Gregor Kleinknecht

Gregor specialises in international commercial dispute resolution with a focus on complex and high-value cross-border and multi-jurisdictional arbitration and litigation cases. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and accredited as a civil and commercial mediator with ADR Group. Gregor is also one of the leading practitioners in art, cultural heritage and luxury assets law, where he is top recommended and his expertise is acknowledged by Spear’s 500, Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, and the Chambers HNW & UK guides. In addition, he covers contentious and non-contentious international intellectual property law. This includes advising on brand protection, the exploitation, protection and enforcement of trade marks, domain names, design rights and copyright.

More about Gregor

Gregor’s clients have included sovereign governments, multi-national corporations, financial institutions, an Ivy League university, but also small innovative start-up companies, art galleries, dealers and collectors, artists and sports personalities, family offices and private clients across the world. Gregor is a native German speaker and proficient in French. His particular passion both professionally and personally is classic and collectors’ cars.

Recent work

Commercial disputes

• Advised a leading German engineering company in the automotive supply chain on claims arising from the dissolution of a joint venture with British partners.
• Acted for the Defendant in High Court proceedings arising from a US$15 million investment dispute involving parties from the Cayman Islands, UK, Hong Kong and the USA.

Intellectual Property

• Acted for a German green engineering company in trade mark infringement proceedings against a British competitor.
• Advised a well-known street artist in conjunction with trade mark registrations of his artworks.

Art and Luxury Assets

• Acted for a leading regional auction house in proceedings for damages arising from the withdrawal by a consignor from a significant single owner sale.
• Acted for the purchaser of a set of important 17th century coronation robes in proceedings before the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art.
• Advised an innovative new art finance platform on its art lending facilities and created loan documentation.
• Advised a Swiss gallery for modern and contemporary art on the sale and consignment of artworks in the London art market.
• Advised the company behind the world’s first ultra-realistic humanoid AI robot artist on its terms and conditions of business for the sale of art works generated by the robot and on related contractual issues.
• Assisted a London based Old Master dealer with resolving a multi-party ownership dispute regarding a work by Constable.