England - London • Private client
Fieldfisher
Fieldfisher has an international and cross-departmental team of art lawyers, which advises on disputes, commercial matters and non-contentious issues. Areas of expertise span finance, tax planning, intellectual property, technology law and real estate matters. Names to note include Helen Mulcahy and Alice Vink. The group also has a growing presence in issues regarding the evolving regulations on anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism in the art market.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is friendly, collaborative and client focused. They are very commercial and strive to achieve the best outcomes possible for their clients'.
‘They are very commercial. They listen to their clients’.
‘The team is growing and becoming a centre of excellence'.
‘Helen Mulcahy is tireless in fighting on her client's behalf. She's also great to work with and instils great confidence'.
- 'Alice Vink is really smart and brings significant category expertise to the team, putting it on a par with all the other leading sector experts. She's also delightful to work with'.
‘Ability to focus in on key issues and ask essential questions needed to get to the right answer for our clients. Very approachable and a delight to work with'.
Key clients
- Getty Images
Work highlights
- Advising a major US bank as lead counsel on all of its new and existing facilities secured by artwork, advising on the structure of and putting in place new revolving credit facilities secured by portfolios of artwork.
- Advising Getty Images Group, claiming infringement of copyright and other rights relating to the unauthorised use of content to train an artificially intelligent image-generating product.
- Advising a country in connection with proceedings arising out of the disputed title to a significant artwork from that country, which had been stolen previously and transported to different jurisdictions.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Helen Mulcahy