Counsel to the Art Market
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WE PROVIDE HIGH-LEVEL LEGAL SERVICES TO THE ART MARKET
Pearlstein & McCullough is a New York law firm specializing in art law and the international art market. We help clients who buy, sell, collect, and consult on high value art. It’s all we do. We thoroughly understand the issues and legalities of the art trade and work closely with those who handle art for a living. Our partners, William Pearlstein and Michael McCullough have decades of experience dealing with the legal issues peculiar to the art market. Additionally, Anju Uchima, of counsel, is a seasoned litigator with extensive knowledge of art law.
Our clients include leading collectors, art dealers, auction houses, and museums throughout the United States. Our firm regularly handles all manner of art law matters, including private art sales, art auction sales, online art auctions, commercial art transactions, art lending, consignment guarantees, art disputes, civil litigation, and criminal defense in relation to art. Additionally, we are experts in cultural property law and regulated sectors of the art market, such as antiquities, endangered species (including ivory), customs, seizures and sales tax.
When dealing with high-value works of art worth thousands or millions of dollars, savvy art market participants and investors understand the need for sophisticated legal counsel. New York art attorneys William Pearlstein and Michael McCullough understand the concerns of dealers, collectors, auction houses, and museums and how to best represent their interests. That is why Pearlstein & McCullough is one of the leading specialty art law firms for market insiders.
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PM Client Alert: Anti-Money Laundering
US Congress Decides to Regulate the Art Market Last week, Congress decided to apply the Bank Secrecy Act to antiquities dealers. The new law, once signed by the President, will require antiquities dealers to adopt anti-money laundering programs to detect illegal...