Borel & Barbey actively engages with legal developments by regularly contributing to specialised literature, participating in conferences, and being involved in the academic world.
This section provides you with an overview of the Firm’s latest news, including our publications, the conferences and talks we have participated in, recent cases we have handled, as well as the awards and distinctions we have received. You will also find important announcements and legislative developments that are shaping our legal environment.
“The Sale of Misattributed Artworks and Antiques at Auction”, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024 Borel & Barbey is pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of The Sale...
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...
Spotlight on the new publication “Art transactions – risks and responsibilities“, edited by Anne Laure Bandle. In this volume, she has contributed a chapter on forgeries and issues of authentication...
Anne Laure Bandle penned an article on artists as patrons in the November issue of the AGEFI magazine dedicated to philanthropy. In this contribution, Anne Laure Bandle looks at :...
In Art & Law 2022, Anne Laure Bandle wrote a chapter on art auction price guarantees in which she analyses the contractual arrangements of such guarantees provided by auction houses or...
Anne Laure Bandle and Arnaud Cywie cover the Swiss chapter of Lexology GTDT Art Law 2022 which has just been published. This publication is a quick reference guide enabling side-by-side comparison of national...
The fascination around works of art and cultural property makes them objects that raise complex legal issues. Their protection calls for rules from the most diverse areas of national, international...
In an article issued by the newspaper Le Temps, Anne Laure Bandle discusses the culture of confidentiality in the art market and the related change of paradigm. The article is available online.
Anne Laure Bandle contributed to the latest issue of the Swiss Arbitration Association’s journal with an article on “Arbitrage contemporain à Art Basel ?” (38 ASA Bulletin 3/2020) co-authored with Marion...
Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article in the newspaper Le Temps on the impact of the coronavirus on the art market and agreements. The article is available online.
Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article in the Le Temps newspaper about the reform of the copyright “in the Internet age” which will probably enter into force in 2020. To access the...
Attorney Anne Laure Bandle wrote an article in Le Temps magazine about art collectors and their duty of due diligence when buying and selling work of art. To access the article please...
The online legal resource platform Getting the Deal Through has just published a Q&A on art law. For each country, art lawyers have answered the most common questions arising when...
