Mishcon de Reya LLP

The offering at Mishcon de Reya LLP is well-equipped to assist its portfolio of clients on domestic and cross-jurisdictional matters, ranging from advising on large-scale art transactions such as buying, selling, exhibiting and loaning, and complex financing matters, to handling claims of repatriation of property looted during the Nazi period. Amanda Gray, who is noted by clients as ‘one of the most brilliant lawyers’, co-heads the team alongside ’doyenne of art law in London’ Karen Sanig. Complex, international gallery and auction disputes form a key part of Gray’s practice, and Sanig is equipped to assist a breadth of clients, including artists’ estates, collectors, dealers, art foundations and charities, auction houses, galleries, museums and governments. Simon Chadwick handles the full range of art-related commercial disputes, and the ‘incredibly knowledgeable’ Michelle Stroube is also a name to note.