RAM's Sixth Annual Conference (Geneva, 4 March 2022)

RAM’s Sixth Annual Conference (Geneva, 4 March
2022)

The Art Market in Action!

We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming annual conference of the Responsible Art Market (RAM) Initiative on

                                       Friday, 4 March 2022, 1 pm – 5:30 pm CET

Constantly evolving to address new challenges and the ever changing world we live, this 6th annual RAM conference, to
be held in hybrid format (in person and online), will focus on the Art Market in Action !

We are delighted to welcome collector Sylvain Levy, for a fascinating keynote speech on Collecting art in the age of the
metaverse.

From the perspective of the collector we turn to art market professionals in presenting RAM’s latest publication, a “Toolkit
for Art Market Professionals”. Drafted by a working group of professionals from across the art market, the Toolkit aims
to provide practical guidance to gallerists, dealers, art advisors and auction houses on handling the challeng- es which can
arise when acting as intermediaries in the sale and purchase of works of art.

Through interactive dialogue and case studies, a panel of art market professionals will bring the Toolkit to life, sharing their
experiences and practical tips for addressing difficult situations regarding liability, remuneration and conflicts of interest
when they arise.

Following COP26 and growing public awareness and demands for businesses to address environmental and sustainability
issues, the second part of the conference will ask the question “What does sustainability mean for art businesses ?”.
A panel of professionals who have embarked on the journey to reduce their carbon footprints, will share their collective
experiences, practical tips and lessons learned so far.

You may register for this conference until 28 February 2022 by clicking here. The full program is available for
download here.

Media and advertising inquiries can be sent to info@responsibleartmarket.org.

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Toolkit for Art Market Intermediaries

Risks in the Art Market: Common Risks and How to
Mitigate Them (Webinars, 4th, 11th & 18th May
2021)

Risks in the Art Market:

                           Common Risks and How to Mitigate Them

                          Join us for our spring 2021 webinar series!

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 – Litigation Risks

Due diligence in art transactions: Some issues to consider before signing on the dotted line

Moderator:      Birgit Kurtz, RAM

Speakers:        Elaine Wood, Charles River Associates

                  Rebecca L. Fine, Athena Art Finance Corp.

                  Jennifer Mass, Ph.D., Scientific Analysis of Fine Art, LLC

Register here for the May 4 Webinar

Tuesday, May 11, 2021 – Regulatory Risks

What regulators expect from art market participants and practical tips for meeting this moving challenge

Moderator:      Birgit Kurtz, RAM

Speakers:       Andrea Al-Attar, The Law Office of Andrea T. Al-Attar, P.C.

                  Jane Levine, Columbia Law School; Former EVP, Chief Global Compliance Counsel, Sotheby’s

                 Zachary Goldman, WilmerHale

Register here for the May 11 Webinar

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Digital Risks

The latest on Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, etc. and what they mean for the art market

Moderator:      Megan Noh, Pryor Cashman LLP

Speakers:       Nanne Dekking, Artory New York – Berlin

                   Louise Carron, Center for Art Law

                 Amy Whitaker, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Register here for the May 18 Webinar

All webinars will take place from 12 noon to 1 pm Eastern (5 to 6 pm BST; 6 to 7 pm CET).

Attendance is free but registration is mandatory.

RAM’s Fifth Annual Conference (Geneva, 29 January
2021)

We are delighted to invite you to the upcoming annual conference of the Responsible Art Market (RAM)
Initiative on Friday, 29 January 2021, 1pm – 5pm CET:

                             INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN A RESPONSIBLE ART MARKET

For our fifth annual conference, which will be an online event, we will look at the “new normal” resulting from the
impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic on the art market and its practices. In the past year, the way the art market
interacts, communicates and transacts has changed indefinitely, bringing with it new opportunities as well as new challenges
and risks.

