ICC YAAF: The Great Beauty at Issue – Art and Arbitration

ICC YAAF cordially invites you to join a lively ICC YAAF discussion on settling disputes in the art world, followed by a reception, organised at the occasion of Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions - International Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

This ICC YAAF session offers an opportunity to explore issues concerning art disputes, including the suitability of arbitration as a canvas for resolving such disputes, the unique customs, practices, and needs of the art world, the usual suspects and stakeholders and the typical categories of art disputes, such as those relating to ownership, authenticity, provenance, misrepresentation, fraud, conversion, restitution, contracts, fair use and copyright.

The discussion will examine current trends, the rise of specialized dispute resolution services tailored to art disputes, and the challenges in balancing legal principles, expert evidence in connoisseurship and forensic science, and the practical, personal, and reputational considerations that arise in these sensitive matters.

Keynote speaker:

Stan Putter (Partner, HBN Law & Tax, The Hague, Netherlands)

The moderator:

Joanna Kisielińska-Garncarek, PhD, (Partner, GESSEL Attorneys at law, Warsaw, Poland)

The speakers:

• Tetiana Bersheda (Founding Partner, Bersheda Law, Zurich, Switzerland)
• Natalia Mikołajczyk (Managing Associate, Addleshaw Goddard, Warsaw, Poland)
• Oliver Tapper (Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons, London, UK)
• Weronika Weems (Senior Legal Counsel, Northern Data Group, Frankfurt, Germany)
• Constanza Wellschmied (Head of Legal, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria)

Coordination by Piotr Paprota (ICC YAAF Representative for Europe and Central Asia; Senior Associate, GESSEL Attorneys at law, Warsaw, Poland)

When: 22 May 2026 at 14:45 (CEST)

Where: Polish History Museum, Gwardii 1, 01-538 Warsaw, Poland

Register for this ICC YAAF here.

Register for the main conference, Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions - International Conference (ICC YAAF discount available) here.

Participants of all ages are welcome.

Our Commitee, ICC Poland International Chamber of Commerce, is the supporter of this event.