Lauded by clients as a ‘leading set in the art and cultural property sector at all levels,’ 3 Verulam Buildings regularly handles high-profile cases involving art dealers, auctioneers, museums and national galleries. Angharad Start acts for Elanus Holdings in Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding CP W.L.L. v Elanus Holdings Ltd, a Commercial Court dispute over ownership of the Idol’s Eye diamond, raising complex issues of pre-emption rights and cross-border corporate control. Also acting in the case are Victor Steinmetz, Calum Mulderrig, Andrew Onslow KC and Clarissa Jones. Cleon Catsambis acts as sole counsel for Sotheby’s in a high-profile Commercial Court case over the Idol’s Eye diamond, facing a non-party disclosure application. Start, leading Steinmetz, acts for US-based lender Art Lending Inc in Ashti Fine Art Ltd v Art Lending Inc & Ors, a multi-jurisdictional dispute over ownership of a Francis Bacon painting and recovery of over $80m in loans secured against high-value artworks.
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Angharad is a commercial barrister specialising in general commercial litigation, corporate and personal insolvency, company law (incl. disqualification), banking and financial services, art and cultural property law, breach of confidence, wide-ranging professional indemnity work, insolvency and arbitration. Having returned to practice after a career break, Angharad has been ranked as a Leading Junior in her specialist fields of Media and Art Law, Art and Cultural Property and Insolvency and in the High Net Worth and Global guides.
Career
Called 1988; previously working for merchant bank and in the Far East.
Memberships
ALA, IAL, COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; Insolvency Lawyers Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; International Law Association, Art Lawyers Association, PAIAM, Association of Women in the Arts.
Education
Education: St Paul’s Girls School; University of Durham LLB (Hons).
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- 'Angharad has outstanding strategic skills and she is a great advocate.'