Paul Cossu

Practice Areas

Paul Cossu is a partner in Pryor Cashman’s Art Law Group, where he works on litigation and transactional matters for galleries, auction houses, museums, artists, advisors, collectors, and other members of the global arts community.

Paul’s litigation work includes a wide range of art-related cases in state and federal courts, including representing prominent collectors in claims against a former major art gallery that sold forgeries, good faith owners in actions defending against title claims (both in the traditional civil litigation and forfeiture contexts), purchasers in claims for breach of contract and violation of the New York’s Arts and Cultural Affairs Law, and artists in high-profile copyright infringement cases (both bringing and defending against claims).

His transactional work includes acting as outside counsel to art galleries on day-to-day matters (including providing template forms and advising on employment and other operational matters) as well as drafting and negotiating time-sensitive purchase, sale, consignment, loan, commission, and security agreements.