YOA advise artists, collectors, galleries, museums, foundations and cultural institutions on the legal and regulatory aspects of the art market.
Our representative experience includes advising artists, collectors, museums, galleries, and other art market professionals on sophisticated art market matters and complex art disputes and numerous legal issues in the Art World across Egypt, the Middle East and internationally.
Our practice combines intellectual property expertise with strategic legal advice on art transactions, authentication, artists' estates and cross-border matters, etc.

Strategic legal and pragmatic advice for artists, collectors, galleries, museums, foundations and cultural institutions.
Authentication issues, provenance research, ownership verification and legal due diligence for acquisitions and private collections.
Acquisition, sale, consignments, auction transactions, lending and commercialization of artworks.
Copyright protection, licensing, AI-generated content, NFTs, derivative works and digital exploitation.
Artists’ estates, succession planning, catalogue raisonné projects and legacy management.
Ownership disputes, authenticity claims, provenance issues, contractual disputes and pre-litigation advice and dispute resolution.
Advising on governance, copyright, licensing and long-term legacy management for artists’ estates.
Representative matters include the Estates of Gazbia Sirry and Hamed Ewais.
Legal advice on international catalogue raisonné projects, authentication procedures and publication strategies.
Representative experience includes the Catalogue Raisonné projects of Mahmoud Saïd and Abdel Hadi El-Gazzar.
Advising on authenticity, provenance research and ownership verification.
Selected work includes legal due diligence for acquisitions and private collections.
Drafting and negotiating cross-border licensing, publishing and copyright agreements for artworks.
Recent experience includes licensing projects involving international publishers and cultural institutions.
Advising museums and cultural institutions on acquisitions, exhibitions, copyright and collection management.
Representative mandate includes advisory work in connection with Paris Musées, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi project.
Advising on auction sales, consignments, provenance, authenticity and international art transactions.
Experience includes advisory work relating to international auction matters.

Advising the renowned Syrian artist on intellectual property, art market and related legal matters.

Advising the Estate of Gazbia Sirry on intellectual property, copyright, licensing, authentication and art market matters.
Whether you are an artist, collector, gallery, museum, auction house, cultural institution or art market professional, our team is ready to provide tailored legal advice for your art market matters.
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