29.07.2021
Chambers High Net Worth Ranking 2021
dtb lawyers celebrate their latest award!
Since 1989, the British publisher Chambers and Partners has been annually publishing a list with the leading law firms and individual lawyers in 175 countries. More than 200 editors conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and clients each year in order to identify the best firms and advisors.
The Chambers High Net Worth Ranking 2021 specifically awards internationally outstanding advisors to high net worth individuals and organisations.
This year, both partners of our firm have been included in the category Art and Cultural Property Law:
Dr. Pascal Decker was distinguished for his comprehensive strategic consulting to artists, galleries and collectors. A contributor to the ranking states: “Dr. Decker manages perfectly to present and convey the most complex facts in a comprehensible way. He is very empathetic and has an enormous power of persuasion. I always feel very well advised by him."
Bertold Schmidt-Thomé was acknowledged for his special expertise in foundations and succession planning for art collections. In the words of a client: “Schmidt-Thomé finds many different solutions to a problem. In doing so, he always responds precisely to my needs as a client and never loses sight of them. I am very impressed by his excellent legal knowledge and tactical thinking."
dtb lawyers would like to thank all our clients for the award and their trust!
Read more: https://bit.ly/3BvfnYg
14.07.2021
ARD report featuring dtb lawyers
Did the German candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock violate copyright law in her new book? In the feature "Plagiarism - When is copying allowed and when not?", ARD discusses the importance of intellectual property and interviews Dr Pascal Decker, lawyer for art and copyright law.
Baerbock has adopted at least 20 passages from scientists without quoting them. What does the law say about the German Green Party politician's actions? And in which cases can plagiarism be sued?
See more: https://bit.ly/2VSQGVb
(featuring Dr. Pascal Decker beginning at 01:18)
28.06.2021
Best Lawyers 2021:
dtb once again Counted among Germany's Best Legal Advisors
Dr. Pascal Decker and Bertold Schmid-Thomé were once again counted among Germany's best lawyers in 2021. In cooperation with the renowned US publisher Best Lawyers, the Handelsblatt awards the country's outstanding legal advisors. The ranking is developed through a peer-to-peer survey, meaning that the award is based on the reputation of a firm among its competitors.
Dr. Pascal Decker was distinguished for his work in the field of art law, while Bertold Schmidt-Thomé was recognized for his achievements in the field of succession planning and foundations.
The firm is pleased to have its work recognized once again and would like to thank all peers for their recommendations.
Read more: https://bit.ly/2UTHcIU
10.09.2020
Rebuilding of the Schinckel'sche Bauakademie
The legal foundation for rebuilding the Schinckel’sche Bauakademie is laid. After setting up the federal foundation and at the request of the executive committee of Förderverein Bauakademie our partner Pascal Decker has commented on the discussion about rebuilding the Schinckel’sche Bauakademie. We are looking forward to its structural realization.
21.07.2020
legeARTIS
dtb rechtsanwälte has partnered with KERBEROS Compliance to provide the internet based platform legeARTIS. LegeARTIS is a unique joint venture built to service the international art market. LegeARTIS was created to meet the growing challenges of the art market -- by delivering personalized and specialized solutions to your concerns.
Whether it’s anti-money laundering, cultural property protection or data protection – we’ll make sure that you can concentrate on the essential: Trading art.
https://legeartis-compliance.com/
02.07.2020
Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Edition Awards
Personalized and Specialized Advice - that is what dtb is known for. Our main focus is placed on art law and trusts and succession planning. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that our work in these fields has been recognized by our peers.
Thanks to all of or colleagues for nominating us as Best Lawyers 2021: Dr Pascal Decker in Art Law and Bertold Schmidt-Thomé, M.A., in Trusts and Succession Planning. We are pleased that our work is recognized and appreciated.
25.11.2019
Federal Association of German Foundations
dtb rechtsanwälte has been advising on matters of foundation law for many years. After longstanding cooperation with the Federal Association of German Foundations, we are now also an official foundation partner in the Association. The Association of German Foundations represents the interests of more than 22,000 foundations in Germany. Together with the Association, we want to develop acquisitive foundation models in order to make activities based on solidarity profitable in the long term.
