ABOUT

A lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2013, Célia Chauffray focuses her practice on art market law and its criminal issues . She assists artists, collectors, galleries, auction houses, estates and insurers in authenticity disputes, sales disputes, intermediary liability, the circulation of works, as well as related offenses (forgery, fraud, breach of trust, concealment, money laundering, trafficking in cultural property).

Holder of a Master 2 in Criminal Law and Criminal Policy in Europe (Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), a DU in Criminalistics (Paris Descartes University and IRCGN) and a DU in Art & Culture Law – art market course (University of Nantes), she also followed the courses of the École du Louvre in general art history.

After an initial experience within the law firm of Conseils Waquet-Farge-Hazan, she joined the firm of Olivier Morice where she handled numerous complex, high-stakes cases in France, overseas and before the European Court of Human Rights.

An Italophile who speaks both Italian and English on a daily basis, Mr. Chauffray frequently works on international cases.

She is a member of the Art & Law Institute.