Cultural property transactions

IPT Group provides its clients with the legal support on issues related to legal protection of cultural property and art objects, customs clearing upon import and export, including with a view to exhibit.

Legal assistance with cultural property movement

• Providing advice on the established procedure for cultural property import and export, procedure for executing all necessary documents, including customs clearance for the movement of cultural property over the RF border.
• Representing the clients before government regulatory authorities exercising control over cultural property import and export, including the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture.

Structuring and supporting transactions with cultural property

• Developing the optimal structure for the purchase or sale of cultural property, including subsequent possession of purchased cultural property;
• Practical implementation of the deal based on the tasks assigned by the Client.

Supporting expert authentication of cultural property

Depending on the kind of cultural property, our specialists provide advice on issues related to expert authentication of cultural property, including selecting of and negotiating with expert institutions and certain experts, legal arrangement of relations between the client and the expert, checking that the results of cultural property authentication are duly executed based on the tasks assigned by the client.

Advising on laws regulating transactions with cultural property

Our specialists provide written or oral regulatory advice (depending on its complexity) in respect of transactions with cultural property.