legal representation

ATTORNEY - DANIELLE FALLS (first gen law)

Danielle negotiates, litigates and advises Uzo on the full range of legal issues that arise concerning works of art, the art market and the art world.

The art-specific Issues she commonly advises on include:

• antitrust law in the art market

• appraisals

• artists’ estates and foundations

• auctioneers’ duties and rights

• authentication committees and catalogues raisonnés

• authenticity disputes

• bankruptcy, creditors’ rights and security interests in works of art

• consignment agreements

• copyrights in works of art and reproductions of works of art

• cultural patrimony laws, regulations concerning the import and export of art, and international cultural treaties

• defamation and product defamation concerning works of art and their provenance

• donor restrictions on use or display of donated works

• droit moral and the Visual Artists Rights Act

• gifts, acquisitions, dispositions and loans

• international tax treaties affecting cross-border art transactions

• internet sites concerning art and art sales

• joint ownership of works of art

• loans of artwork to museums and exhibition agreements

• lost and stolen works of art

• misappropriation of artwork and design

• new media agreements

• private dealer sales

• private treaties