Welcome to the art due diligence group.
Buying and selling high value art in the current climate comes with risks. Due Diligence prior to the transaction is key.
The Art Due Diligence Group is a multi-disciplinary team of leading experts committed to assisting the entire sales process to manage risk effectively.
Sound due diligence means verification of the artwork, the process and the parties.
It involves effective provenance research, trusted connoisseurship, foolproof art forensics and full verification of the parties to the transaction.
In Post transaction, in the event of fraud or misdescription having the right experts is key.
Having worked together for many years, the ADDG members offer a co-ordinated approach in relation to the following key aspects of a sale:
PRE-SALE DUE DILIGENCE
- Legal title and claim checks
- Art Historical research
- Transactional legal services
- Stolen art recovery services
- Art Forensics
- Independent art brokerage
- Security & investigation services
- Reputation Management
- Other legal services
- AML checks
- National Treasure and cultural heritage laws
POST SALE SUPPORT
- Mediation
- Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Actions for Art Fraud
- Training in care of the portfolio & collections management
- Investigation of any stolen art issue
- Reputation Management: Defamation
Privacy & Internet Law
Our Services
Legal title & claim checks
Art Historical research
Dispute resolution, litigation
& actions for art fraud.
Stolen art recovery services
Art Forensics
Independent art brokerage
Security & Investigation services
Reputation Management and Privacy
Other Legal services
AML Checks
Mediation
Training: Collections management, Art risk on yachts, Art appreciation, AML Regulations, GDPR.
Whether you have already hired or have a preferred service provider for any of the due diligence steps, we can help you to complete the process and work with your advisors to complete the steps from an independent and objective stance.
You can benefit from any of the services within the group or we can provide a fully comprehensive service depending on what is required for your specific artwork/s.
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The Group
Active Inc (Database, title and Claim check specialists)
Art Recovery International LLC (Art recovery specialists)
Art Discovery (Forensics and art research specialists)
Malcolm Taylor Consultancy (Art Mediation Services)
Vitruvian Arts Ltd (Brokerage and Independent fine art consultants)
Virtus Risk Management (Security and Due Diligence specialists)
The 36 Group (A set of chambers with barristers specialising in art, property and commercial law)
Taylor Hampton Solicitors (Dispute resolution, litigation and reputation management specialists)
Pandora Art Services (Art management for superyachts and Art Education)
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The Group was formed to enable full and proper Due Diligence in High Value Art Transactions.
view servicesThere are many ways in which to engage in potentially safe high value art transactions – through many world-wide art galleries, through independent brokerages, through art fairs, through online portals – provided that proper due diligence checks be undertaken. The recent growth in the market-place is great news for the art trade as a whole and we are here to help the business of art to continue to thrive. We are here to provide that expert independent support so the trade can do business without fearing the risks and consequences.
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The Group was formed to enable full and proper due diligence in high value art transactions. Members of this group have been providing their particular specialist work as part of the due diligence service to the art trade for many years and through a market driven need for joined up thinking and a smooth and efficient process for due diligence in art transactions, we have come together to provide a one stop shop for art buyers or art sellers and/or their agents. We are here to give the trade the support that it needs to outsource the conduct of due diligence in high value art transactions to experts who can take these necessary steps on behalf of clients.
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We have found that our clients need assistance for more than one of the steps of the due diligence process and by forming one group, with the relevant expertise under one roof, we can streamline the process and provide a cost effective and efficient service. We also understand the specific services of our group members and are therefore able to get to the heart of what our clients need quickly and efficiently. The art market more than ever faces potential litigation and financial risks and our service is designed to help alleviate potential concerns and as far as possible minimise those risks.
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We are here to give the trade the support that it needs to outsource the conduct of due diligence in high value art transactions to experts who can take these necessary steps on behalf of clients. Many of our clients choose to use a few reputable organisations through which to do their art buying and selling because they desire a professional and safe means of doing business.
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Our Clients
We have good relationships with clients and art market players in the following areas
Private clients and art collectors
Museums public and private
Foundations
Estates and Trusts
Superyacht owners, captains & management
Art dealers
Art Funds
Foundations
Family offices: SFOs and MFOs
In the course of our business we also work closely with many other participants in the art market including the following:
Wealth managers, Bankers & Financiers
Insurance Underwriters, Adjusters & Brokers
Shipping & Logistics companies
Valuers and appraisers
Artists’ estates and authenticating bodies
Subject specialist experts