Please click here for further information on the Federal Association of German Foundations:
https://www.stiftungen.org/startseite.html
08.11.2019
Cultural values and property: current article in the FAZ
The dispute between the state of Hesse and the finder of an ancient Roman horse head over an appropriate finder's fee has already lasted a good ten years. Bertold Schmidt-Thomé represents the farmer on whose property the bronze horse head exhibited today in the Saalburg Museum was found. The discovery of the ancient relic was not only a sensation for archaeology. In terms of historical monuments, this extraordinary case deals with the exciting question of how archaeological finds can be appropriately evaluated with the help of different value categories - such as "artistic" or "historical" significance.
Helmut Schwan now pursues this question in an article in the FAZ, which can be found at
https://edition.faz.net/faz-edition/rm-hessen/2019-11-08/ideeller-wert-ist-nicht-zu-beziffern/384209.html
21.10.2019
More than 90 guests from the gallery and art trade world got to know the solution model developed by dtb rechtsanwälte in cooperation with the compliance specialist Kerberos from Cologne to make the art market fit for the requirements of the 5th Money Laundering Directive in the Mendelssohn Remise on Monday afternoon. There was a lot of positive feedback and lively discussions on legal policy. An interesting lecture by our cooperation partner Dr. Stephan Zilkens, Zilkens Fine Art Insurancebroker GmbH, on the various ways of securing art financing under insurance law rounded off the programme.
29.08.2019
The tightened money laundering law is on everyone's lips. But what consequences does the law have for art dealers, art brokers, galleries and auction houses? The art insurance specialist Zilkens Fine Art Insurancebroker GmbH and dtb rechtsanwälte provided information on the new Money Laundering Act and on insurance in the context of art financing in Cologne.
26.08.2019
With the recent debate on the wealth tax, the question also arises as to what effects the planned tax will have on the art market. Deutschlandfunk (Kultur heute) inquired and asked Pascal Decker what a wealth tax would mean for the art market.
You can listen to the full interview here:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kultur-heute.690.de.html?drbm:date=2019-08-26
28.06.2019
"Best Lawyers" and "Handelsblatt" have once again included Pascal Decker in the list of Germany's best lawyers in the field of art law.
The American specialist publisher "Best Lawyers" is regarded as one of the oldest and most renowned lawyer evaluation services worldwide. For more than 30 years, the publishing house has been determining and publishing recommendation lists of the best lawyers in 75 countries worldwide in over 140 fields of work, in Germany exclusively in cooperation with the Handelsblatt.
The result of the Best-Lawyers-Rating was published in the "Handelsblatt" in the issue of 28/29/30 June 2019, pp. 44-49 and can be viewed via the search function of Handelsblatt Online as well as on the website of bestlawyers.
20.06.2019
TIAMSA Legal in cooperation with the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunst-händler e.V. and dtb rechtsanwälte invited to a panel discussion. Art market players and compliance experts dealt with the highly topical question of what effects compliance requirements have on the art market and how they can be implemented meaningfully.
You can find more here:
05.06.2019
"The decisive factors are the effects on purchasing behaviour and the structures of the trade. Pascal Decker expresses his concerns about the new Money Laundering Act. The article "Bureaucracy and Art" by Christiane Fricke can be found in the Handelsblatt in the issue of 5 / 6 / 7 June 2019, pp. 56 - 57.
24.–26.05.2019
As guest speaker Bertold Schmidt-Thomé took part in the EOA conference and dealt with the foundation "Geyso20", an organization of Lebenshilfe Braunschweig.
There, people with disabilities are given the freedom and space to work creatively.
Numerous legal questions had to be clarified both with the works of the studio's artists and with its guest artists before they became part of the collection of an Outsider Art Studio.
Who owns the artworks? Who owns the rights to use the works of art created to date? Just to mention a few indispensable questions that had to be examined under German law before the foundation could be established.
Bertold-Schmidt-Thomé explained these questions with his sound knowledge of art law and assumed not only an exciting but also socially more than inspiring task.
10.01.2019 /23.01.2019
In an entertaining dialogue with Pascal Decker, Bertold Schmidt-Thomé explained how works of art can be tax-optimized. Under the heading "The art of bequeathing art", numerous collectors at the Salon Bastian in Berlin and at Kunkel Fine Arts in Munich followed the explanations with interest.
