Laure Assumpçao

Art law | Litigation & Arbitration

Position

Laure Assumpçao is a registered attorney in Paris and New York. She joined UGGC Avocats in 2015 and since then regularly represents and advises, alongside the members of the art law team, a wide range of domestic and international clients within the art sector.

Laure frequently handles actions to void sales of inauthentic artworks, restitution cases or criminal cases in the illicit traffic in cultural goods. She also has an extensive knowledge and experience in transactional issues relating to the art world.

Laure is also regularly involved in complex cross-border litigation and commercial arbitration cases.​

SOME PUBLICATIONS:

The Art Law Review – Chapter France 2020 - 2022  – Chapter France Getting the Deal Through Art Law – Chapter France 2018-2022 Journal Spécial des Sociétés, Le marché des ventes aux enchères de bandes dessinées, coordination Gérard Sousi, ” LA BANDE DESSINEE ET LE DROIT” – JSS N° 54 DU 12 SEPTEMBRE 2020 Journal Spécial des Sociétés, Le véhicule de collection sur les routes du Droit, coordination Gérard Sousi, Le véhicule de collection : définition et régime (with Jean-François Canat), 16 mai 2020, n°30 Gazette Drouot, La protection des œuvres d’art prêtées à la France, 4 May 2018, n°18 Gazette Drouot, La liberté d’expression de l’auteur d’un catalogue raisonné (with Jean-François Canat), 7 October 2016, n°34

TEACHING:

Paris2 Panthéon-Assas University, Prep course to qualify as an auctioneer, annual lecturer in Wills and Estate, since 2018 Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University, Center for continuing education, annual lecture on Private Sales of Artworks, warranties and liabilities and on Wills and Estate, since 2016