Who we are
Our law firm is entirely devoted to clients in the art world, the art market and the world of literature.
Alexis Fournol and his team regularly advise living artists, artists' estates, art galleries, collectors, auction houses and experts.
Our firm is composed of attorneys registered with the Paris Bar, with degree in art history, and particularly sensitive to the issues facing artists, their heirs and other major actors in the art market.
Alexis Fournol is one of the leading lawyers recognized in the field of art law and the art market. He is regularly invited to speak at conferences in France and abroad, and is a regular contributor to the French edition of The Art Newspaper. Alexis Fournol also works for many actors in the world of literary publishing, comics & graphic novels, and graphic design.
What we do
Our law firm provides both a strong legal added value in this specialized field and recognized expertise in understanding the issues of the actors and the functioning of this particular sector that is the art market.
Our law firm provides advisory and litigation services.
Among the services offered by our law firm, we provide in particular:
- on all issues related to the authentication of works of art (for the benefit of artists, their heirs, specialists, authors of catalogues raisonnés or scholars, etc.)
- on all contractual issues encountered by artists (contract to commission a work of art, contract with an art gallery, contract to sell a work of art, etc.)
- on all copyright issues: defense of copyright, droit de suite (resale right), representation right, display right, exhibition right, reproductions of photographs, sculpture, paintings, design, etc.
- on all issues relating to the legality of private sales or auction sales (annulment, liability of the auction houses, experts, galleries, etc.)
- negotiation of book publication contracts & negotiation of the adaptation of any book into a film, television series or comic book, etc.
- implementation of any legal action for infringement against publishers, authors or third parties taking over the work without authorization,
Our law firm also supports our Clients in Belgium (Brussels), in defending their interests, whether in contract negotiations or in legal proceedings.
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Our firm is located in Paris near the Museum of Romantic Life, in the famous New Athens district, between Hotel Drouot and Pigalle, between our clientele of auctioneers and experts and our clientele of artists.
+33 1 86 95 78 11 - contact @ fournol-avocat.fr