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29.07.2021
Chambers High Net Worth Ranking 2021
dtb lawyers celebrate their latest award!
Since 1989, the British publisher Chambers and Partners has been annually publishing a list with the leading law firms and individual lawyers in 175 countries. More than 200 editors conduct thousands of interviews with lawyers and clients each year in order to identify the best firms and advisors.
The Chambers High Net Worth Ranking 2021 specifically awards internationally outstanding advisors to high net worth individuals and organisations.
This year, both partners of our firm have been included in the category Art and Cultural Property Law:
Dr. Pascal Decker was distinguished for his comprehensive strategic consulting to artists, galleries and collectors. A contributor to the ranking states: “Dr. Decker manages perfectly to present and convey the most complex facts in a comprehensible way. He is very empathetic and has an enormous power of persuasion. I always feel very well advised by him."
Bertold Schmidt-Thomé was acknowledged for his special expertise in foundations and succession planning for art collections. In the words of a client: “Schmidt-Thomé finds many different solutions to a problem. In doing so, he always responds precisely to my needs as a client and never loses sight of them. I am very impressed by his excellent legal knowledge and tactical thinking."
dtb lawyers would like to thank all our clients for the award and their trust!
Read more: https://bit.ly/3BvfnYg
14.07.2021
ARD report featuring dtb lawyers
Did the German candidate for chancellor Annalena Baerbock violate copyright law in her new book? In the feature "Plagiarism - When is copying allowed and when not?", ARD discusses the importance of intellectual property and interviews Dr Pascal Decker, lawyer for art and copyright law.
Baerbock has adopted at least 20 passages from scientists without quoting them. What does the law say about the German Green Party politician's actions? And in which cases can plagiarism be sued?
See more: https://bit.ly/2VSQGVb
28.06.2021
Best Lawyers 2021:
dtb once again Counted among Germany's Best Legal Advisors
Dr. Pascal Decker and Bertold Schmid-Thomé were once again counted among Germany's best lawyers in 2021. In cooperation with the renowned US publisher Best Lawyers, the Handelsblatt awards the country's outstanding legal advisors. The ranking is developed through a peer-to-peer survey, meaning that the award is based on the reputation of a firm among its competitors.
Dr. Pascal Decker was distinguished for his work in the field of art law, while Bertold Schmidt-Thomé was recognized for his achievements in the field of succession planning and foundations.
The firm is pleased to have its work recognized once again and would like to thank all peers for their recommendations.
Read more: https://bit.ly/2UTHcIU
10.09.2020
Rebuilding of the Schinckel'sche Bauakademie
The legal foundation for rebuilding the Schinckel’sche Bauakademie is laid. After setting up the federal foundation and at the request of the executive committee of Förderverein Bauakademie our partner Pascal Decker has commented on the discussion about rebuilding the Schinckel’sche Bauakademie. We are looking forward to its structural realization.
21.07.2020
legeARTIS
dtb rechtsanwälte has partnered with KERBEROS Compliance to provide the internet based platform legeARTIS. LegeARTIS is a unique joint venture built to service the international art market. LegeARTIS was created to meet the growing challenges of the art market -- by delivering personalized and specialized solutions to your concerns.
Whether it’s anti-money laundering, cultural property protection or data protection – we’ll make sure that you can concentrate on the essential: Trading art.
02.07.2020
Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in Germany 2021 Edition Awards
Personalized and Specialized Advice - that is what dtb is known for. Our main focus is placed on art law and trusts and succession planning. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that our work in these fields has been recognized by our peers.
Thanks to all of or colleagues for nominating us as Best Lawyers 2021: Dr Pascal Decker in Art Law and Bertold Schmidt-Thomé, M.A., in Trusts and Succession Planning. We are pleased that our work is recognized and appreciated.
25.11.2019
Federal Association of German Foundations
dtb rechtsanwälte has been advising on matters of foundation law for many years. After longstanding cooperation with the Federal Association of German Foundations, we are now also an official foundation partner in the Association. The Association of German Foundations represents the interests of more than 22,000 foundations in Germany. Together with the Association, we want to develop acquisitive foundation models in order to make activities based on solidarity profitable in the long term.
