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Fionnuala Rogers
Spear’s Review
Fionnuala Rogers, an art law specialist who trained and qualified at Pinsent Masons, founded her own firm, Canvas Art Law, in 2017.
She tells Spear’s that her core practice is centred around conducting due diligence and provenance checks on behalf of private and institutional clients, and developing policy and legislation in the cultural heritage sector. Her team has advised on ‘everything, from contemporary artworks to Old Masters, antiquities and natural heritage’ – including dinosaurs and even meteors.
One issue that is particularly prominent within the natural heritage space, Rogers says, is people thinking that due diligence is not needed.
‘[They think] nobody kept records; nobody kept paperwork. Actually, there is a lot of information that people do have, such as excavation records, particularly [in recent examples].’
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