Daniel is a leading international art attorney who practices law in California and in England.

He has a reputation for being a deal maker and for providing strategic advice tailored to the needs of his art industry clients. He worked in the art world before practicing law.

Daniel’s advises artists, estates, dealers, galleries, advisors, collectors, museums and foundations worldwide. He negotiates and structures high-value and complex art transactions. He advises on art and cultural property disputes, including relating to sale, authenticity, ownership and export. He works with artists and artists’ estates to provide long-term strategic advice and regular troubleshooting, including navigating gallery relationships and protecting and monetizing their intellectual property.  He advises clients regularly on commissioning contemporary art works.

Daniel is a co-founder of Luna Luna LLC which has rescued and brought ‘Luna Luna’ (1987) the lost art amusement park back to life.

Recognized as a leading US art lawyer in Art News, ‘Top 200 Collectors’ edition (2024).

Regular speaker and panelist on art law issues, including at Art Basel and the Art Business Conference.  Former member of the International Bar Association (Art Law Committee).

Daniel has published extensively on art law (see select publications below).

Member of The Courtauld Institute of Art Association Committee.

Recent Noteworthy:

• Advising (ongoing) Powder Mountain, Eden, Utah, on its commissioning of contemporary public artworks
• Structuring high-value secondary art market transactions coupled with escrow services in securing the transactions (ongoing)
• Advising a top-tier collector on the acquisition and loan of high-value abstract painting to a museum in Oregon, mitigating the client’s tax liabilities
• Advising a prominent Hong Kong collector on art finance loans with U.S. banking institutions
• Advising (ongoing) Delahunty Fine Art in cross-border litigation over the ownership of the Basquiat painting ‘Humidity’ following the Inigo Philbrick fraud
• Advising (ongoing) prominent Jewish families on the restitution of Nazi-looted artwork and valuables from their collections

Select Publications

• Commissioning Contemporary Art: A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists (with Louisa Buck)
• Artist, Authorship & Legacy: A Reader (commissioning editor)