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Rena regularly attends and participates in Art market and Anti-Money Laundering conferences and panels. Highlights of recent events include :

New York City Bar Association, Art Law Committee, Guest speaker with Jane Levine, virtual/ NYC 2026

Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Masters in Business Program, Guest Lecturer, London, 2026

American Bar Association, International Law Section, Panellist, Preserving Culture, Preventing Crime, Insights on Art and Antiquities AML compliance, March 2025, virtual

The Art Business Conference, London September 2025 and Maastricht 2026

Harvard Art Law Organization’s inaugural conference, guest speaker, Spring 2025 , Cambridge, Mass,

Boston College Law School, co panellist, Spring 2025, Boston, Mass,

Art Voyage Biennial, Panellist October 2025, London

Fraud Womens Network, Panellist, London 2025

UNESCO Chair on Business Integrity and Crime Prevention in the Art and Antiquities Market, Stefano Manacorda hosted a Conference, Preventing art crimes through regulation and self regulation. A Partnership between Public and Private Actors, Panellist, , Milano, 2024

Art Law Center Forum, Guest speatiker, Paris 2024

Artlogic Connect ’24, Panel, Regulating for Tomorrow: The Role of AML and KYC in the Evolving Art Market, virtual, 2024

HMRC Update

Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs in the UK issued guidance to help the art market understand the AML risks it faces and how to best address them. One of many points of interest: Before one regulated Art Market Participant (AMP-1) transacts with a fellow Art Market Participant (AMP-2), AMP-1 should check the HMRC Register to see if AMP-2 is registered, and if not, HMRC suggests AMP-1 should not proceed with the transaction and should consider filing a Suspicious Activity Report. Here is the link: ‘Understanding Risks and Taking Action for art market participant businesses’

The UK’s Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers

On April 14th, 2021, the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers hosted Corinth Consulting, represented by Rena Neville and Paula Trommel, along with SoFAA Committee member and art law consultant Tom Christopherson. The live Q&A session, dedicated exclusively to SoFAA members, was entitled “AML and HMRC: Are you Really Prepared?” and focused on the practical meaning and application of the UK AML regime.

Art Basel UBS 2021 Art Market Report

The Art Basel UBS 2021 Art Market Report features an article by Rena Neville entitled: The Anti-Money Laundering Difference: Knowing the Ultimate Customer. The article addresses the initial impact on the art market of the EU’s 5th Money Laundering Directive, particularly in the UK. Find it on pages 44-47, https://www.artbasel.com/about/initiatives/the-art-market

The Art Newspaper

In the article, Rena Neville and Paula Trommel explore the trend of increased art market AML regulation in the UK and US, with each country having a different focus. The varying international approaches may be due to the lack of hard data underpinning the regulations. Regardless, global inconsistency adds to the complexity of compliance.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/11/05/art-market-money-laundering-crackdown-blows-from-uk-to-the-us-but-what-impact-is-it-having-and-are-businesses-taking-it-seriously

November 5, 2021

The Times

Corinth Consulting was mentioned in this article featuring client Harriet Clapham Art Advisory, specifically on the duty for art advisor’s to understand clients’ source of funds, just one of the trickier aspect of the UK AML regime.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/money-matters-im-now-supposed-to-ask-customers-how-they-got-their-fortunes-d9hfsqflv#artmarket,

July 31, 2021