 With more business being done online, how can art market players exploit these new opportunities whilst
managing the associated challenges and risks? Is due diligence more important than ever in a digital art world? What
legal risks does this “new reality” entail? What are the new “responsible practices”?

As the global art market becomes more connected than ever, we will also have a look at trends and expectations for

2021 in some world’s main market jurisdictions. We will notably discuss the United Kingdom-European Union trading
relationship, anti-money laundering developments in the United States and art market trends from China.

This year, the webinar will be followed by an optional digital networking session which will take place at the end of the
event, allowing for interactive and dynamic discussions.

You may register for this conference until 27 January 2021 by clicking here. The full program is available for download
here. Media and advertising inquiries can be sent to info@responsibleartmarket.org.

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PROGRAMME

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Global perspectives China

Speakers

Audry Li

Audry (Hong) Li is a partner of Zhong Lun Law Firm，a top law firm in China. She co-heads the firm’s M&A practice group. She
also sits on the panel of arbitrators at CIETAC, SHIAC and SCIA. She obtained LL.M. degree from New York University School
of Law, LL.M. degree from Wuhan University School of Law, and B.A. and graduate diploma from Beijing Foreign Studies
University. Prior to joining Zhong Lun, she had worked for 7 years at the legal department of China International Chamber of
Commerce and CIETAC.
Audry is one of the earliest lawyers engaged in providing foreign-related legal services in China. She is also an outstanding
lawyer in the field of PRC corporate law with international reputation. Her practice is substantially focused on representing
multinational company clients on a broad range of complex matters including cross-border M&A, project restructuring and
direct investment.

Anne Laure Bandle

Anne Laure Bandle is the director of the Art Law Foundation, a foundation that aims to promote and coordinate the work and
research in the field of art law. In particular, it supports the research and teaching activities of the Art-Law Centre.
Moreover, Anne Laure is an attorney-at-law at the lawfim Borel & Barbey in Geneva where she advises clients in matters
related to works of art, copyright, contracts, estate planning, foundations and trusts.

Anne Laure is a lecturer in copyright, art and entertainment law at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, a lecturer in art
and philanthropy at the University of Geneva and a guest lecturer in cultural heritage and art law at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE).

She holds a PhD in law from the University of Geneva. It deals with the sale of misattributed artworks and antiques at
auction and is published with Edward Elgar Publishing.

Anne Laure is a member of the Task Force of the Responsible Art Market Initiative (RAM), the Association of Women in the
Arts (AWITA) executive committee, the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM) board, as well as of the
executive committee of the Musée de l’Elysée patrons club.

Anne Laure has been recognized as an expert in the field of art and cultural heritage law by Chambers and Partners 2019
and 2020.

Tom Christopherson

Tom Christopherson is a solicitor and consultant for Bonhams and Constantine Cannon LLP, and after some years as a
commercial lawyer at Freshfields spent 20 years at Sotheby’s, most of which as European General Counsel with
responsibility for the group’s legal issues across Europe and Asia.
Tom is a consultant lecturer at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and a member on the Executive Committees of the British Art
Market Federation and the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers. Tom is a member of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to
the International Art Market), is a Past Master and current trustee for The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, Chairman of
the Treasures Committee of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers, and a trustee of the Rolls Building Art and
Education Trust.

Melani Damani

Melanie Damani joined Hottinger Group in 2018 as Co- Founder and Managing Director of Hottinger Art Ltd.
Prior to joining Hottinger Group, Melanie was Head of Art Advisory at Edmond de Rothschild Group. She worked within the
Wealth Solutions Department, which aims to assist clients with protecting, increasing and transferring their wealth over
generations.

