Emelyne Peticca

Emelyne has a broad commercial disputes practice with experience advising on a variety of claims, including complex and high profile litigation.

Emelyne has experience advising clients through various modes of dispute resolution such as litigation, judicial review, international arbitration, and mediation. She advises on a range of sectors, including financial and payment services, energy, technology, and more.

Emelyne also has experience handling a range of transactional, contentious, and regulatory issues pertaining to the art market. She has previously represented a variety of clients including collectors, galleries, dealerships, artists, and government entities.

Prior to joining BSF, Emelyne was an associate at an American boutique law firm within the Art Law and Cultural Property and Commercial Dispute Resolution practice groups.

Emelyne's experience includes: 

• Assisting The Line Art Walk with the drafting and review of various agreements, including artist commission agreements and loan agreements in support of exhibitions organised or curated by the organisation
• Representing a leading gallery in the High Court and arbitration proceedings over claims brought by a high-net-worth family regarding the purchase of high-value artworks
• Representing a small group of dealers and collectors in a judicial review and appeal of the Ivory Act 2018 by way of a judicial review and appeal

Co-author, The tension between copyright law and Appropriation art: where is the line between artistic innovation and stealing? (2021)

Contributor, UK Art Market Expert Guide: How to Respond to the Covid-19 Crisis? (2020)

Co-author, Getting The Deal Through: Art Law volume of England & Wales chapter (2018-2020)

Co-author, Should You Care About Competition Law? (2021)

Co-author, The Ivory Act 2018: Consultation on the guidance and implementation – final chance to have your say! (2021)

Co-author, EU Commission proposes new rules to ban trade in ivory (2021)

Co-author, Ivory Act: UK Supreme Court rejects application to appeal (2020)

Co-author, The Supreme Court considers the issue of Garden Ornaments under the Listed Buildings regime (2020)

Co-author, Court of Appeal hands down judgment in the Ivory Act Judicial Review (2020)

Co-author, Ivory Act UK: High Court Judgment and Permission to Appeal (2019)

Co-author, Artist’s Resale Right in France: A new decision (2019)

Co-author, Skeletons in Your Closet? Private Collectors and Unidentified Nazi-Looted Artworks (2018)