Please click here for further information on the Federal Association of German Foundations:
https://www.stiftungen.org/startseite.html
08.11.2019
Cultural values and property: currenty article in the FAZ
The dispute between the state of Hesse and the finder of an ancient Roman horse head over an appropriate finder's fee has already lasted a good ten years. Bertold Schmidt-Thomé represents the farmer on whose property the bronze horse head exhibited today in the Saalburg Museum was found. The discovery of the ancient relic was not only a sensation for archaeology. In terms of historical monuments, this extraordinary case deals with the exciting question of how archaeological finds can be appropriately evaluated with the help of different value categories - such as "artistic" or "historical" significance.
Helmut Schwan now pursues this question in an article in the FAZ, which can be found at
https://edition.faz.net/faz-edition/rm-hessen/2019-11-08/ideeller-wert-ist-nicht-zu-beziffern/384209.html
21.10.2019
More than 90 guests from the gallery and art trade world got to know the solution model developed by dtb rechtsanwälte in cooperation with the compliance specialist Kerberos from Cologne to make the art market fit for the requirements of the 5th Money Laundering Directive in the Mendelssohn Remise on Monday afternoon. There was a lot of positive feedback and lively discussions on legal policy. An interesting lecture by our cooperation partner Dr. Stephan Zilkens, Zilkens Fine Art Insurancebroker GmbH, on the various ways of securing art financing under insurance law rounded off the programme.
29.08.2019
The tightened money laundering law is on everyone's lips. But what consequences does the law have for art dealers, art brokers, galleries and auction houses? The art insurance specialist Zilkens Fine Art Insurancebroker GmbH and dtb rechtsanwälte provided information on the new Money Laundering Act and on insurance in the context of art financing in Cologne.
26.08.2019
With the recent debate on the wealth tax, the question also arises as to what effects the planned tax will have on the art market. Deutschlandfunk (Kultur heute) inquired and asked Pascal Decker what a wealth tax would mean for the art market.
You can listen to the full interview here:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kultur-heute.690.de.html?drbm:date=2019-08-26
28.06.2019
"Best Lawyers" and "Handelsblatt" have once again included Pascal Decker in the list of Germany's best lawyers in the field of art law.
The American specialist publisher "Best Lawyers" is regarded as one of the oldest and most renowned lawyer evaluation services worldwide. For more than 30 years, the publishing house has been determining and publishing recommendation lists of the best lawyers in 75 countries worldwide in over 140 fields of work, in Germany exclusively in cooperation with the Handelsblatt.
The result of the Best-Lawyers-Rating was published in the "Handelsblatt" in the issue of 28/29/30 June 2019, pp. 44-49 and can be viewed via the search function of Handelsblatt Online as well as on the website of bestlawyers.
20.06.2019
TIAMSA Legal in cooperation with the Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunst-händler e.V. and dtb rechtsanwälte invited to a panel discussion. Art market players and compliance experts dealt with the highly topical question of what effects compliance requirements have on the art market and how they can be implemented meaningfully.
You can find more here:
05.06.2019
"The decisive factors are the effects on purchasing behaviour and the structures of the trade. Pascal Decker expresses his concerns about the new Money Laundering Act. The article "Bureaucracy and Art" by Christiane Fricke can be found in the Handelsblatt in the issue of 5 / 6 / 7 June 2019, pp. 56 - 57.
24.–26.05.2019
As guest speaker Bertold Schmidt-Thomé took part in the EOA conference and dealt with the foundation "Geyso20", an organization of Lebenshilfe Braunschweig.
There, people with disabilities are given the freedom and space to work creatively.
Numerous legal questions had to be clarified both with the works of the studio's artists and with its guest artists before they became part of the collection of an Outsider Art Studio.
Who owns the artworks? Who owns the rights to use the works of art created to date? Just to mention a few indispensable questions that had to be examined under German law before the foundation could be established.
Bertold-Schmidt-Thomé explained these questions with his sound knowledge of art law and assumed not only an exciting but also socially more than inspiring task.
10.01.2019 /23.01.2019
In an entertaining dialogue with Pascal Decker, Bertold Schmidt-Thomé explained how works of art can be tax-optimized. Under the heading "The art of bequeathing art", numerous collectors at the Salon Bastian in Berlin and at Kunkel Fine Arts in Munich followed the explanations with interest.
Back to top