font_line_height=”150%” font_size_tablet=”20px” font_size_phone=”19px”]Based in Paris, Fournol & Associ\u00e9s advises French and international clients on matters that frequently raise cross-border issues. Sales, acquisitions, estates, reissues, exhibitions, adaptations, ownership claims and disputes often engage several jurisdictions, legal systems and professional practices.<\/p>\n
Whenever required, the Firm works in close coordination with trusted foreign counsel to deliver a coherent and precise strategy tailored to the particular issues at stake.[\/nectar_responsive_text][divider line_type=”No Line” divider_opacity=”10″ custom_height=”50px”][split_line_heading line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”none” font_style=”h2″ mobile_disable_animation=”true” font_size_max=”55px” content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” link_target=”_self” font_size=”2.1vw” font_size_tablet=”4vw” font_size_phone=”6vw” text_direction=”default” font_line_height=”1.1″ text_content=”Recognition”][\/split_line_heading][nectar_responsive_text inherited_font_style=”default” font_size_min=”19px” font_size_max=”22px” text_direction=”default” font_size_desktop=”20px” font_line_height=”150%” font_size_tablet=”20px” font_size_phone=”19px”]The Firm\u2019s expertise is regularly recognised by leading professional rankings, including The Legal 500 and D\u00e9cideurs Magazine, which have highlighted its art market law practice in particular.<\/p>\n
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