Mari-Claudia Jimenez — Managing Director at Sotheby's

Ms. Mari-Claudia Jimenez has been Managing Director of Sotheby's since September 2016. Ms. Jimenez lead Sotheby's Trust & Estates and Valuations efforts. As a Partner at Herrick Feinstein LLP, which she joined in 2004 - she has been involved in an impressive number of major acquisitions, consignments and cases, working with a wide range of clients including prominent museums, galleries, estates, top collectors and auction houses. Some of her notable public cases include: in 2006, she and Herrick Feinstein LLP represented Neue Galerie New York in its acquisition of Gustav Klimt's Adele Block-Bauer I, one of the artist's greatest achievements and now a crown jewel of the museum's collection. She was also a key player in the sale of the estate of Mrs Sidney F. Brody at Christie's New York in 2010. Since joining Herrick Feinstein LLP in 2004, Ms. Jimenez has been an integral member of the Art Law Group. While building relationships over the course of weeks, months and years, she counseled her clients on transactions, advised on the maintenance of collections, and managed litigations. In addition to guiding private and institutional clients on consignments and purchases, arranging for loans at museums and galleries, and organizing the logistics required in between, she has also played an important role in domestic and international claims; she had particularly noteworthy success in cases relating to the restitution of art looted in Europe and in Cuba, to which she maintains a strong connection through her Cuban-Spanish heritage.