Before developing her career as an Art Advisor, Melanie was a corporate lawyer practicing at top-tier Swiss and international
law firms. In her last role as lawyer, Melanie was an Associate within the Wealth Management Group of law firm Baker &
Mckenzie in Zurich. She advised individuals, trust companies, private banks and other financial institutions on a wide range
of fiduciary issues including international tax, wealth and estate planning matters. She was also involved in mergers and
acquisitions, general corporate, and intellectual property matters. Melanie holds a MA (Hons) in Law from the University of
Geneva as well as a MA of Laws (LL.M) from the University of California at Berkeley. She also holds a MA (Hons) in Art
Business from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art, jointly delivered by the University of Manchester.

Melanie was presented with an award for Excellence in Business Development at the 2019 City of London Wealth
Management Awards.

Nanne Dekking

Nanne Dekking is the founder and CEO of Artory LLC, New York and Artory GmbH, Berlin.
In his former position at Sotheby’s New York, Dekking was Vice Chairman and the Worldwide Head of Private Sales. His close
relationships with collectors and museums in North America, Asia and Europe were integral to the continued growth of
private sales at Sotheby’s. Prior to joining Sotheby’s, Nanne was Vice President of Wildenstein & Co. Mr. Dekking advised
individuals, museums and foundations on the formation and development of their collections. From 1996-2001 Nanne was
the founder and principle of Nanne Dekking Fine Arts, an art consultancy firm and gallery in New York.

He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) through June 2020 and is a current

advisory board member of the Responsible Art Market Initiative.”

Nicolas Galley

Nicolas Galley is the founder and director of the Executive Master in Art Market Studies (University of Zurich). He holds a PhD
in art history (University of Fribourg, Switzerland). He received the Swiss Art Historians Association Award and several grants
to pursue his research at the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles) and the Columbia University (New York).
After working as a research assistant, he was active several years in the private banking industry in the art banking and
wealth management fields. He was also integrated in the talent program of the Julius Baer Academy focusing on
management, project management and financial analysis. He writes articles about the art market and is often invited to
talks and international conferences as an art market specialist. His current research is dedicated to the history of the art
market, art market new business models and varnish as an artistic material.

Sandrine Giroud

Sandrine Giroud is a partner with LALIVE (Geneva) specialising in domestic and international litigation, with a focus on
commercial disputes, fraud and asset recovery, white collar crime, art and cultural property, trust and estate, media law, as
well as public international law and human rights.
As part of her private client practice, she represents and defends HNWI in contentious trust & estates or inheritance matters,
as well as on art-related legal issues. She often represents collectors, art market professionals and museums on dispute
resolution and transactional matters.

Sandrine Giroud is a senior officer of the International Bar Association’s (IBA) Litigation Committee, a member of the Swiss
Bar Association (SAV/FSA) and a member of the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM). She acts as
President of the Human Rights committee of the Geneva Bar Association (ODA), she is also a member of the Board of the Art
Law Foundation, the Swiss National Museum and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum. She is a regular
speaker at international conferences and frequently publishes on matters related to her fields of expertise.

Sandrine has been an active Taskforce member of the Responsible Art Market Initiative (RAM) since 2016, helping to launch
the Initiative in 2017.

Mathilde Heaton

Mathilde is General Counsel, UK, Europe, Middle East & Asia for PHILLIPS Auctioneers and combines her passion for art and
law by overseeing the legal aspects of PHILLIPS’ expanding international activities.
She is an active taskforce member of the Responsible Art Market Initiative (“RAM”) which she helped to launch in 2017. She
also now leads RAM’s London Committee.

Senior legal counsel for Christie’s for 7 years, posted to London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva, Mathilde has a unique,
international art law expertise and knowledge of the art market. During her time in Asia, Mathilde was involved in
establishing Christie’s auction and private sale operations in mainland China. Based in Paris in 2015 she led legal support on
the joint acquisition by the French Republic and Dutch State of two portraits by Rembrandt, the first joint acquisition of
artwork by two States.

In 2017 Mathilde founded her art law consultancy combining this with research and teaching at the University of Geneva’s
Art-Law Centre.

Before moving into art law, Mathilde was a Legal Director at the law firm DLA Piper specializing in intellectual property and
commercial law.

