LAURA SÁNCHEZ GAONA

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

A dedicated lawyer specializing in the art market and cultural heritage, with extensive experience advising artists, collectors, art market professionals, and cultural institutions, both nationally and internationally. She is an expert in Spanish cultural heritage legislation, including ecclesiastical movable property and the recovery of assets looted during the Spanish Civil War.

As a lawyer and as a diver, she actively works in the protection and recovery of Spanish Underwater Cultural Heritage.

She has experience in preparing due diligence reports and investigating provenance, legal issues of authenticity and attribution, and international art sales transactions.

Contact:
lsg@caliopeartlaw.com
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Professional experience

CALIOPE Art Law Boutique
Founder
Head of legal services
2022 - Present

AYUELA JIMÉNEZ LEGAL, S.L.P.
Of Counsel for Art Law and Cultural Heritage
2021 - 2023

RAMÓN Y CAJAL ABOGADOS, S.L.P.
Lawyer specializing in Art Law and Cultural Heritage.

MUSEO DE AMÉRICA
Legal researcher in the Acquisitions Department on exports and market of cultural goods of viceregal origin.

REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA
Legal researcher at the Cabinet of Antiquities on the background of the Spanish Historical Heritage Law and its points in common with the Italian regulations on cultural heritage.

Teaching Experience

External Professor at the Specialist Title in Art Market Law
Carlos III University of Madrid


Academic Background

Master's degree in cataloging and appraisal of works of art and antiques
University of Alcalá de Henares / School of Art and Antiquities

Bachelor of Laws
Complutense University of Madrid

Languages

English
Spanish

Publications

- SÁNCHEZ GAONA, Laura & PÉREZ HERNÁNDEZ, Javier: Evidence in the processes of restitution of cultural property in "The protection of cultural property. A cosmopolitan vision from criminal law, international law and criminology" Tirant lo Blanch Monographs, 2021.

- MATEU DE ROS, Rafael y SÁNCHEZ GAONA, Laura: Getting the Deal Through. Spain Art Law. Lexology. 2018 and 2019 editions.

- MATEU DE ROS, R. y SÁNCHEZ GAONA, Laura: Legal bases for the recovery of cultural property looted and seized in times of war in “Museum, war and postwar” - Edited by Arturo Colorado Castellary. Proceedings of the International Congress Museum, war and postwar. Protection of heritage in armed conflicts, held at the Prado National Museum, Madrid, in October 2019. Link