Art Law 2024 – Best practices Q&A guide
What due diligence enquiries are expected from the seller of an artwork? Which export controls apply to cultural property? What tax liability arises from ownership and transfer of art, antiques and collectibles? These questions and many more are answered in the Swiss chapter covered by Anne Laure Bandle and Arnaud Cywie in Lexology Art…
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Executive LLM at the London School of Economics and Political Science
Anne Laure Bandle will lecture on the Executive LLM Programme of the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on 15-19 April 2024. Invited by Professor Tatiana Flessas (LSE), a renowned expert in cultural property and legal theory, Anne Laure Bandle’s courses will focus on legal challenges in contemporary art, art trade,…
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International mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
Can a legal person invoke Article 2 EIMP to try to thwart a request for international mutual assistance in criminal matters concerning the surrender of its patrimonial assets? Loris Bertoliatti discusses this issue in a summary of the Swiss Supreme Court’s decision 1C_540/2023 dated 2 February 2024, published in French on the online platform…
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