Masha Golovina

Ms. Golovina has over 10 years of experience in art economics, market research and financial modeling. In her current role,
she oversees an annual acquisitions budget in excess of $200 million focused on blue chip Post-War and Contemporary Art.
As an Associate Vice President at Christie’s, she oversaw risk and profitability over a broad spectrum of accounts and
markets. Previously she worked in Specialized Analytics at Citi for 3 years, where she managed portfolio strategy. Ms.
Golovina holds an M.A. in Economics from Duke University and a B. A. in Economics & Art History from University of
California, Berkeley.

Nicholas M. O’Donnell

Nicholas M. O’Donnell is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Sullivan and the leader of the firm’s Art & Museum Law
practice group. His practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation, where he has served as lead counsel on a variety of
lawsuits concerning restitution and fine art sales and has advised museums, dealers, auction houses, and collectors
worldwide about restitution, copyright, and de-accessioning issues. He is Co-Chair of the Arts, Cultural Institutions and

Heritage Law Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the New York City Bar Art Law Committee.
Mr. O’Donnell is the author of numerous articles and papers on the subject of art disputes and regulation, and the author of
A Tragic Fate—Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi Looted Art (2017), the first comprehensive overview of disputes in the
U.S. over Nazi-looted art.

Freya Simms

Specialising in the art market, Freya’s career began as press officer for Christie’s Auction House. In the intervening years she
has also worked in-house for both Bonhams and Sotheby’s where she rose to become Head of Marketing, Press & Special
Events. On the agency side Freya earned her spurs at Focus PR where she was an Associate Director working across art and
luxury brands including the Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia, The British Luxury Council, The Affordable Art Fair and
Ceramic Art London. It was from there that she was poached by her client Clarion in 2005 to be Fair Director, managing all
aspects of the renowned Art and Antiques fairs portfolio held at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. In May 2010, Freya founded
Muse, the communications consultancy for the arts, luxury and design sectors, which won the Queen’s Award for Excellence
in Enterprise in 2014. Key clients included The Burlington Arcade, launching made.com and consulting on the development
of Frieze Masters as well as working on major cultural events including Masterpiece London, TEFAF, London Craft Week and
Collect. Freya is also co-founder of Golden Squared Consulting and a Board member of PAIAM.

Valentina Volchkova

Valentina Volchkova joined Pace as an International Director of Sales in 2010. After studying at The American University of
Paris, Volchkova worked at Gagosian Gallery where she assisted with exhibitions in New York and Moscow. In 2009,
shereturned to Paris to open Galerie Volchkova, presenting exhibitions of works by emerging artists.
Since joining Pace, Volchkova has been involved with numerous exhibitions, among them Michal Rovner: Histoires at the
Louvre (2011). In 2015, she worked on the exhibition Alexander Calder: Retrospective at The Pushkin State Museum of Fine
Arts, Moscow, the first retrospective of Calder’s work in Russia. In 2017, she organized an exhibition of recent works by Kevin
Francis Gray at Villa Santo Sospir in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France. More recently, she was involved with the exhibition Kiki
Smith: Hearing You with My Eyes at MCBA Lausanne, which coincided with Kiki Smith: Light at Pace Galleryin Geneva (2020).

In 2015, Volchkova was appointed to oversee the opening of Pace’s Paris office. Since March 2018, she has opened and was
appointed as the Managing Director at Pace’s gallery in Geneva, organizing major exhibitions with Pace’s most important
artists.
The inaugural exhibition Sol LeWitt, Louise Nevelson, Adam Pendleton PART 1, was followed by PART 2 due to its success.
Since then, monumental solo-exhibitions were presented with works by major Pace artists such as Richard Avedon, Richard
Tuttle, Michal Rovner, Robert Mangold, Trevor Paglen, Antoni Tàpies, Nathalie Du Pasquier or Kiki Smith. The most recent
exhibition she organized is Sam Gilliam: Watercolors which is currently displayed.

