The most complete collection of coins of the Al-Andalus period (Muslim Spain), the Tonegawa Collection, is well known in the numismatic world, and experts consider it to be one of the best. The collection will be sold at auction in Barcelona on 15 February, and in case of foreign acquisition, as El País points out,…

Last June, the director of this firm, Antonio Pedro Rodríguez Bernal, gave the subject “Taxation in Conveyancing of Works of Art”, within the I Master of Specialist in the Art Market Law, organized by the Carlos III University in Madrid, in which he has participated as a professor. The Master, a pioneer in Spain in…

El pasado 8 de septiembre de 2017 publicamos en el Portal “Noticias Jurídicas” el artículo “La expropiación forzosa de bienes culturales: supuestos y particularidades”, escrito por el director de este despacho, Antonio Pedro Rodríguez Bernal. Este artículo aborda el procedimiento de expropiación aplicable a los bienes culturales, resaltando sus particularidades. El bien cultural y, especialmente, el…

Last 30th September 2016, the director of this office, Antonio Pedro Rodríguez Bernal, taught the Master Class “Preventive legal advice to administrations, individuals and operators in the Historical Heritage area”, part of the course “Transformations in the Spanish Historical Heritage Legislation” which took place at the headquarters of the Heritage School of Nájera -Escuela de Patrimonio de…

The director of this Firm, Antonio Pedro Rodríguez Bernal, was interviewed by Almudena Cacho in the Radio Programme Más que Palabras of Radio Euskadi on 27th December 2015. The lawyer answered to interesting legal issues arisen on ocassion of the recent discovery of the galleon San José, sunken by English ships in Colombian waters in…

The Director of this office, Antonio Pedro Rodríguez Bernal, has intervened on 11th March 2015 on the radio programme “Esto me suena. Las tardes del Ciudadano García” of Radio Nacional de España -nationwide radiostation- on the ocassion of discussing the recent judgment held by the Madrid Appeal Court, Administrative Division (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid)…

I. Introduction Some countries in Europe have a strong industry devoted to cultural goods. Particularly, United Kingdom attracts a meaningful number of all cultural goods transactions that take place in the world. The art market is a prime example of British achievement in a highly competitive global environment. Britain has 29% of the global art…

In addition to being subscribed to a very special legal framework, one of the reasons to seek expert legal advice in operations relating to works of art and cultural heritage is taxation. The sale of works of art often has a transnational component, in which buyer and seller are of different nationalities and subject to…

To read this article in Spanish, click here. In a previous post, we discussed the chance discovery of Antiquities within our legal system. We stated that both the discoverer and the owner had the right to a compensation equivalent to half the value that the legal evaluation should give to the item, which would then be…

To read this article in Spanish, click here. Property which belongs to the Spanish Historical Heritage (Patrimonio Histórico Español o PHE) can not circulate freely around the world, even within the European Union, despite the existence of a single market and freedom of movement of people, goods and capital. The export of the goods, in the…

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