Yasmin Mahmoudi

EDUCATION:  (starting from most recent)
– 2004: 2. State Examination in Law, majoring in International Private Law/Conflict of Laws
– Participation in a Seminar on CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods)
– 2001: 1. State Examination in Law majoring in International and European Law- 1998 – 1999 bilingual (French/English) Seminar at Université de Lausanne on Foreign Relations

Law and Policy of the European Union
– 1993 -1994 student at San Benito High School, Hollister, California, USA

PROFESSIONAL: (starting from most recent)
– 2011: ICOM-WIPO Workshop for Mediators in Art and Cultural Heritage
– 2011: appointed specialist solicitor in IP Law (Fachanwältin für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz)
– 2007 – 2008: Institute of Art & Law, UK: Diploma in Art Law

EXPERIENCE
– Associate for Clifford Chance
– Trainee for Linklaters

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
– Art Law Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
– Bar of Lawyers, Cologne, Germany
– IFKUR (Institute of Art and Law) Heidelberg, Germany
– PAIAM (professional advisors to the international art market)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
– IP-Law (with a focus on Copyright, Trademarks, Design and Unfair Competition)
– Art Law

PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH

• The Risks and Side Effects- Reading the directions for the German Collection Society for visual artists (VG BILDKUNST)
• Time is relative: Three Thoughts Regarding the Meaning of time within an Art
  Law Context
• Assessment of Appropriation Art under German Law
• Representation of artistic works on public display at risk?
• Plea for more Literacy

PUBLICATIONS IN GERMAN (Extract)

• Legal certainty in the art market: a handbook for gallery owners,collectors and art institutions, 96 case studies
• How Artists successfully plead their rights: the most important tips regarding Copyright, Contract law and Tax law, 90 case studies,
• Howdoes participation of assistants affect the Copyright regarding works of contemporary artists,