Amy Whitaker

Amy Whitaker is an assistant professor in visual arts administration at New York University, where she researches
sustainable economic structures for artists and novel market interventions using blockchain. She is the author of three
books, Museum Legs, Art Thinking, and the forthcoming Economics of Visual Art. Her research has appeared academically in
Management Science, The International Journal of Cultural Property, and Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Review,
among others.
She serves in the Intellectual Property Committee of the College Art Association and is a past president of the Professional
Organization for Women in the Arts. Her research on blockchain, art markets, and equity has been featured in the Wall
Street Journal, the Art Newspaper, Artsy, and Artforum. Amy worked previously in museums — the Museum of Modern Art,
the Guggenheim, and the Tate — and for the investment firm D.E. Shaw & Co., L. P.

Money Laundering, Sanctions and Corporate
Transparency: Risks and Solutions for the U.S Art
Market in 2020 and Beyond (Webinar, 10th & 17th
November 2020)

          We are delighted to invite you to a Webinar organized by the RAM’s New York Regional Committee

                                    on 10 and 17 November 2020 at noon (Eastern)

The Responsible Art Market New York Regional Committee is organising its second event as a two-part webinar series on
legal and regulatory issues faced by the U.S. art market. The two panels will discuss recent developments, highlight relevant
updates to last year’s in-person conference at Columbia Law School and present new thinking on how to deal with long-
standing risks.

The full program is available for download here. You May register by clicking here to attend the webinar on 10 November
and here to attend the webinar on 17 November.

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation: What you need
to know (London, 6th February 2020)

We are delighted to invite you for the RAM UK Committee’s first seminar on Thursday, 6 February 2020 in London :

  ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATION:WHAT YOU NEED
                     TO KNOW

This year the RAM initiative is proud to announce the creation of a London committee.

Save the date and joins us on the 6 February 2020 for the RAM UK Committee’s first seminar – “Anti-Money
Laundering Regulation: What you need to know”.

Following implementation of the 5th European Anti-Money Laundering Directive, as of 10 January 2020 UK art
market practitioners are required to register for AML supervision and implement AML measures. Our expert speakers will
discuss what this means for the UK art market in practice focussing on the essentials and what those art businesses need to
know.

You may register for this seminar until 4 January 2020 by clicking here . The full program is available for download
here. Media and advertising enquiries can be sent to info@responsibleartmarket.org.

Available downloads

Anti Money Laundering Regulation Anti Money Laundering Supervision

Speakers

Rakhi Talwar

Rakhi Talwar is the Founder and Director of RTalwar Compliance, an independent consultancy specialising in anti-money
laundering compliance for art galleries and dealers, auction houses, art trade associations and other service companies
within the art and luxury sectors.
Having trained and qualified as a solicitor specialising in commercial litigation, Rakhi practiced for many years as a
regulatory lawyer at the international law firm, DLA Piper. She then worked for American Express as the compliance head of
one of their leading card businesses.
Most recently, from 2011-2018, Rakhi was the Head of Compliance at Christie’s.
Rakhi became a member of the RAM taskforce when RAM was first inaugurated and currently sits on their Advisory Board.
She has also worked with the British Art Market Federation, as part of a small group tasked to draft Anti-Money Laundering
guidelines for the British Art Market.

Freya Simms

Specialising in the art market, Freya’s career began as press officer for Christie’s Auction House. In the intervening years she
has also worked in-house for both Bonhams and Sotheby’s where she rose to become Head of Marketing, Press & Special
Events. On the agency side Freya earned her spurs at Focus PR where she was an Associate Director working across art and
luxury brands including the Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia, The British Luxury Council, The Affordable Art Fair and
Ceramic Art London. It was from there that she was poached by her client Clarion in 2005 to be Fair Director, managing all
aspects of the renowned Art and Antiques fairs portfolio held at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. In May 2010, Freya founded
Muse, the communications consultancy for the arts, luxury and design sectors, which won the Queen’s Award for Excellence
in Enterprise in 2014. Key clients included The
Burlington Arcade, launching made.com and consulting on the development of Frieze Masters as well as working on major
cultural events including Masterpiece London, TEFAF, London Craft Week and Collect. Freya is also co-founder of Golden
Squared Consulting and a Board member of PAIAM.

