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Beyond Doubt 2: Law and Provenance Related to Nazi Spoliations
When: April 16, 2026
Location: Paris, FR

Nicholas O’Donnell participated in a conference in Paris dedicated to legal and provenance issues related to cultural property spoliated during the Nazi era (1933–1945), including under the Vichy regime. The program was part of a conference series organized by Pinsent Masons in partnership with the Institute of Art and Law.

The conference brought together government officials, practitioners and art market professionals to discuss how public authorities, claimants and institutions approach provenance research and restitution claims involving works looted during the Holocaust era, as well as how the art market addresses cases of spoliation from the 1933–1945 period.

Nick joined a panel of international speakers, including:

  • Melina Wolman, Head of Litigation, Paris, Pinsent Masons
  • Richard Hart, Head of Art & Cultural Property Practice, Pinsent Masons
  • Oliver Tapper, Senior Associate, London, Pinsent Masons
  • Yohanna Thillaye, Senior Associate, Paris, Pinsent Masons
  • Sir Alan Moses, Co-Chair, U.K. Spoliation Advisory Panel
  • Frédérique Dreifuss-Netter, President, French Commission for the Restitution of Property and Compensation for Victims of Anti-Semitic Spoliation
  • David Zivie, Head of the Department for Research and Restitution of Cultural Goods Spoliated between 1933 and 1945, French Ministry of Culture
  • Sarah Done, Director, Art Restitution Department, Christie’s
  • Pierre Taugourdeau, Secretary General, Conseil des maisons de ventes, Paris
  • Margaux Dumas, Saul Kagan Fellow for Advanced Shoah Studies and provenance research specialist
  • James Palmer, Founder, Mondex Corporation