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ADVISORY - METHOD
THE ENGAGEMENT SEQUENCE

1. First meeting

Confidential, without obligation. We identify together the nature of the matter, the client's expectations, the horizon of the engagement, and the coordination with existing advisors.

2. Collection review

Mapping of the works, valuation at market, documentary analysis, identification of priority matters. Deliverable issued within three to six weeks.

3. Recommendation

A prioritised recommendation: strategic direction, priority arbitrage, suitable legal structuring, operations calendar. Discussed, adjusted, validated.

4. Execution

Conduct of the validated operations — acquisitions, sales, legal structuring, patronage, institutional deposits — in permanent coordination with the client's usual advisors.

5. Ongoing management

An annual mandate for clients who wish it. This now covers the majority of the collections we advise.

THE ENGAGEMENT SEQUENCE

Our remuneration is defined at the outset of each engagement, contractually, and disclosed to the client within a clear framework. The terms vary according to the nature of the work and the horizon of the relationship.

Fixed engagement fee

For collection reviews, expert reports, and one-off structuring or strategy engagements. Agreed before work begins.

Annual mandate

For the ongoing management of a collection. A fixed retainer, where applicable supplemented by a commission on the operations conducted during the year.

Transaction-based fees

For acquisition or sale operations, established in line with market standards — as a commission on the value of the operation or, in certain configurations, a share of the gains realised. Agreed at the outset of the engagement.

CONTRACTUAL TRANSPARENCY

Our remuneration terms are contractual and agreed at the outset. The client retains, at all times, full visibility on what they pay and on the basis of calculation applied. Our independence rests not on a general claim but on a precise contractual framework, defined operation by operation.

DISCOVER OUR AREAS OF INTERVENTION

Strategy, transactions, demonstrations.

Strategy & legal

Collection direction, succession planning, legal structuring, patronage, expert reports, litigation.

Transactions

Building collections, active portfolio management, strategic acquisitions, sales, provenance research.

Case studies

A few recent operations.

FIRST MEETING

Confidential, without obligation.

Our first meetings are held at our Paris offices, online, or at a location of your choosing.

In-person or online

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