James Willington

James Willington is the International Group Finance Director at Gagosian.
Larry Gagosian opened his first gallery in Los Angeles in 1980. ln forty years Gagosian has evolved into a global network with
seventeen exhibition spaces across ten cities. Gagosian’s vibrant contemporary programme and unparalleled historical
exhibitions feature the work of leading and legendary artists.
James joined Gagosian in 2007 and is based in London at their gallery on Britannia Street. James focuses on the financial and
fiscal management of the European and Asian galle ries. Prior to joining Gagosian, James trained and worked at
PricewaterhouseCoopers.
James is a member of the networking platform, PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the International Art Market), and an
associate of the ICAEW (lnstitute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales). He is a guest lecturer at Sotheby’s
lnstitute of Art and the Finance Trustee of Hospital Rooms, an arts and mental health charity. He has a BA degree in Latin
and an MA degree in Roman Myth and History.

Georgina Adam

Georgina Adam has spent more than 30 years writing about the art market and the arts in general. She was the editor of the
Art Market section of the Art Newspaper 200-2008, where she is now editor at large. She is contributor to the Financial Times
“Life and Arts” section. Her books are “Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century” (Lund Humphries,
2014) “Dark Side of the Boom: the excesses of the art market in the 21st century” (Lund Humphries, 2018). She is a board
member of Talking Galleries, member of the international of Art Critics (AICA) and the international Art Market Studies
Association (TIAMSA) and chair of the membership committee of Cromwell Place.

Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick is the High Value Dealer (HVD) and Art Market Participants (AMP) Strategy Lead in Anti
Money Laundering Supervision (AMLS) which is within HMRC.
Alan’s role involves looking at the strategic direction for the HVD and AMP sectors, which can be for all the whole regime or
down into sub‐sector details. He leads on stakeholder engagement linking up
with the likes of trade bodies/associations and other AML supervisors. He also negotiates a riskbased
approach to compliance with other Strategy Lead’s, providing technical support and guidance
with compliance interventions and sanctions.

He has been in this role since summer 2016, after completing the four‐year HMRC Faststream program. Prior to that he was
a VAT compliance officer for eight years, specialising in cash and till work. Before working in HMRC, Alan managed public
houses.

Alan is a keen distance runner, having completed nearly 50 half marathons and four marathons so far and is planning on
running three marathons in four weeks starting in April. His family have recently rehomed a rescue dog called Lily.

Tom Christopherson

Tom Christopherson is Legal Consultant to Bonhams and Consultant-Art and Law Studies at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art. A
solicitor at Sotheby’s for 20 years most of which as a Senior Director and European General Counsel, Tom previously worked
at the private client specialist Withers and Freshfields the international corporate law firm, including a spell in Brussels and a
year on secondment with the Corporate Strategy Department at The Rank Organisation plc.
Tom serves on the Committees of the British Art Market Federation and the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers, is a
member of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the International Art Market), was Master (2016-17) and now a Charitable Trustee
for The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars, and is a trustee of the Rolls Building Art and Education Trust.

Alexandrea Onipede

Alexandrea Onipede is the Senior Policy Officer for High Value Dealers (HVD) and Art Market
Participants (AMP) in Anti‐Money Laundering Supervision (AMLS) within HMRC.
Alexandrea’s role involves developing policy positions in light of the new legislation, providing advice to operational
colleagues on the interpretation of the legislation and building and maintaining effective relationships with key internal and
external stakeholders in the HVD and AMP sectors.
Alexandrea has been in this policy role since November 2019. Prior to this, she worked within the analytical and sensitive
casework Risk team within AMLS, working closely with law enforcement and
other government departments since 2016. In her spare time, she enjoys learning about cars and Pokemon cards with her
son and cooking for friends and family.

