Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP is a New York-based art law practice handling complex disputes and transactions across the art market and museum sector. Its work spans litigation, negotiation, and advisory matters involving authenticity, ownership, provenance, consignments, loans, copyright, donor restrictions, and claims involving looted, lost, or stolen art.

The practice also advises on acquisitions, dispositions, gifts, exhibition agreements, licenses, auction contracts, and other art-related commercial arrangements. It combines art-specific legal work with access to related disciplines including tax, trusts and estates, intellectual property, bankruptcy, arbitration and mediation, and secured transactions.

Headquartered in New York City within a larger international firm, Hughes Hubbard & Reed is positioned for matters that carry significant legal, financial, cross-border, or institutional complexity.