The Australian Financial Review (AFR) reports on the quest by certain heirs of Martha Adrianna Nathan, born Dreyfus (1874 – 1958), to retrieve the artworks stolen by the Nazis and their collaborators. The heirs have been advised on the recovery of a number of the paintings by White & Case pro bono, with a team led by partners Brendan Quinn and Jasper Wauters (see press release).
Speaking to the AFR, Quinn recalls hearing Sophie Ullin, one of the heirs, speaking about her family on a podcast, "I thought, here’s a family being frankly badly represented on something that’s frankly an injustice, and I think we could do better," said Quinn.
Following a two day arbitration with one of the organisations holding a painting the heirs believed had been forcefully sold by Martha, Lake Thun by Ferdinand Holder, the organisation agreed to transfer ownership of the painting back to the heirs. Quinn and the White & Case team are now helping the heirs recover other paintings, including in the US, where just two months ago, Congress passed a law that abolishes the limitation period for recovering looted art, which was previously 30 years.
Read the full AFR article here (paywall).
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