Amanda Gray

Amanda Gray is a Partner in Mishcon Private at Mishcon de Reya, specialising in Art Law and the related field of Luxury
Assets. She is valued by her clients for her commercial, flexible approach and depth of knowledge across a diverse range of
legal problems faced by those operating within the art market and luxury assets fields.

Amanda works on both contentious and non-contentious matters including, but not limited to, disputes arising over all due
diligence matters (for example title, authenticity (including Holocaust restitution claims), attribution and condition)
contractual disputes and special project work concerning arts and cultural property. With regard to the complementary
specialism of Luxury Assets she is known for her contentious expertise on matters concerning classic cars – issues arising on
authentication and ownership (most notably– Copley Motorcars Corporation & Anr v Bonhams 1793 Limited & Ors in multi-
party proceedings in the Commercial Courtinvolving, inter alia, claims of fraud and misrepresentation), antiquities, equines,
and yachts.

Amanda is regularly asked to present at speaking engagements globally, including the Royal Academy of Arts School,
Christie’s Education and Queen Mary University. She is recognised by the leading legal directories, including Chambers &
Partners and The Legal 500, that praise her for “great technical knowledge of the issues”. Amanda is the pro-bono General
Counsel for Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Sussex which houses the permanent collection of works by Eric Gill and the
Ditchling Guild.

Gareth Fletcher

Gareth Fletcher is Programme Director for the MA in Art Logistics, and is Leader of the Art Crime and Art and its Markets
summer study courses at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. He also lectures on Strategy and Risk Management as part of the
Business Management in the Art World Executive Education program; Strategic Planning as part of the Business
Management of an Art Gallery program, and the Contemporary Art Market as part of the Frieze Art Fair: Contemporary Art
Today program. He has received a TECHNE AHRC scholarship to pursue his PhD examining the semiotics of provenance as
institutional construct in the establishment of cultural and economic value in the market for Near Eastern antiquities.

Davina Given

Davina Given is a partner at RPC in London, where she co-leads the arts & cultural property law practice. She is an
experienced commercial litigator who is a specialist in art disputes. Her practice encompasses disputes on provenance,
attribution and authenticity, ownership, the duties of auctioneers, agents and advisers, as well as criminal issues arising in
the art market, such as money laundering and illegal export. She frequently acts for art dealers, auction houses and
collectors. Davina is a member of the International Bar Association’s Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee;
Professional Advisers to the International Art Market (PAIAM); and the Responsible Art Market London Committee.

Sarah Allen

Sarah Allen has been the Head of Research at Hauser & Wirth for the past 10 years and is based in London. She trained as
an art and architectural historian at Pomona College (BA) and the Courtauld Institute of Art (MA).
At Hauser & Wirth, Sarah is responsible for the due diligence on secondary market works of art. She also undertakes art
market analysis and valuations, and leads the gallery’s team of art historians and writers. Sarah serves on the Advisory
Board of RAM and has a special interest in issues pertaining to authenticity and liability.

Mathilde Heaton

Mathilde is General Counsel for PHILLIPS Auctioneers and combines her passion for art and law by overseeing the legal
aspects of PHILLIPS’ expanding international activities.
She is an active taskforce member of the Responsible Art Market Initiative (“RAM”) which she helped to launch in 2017. She
also now leads RAM’s London Committee.

Senior legal counsel for Christie’s for 7 years, posted to London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva, Mathilde has a unique,
international art law expertise and knowledge of the art market. During her time in Asia, Mathilde was involved in
establishing Christie’s auction and private sale operations in mainland China. Based in Paris in 2015 she led legal support on
the joint acquisition by the French Republic and Dutch State of two portraits by Rembrandt, the first joint acquisition of
artwork by two States.

