Pierre Valentin | Fieldfisher
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My clients are leading art collectors, family offices, artists and their estates, art galleries, dealers and advisors, auction houses, museums and foreign governments looking to repatriate cultural property or developing large cultural projects. I handle disputes and international transactions, and I advise on a broad range of topics including export and import controls, intellectual property, anti-money laundering compliance and other semi-regulatory matters. My clients are worldwide. 

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Art restitution: Poland’s framework and the US HEAR Act

20.08.2026
Poland and the United States have taken contrasting approaches to art restitution claims, balancing legal certainty against the ability to pursue historical ownership claims on their merits.
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The Flemish Nazi Looted Art Restitution Decree

16.06.2026
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David Drake and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

23.02.2026
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Hidden in transit: the uneasy relationship between freeports and the darker side of the trade in cultural property

12.12.2025
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Tariffs and the Art World: What is going on?

03.11.2025
The entire Trump-tariff saga is as chaotic as it is confusing. Since January 2025, the current Trump administration has wielded various US statutes to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports. These measures, implemented via a patchwork of executive orders and shrouded in emergency-powers justifications, sent shockwaves through global supply chains, battered US businesses facing higher input costs, and left economists scrambling to forecast the next twist in an ever-evolving trade battle.
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