Hugo Bats is a lawyer registered with the Paris Bar and founder of Bats Verdier Avocats, a law firm recognized for three consecutive years in Art Market Law by the Décideurs / Leaders League ranking. He advises art dealers on all their day-to-day legal matters: securing transactions and terms of sale, protecting copyright in artworks and designer furniture — counterfeiting, resale rights, moral rights, reproduction in catalogues and on the internet — authenticity and provenance issues, AML/CFT compliance and customs controls, the circulation of cultural property, as well as drafting commercial contracts and defending their interests in litigation.
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The Syndicat des Négociants en Art brings together, represents, and supports art market professionals, both in France and internationally.