In 2017 Mathilde founded her art law consultancy combining this with research and teaching at the University of Geneva’s
Art-Law Centre.

Before moving into art law, Mathilde was a Legal Director at the law firm DLA Piper specializing in intellectual property and
commercial law.

Craig Davies

Craig Davies is a partner at accountants and tax advisors, Rawlinson & Hunter, joining them in 2008. The majority of his
clients are involved in the arts and other creative endeavours. He and his team act for a number of leading UK and
international galleries, dealers and artists providing them with financial, tax and commercial advice and compliance
services. Prior to working with the RAM London Committee, he served on the board of PAIAM (Professional Advisors to the
International Art Market) for five years and has been a trustee of Blue Marine Foundation since 2012.

Art Market Day – Paris
We are pleased to share that the second edition of The Art Market Day, organized by Le Quotidien de l’Art, will take place in
the Grand Palais in Paris on 18th November.

Gathering 300+ art market professionals, the conference will boast more than 30 speakers from across the market and
continents who will cover a selection of the hot topics for today’s art market. The full programme for the day is available
at https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/the-art-market-day/2019/en.

The conference is bilingual in English and French, with simultaneous translation devices available on request. An addition to
this year’s edition, the startup studio will enable the conference delegates to discover the most recent innovations available
to art market players.

Anne-Laure Bandle from the RAM Task Force will be speaking at the AML5 panel.

Le Quotidien de l’Art is pleased to offer a special rate for the RAM community, who may purchase tickets at 175€ instead of
250€ using the promo code RAM2019. Please click here for tickets.

Le Marché de l’Art International à l’heure de la
5ème directive anti-blanchiment – Paris
La Section internationale et les commissions droit de l’art et “Éthique et compliance” de l’ACE (Avocats Conseils
d’Entreprises) organisent, conjointement avec RAM, un déjeuner/conférence sur le thème:

                   Le Marché de l’Art International à l’heure de la 5ème directive anti-blanchiment

                                                 RAM : une initiative originale

Vendredi 4 octobre de 12h30 à 14h30 au siège de l’ACE (23 rue Lavoisier, Paris 8e, 3e étage)

Avec l’intervention de:

– Anne-Sophie Nardon, avocate Cabinet Borghese associés et membre de l’Advisory Board RAM;

– Sandrine Giroud, avocate associée de l’étude LALIVE à Genève et membre de la Task Force RAM;

– Carine Decroi, responsable de la communication, du marketing et des affaires culturelles de Artcurial et membre de la
Task Force RAM.

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Annual Congress on the Fight Against Money
Laundering and the Fight Against Terrorist
Financing – Berlin
On 16-18 September 2019, the Finanzgruppe Nord-Ostdeutsche Sparkassenakademie will hold its 2019 Annual Congress
on the Fight Against Money Laundering and the Fight Against Terrorist Financing.

Mathilde Heaton, from the RAM Taskforce, will present on “Money laundering in the art trade” on 17 September.

Details on the program, venue and registration can be found here.

The Practicalities of complying with 5AML for Art
Businesses – London
On 28 March 2019, the Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM) will hold an event titled “The
Practicalities of complying with 5AML for Art Businesses”.

Mathilde Heaton, from the RAM Taskforce, will be one of the panelists.

More details will be available shortly on PAIAM’s website. Registration is limited to PAIAM members.

Regulation and the Art Market – London
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884-1886, Georges Seurat

On November 6, 2018, the Franco-British Lawyers Society’s will hold its 2018 Art Law conference titled “Regulation and
the Art Market”.

Mathilde Heaton, from the RAM Taskforce, will present on “Demystifying due diligence: the Responsible Art Market
Initiative toolkit”.

The event is free but places are limited and registration is necessary. Details on the program, venue and registration can be
found here.