Timothy Maxwell
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Art and Cultural Property Law
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About
Provided by Timothy Maxwell
Practice Areas
Tim blends commercial litigation, private wealth experience with a market leading specialism in art law and cultural property law. He has been separately recognised for his expertise in relation to other luxury assets such as collector cars and wine whilst also advising on matters involving musical instruments, jewellery and yachts.
Tim is instructed by a wide spectrum of clients ranging from artists to government institutions.
Tim has been involved in notable cases involving artists’ rights, street art & brands, insurance, art finance, auction house conduct, attribution & authenticity, provenance & title, export & import, fraud, fakes & forgeries, guarantees, restitution & recovery.
Career
Boodle Hatfield LLP 2003-2019
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP 2019-2022
Joined Wedlake Bell in November 2022
Professional Memberships
IBA Art, Cultural Institutions & Heritage Law Committee.
Pool of Arbitrators for the Court of Arbitration for Art.
Register of Arbitrators in the Venice Chamber of Arbitration.
The Institute of Art & Law.
PAIAM.
Publications
Contributor to Sale of Goods – Volume 34 of the Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents.
Ownership of Street Art, Art Antiquity & Law, Volume 21, Issue 1 (April 2016) pp 73-82.
Various ad hoc articles contributions to Apollo, New Law Journal, Law Society Gazette and the Step Journal.
He has also been quoted in the mainstream media and broadsheets whilst often providing insights for trade press such as the Art Newspaper and the Antiques Trade Gazette.
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Tim Maxwell is highly regarded for handling art litigation, including matters related to ownership, provenance and authenticity.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Tim’s experience as legal counsel in the art world was invaluable. He was highly professional and made the correct decisions about the direction in which we would be the most successful."
"Tim is highly professional and highly astute. He thinks of all the things no one else in the room has thought of, which gives clients a great amount of confidence."
"Tim's grasp of intellectual property is second to none. He is brilliant and incredibly shrewd. There was no question that we were in safe hands."
"Tim’s experience as legal counsel in the art world was invaluable. He was highly professional and made the correct decisions about the direction in which we would be the most successful."
"Tim is highly professional and highly astute. He thinks of all the things no one else in the room has thought of, which gives clients a great amount of confidence."
"Tim's grasp of intellectual property is second to none. He is brilliant and incredibly shrewd. There was no question that we were in safe hands."
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