Pool of Arbitrators

Pascal Decker

Dr. Pascal Decker, founder and partner of dtb rechtsanwälte (Berlin), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of artnet, founder of legeARTIS Compliance.

Dr. Pascal Decker is an attorney focused on art law, foundation law, press law and trademark law. His professional expertise lies in strategic consulting. This includes establishing foundations, company successions, market positioning, and artists’ estates. His clients include collectors, artists, galleries, museums as well as medium-sized entrepreneurs, organizations, and foundations.

For his work at boutique law firm dtb rechtsanwälte he is frequently recognized by Best Lawyers in the field of art law, Legal 500 Private Clients and Nonprofits and Chambers High Net Worth in the field of art and cultural property law.

At artnet he has been a Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018. Since 2020 he serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. artnet is the leading source of information for the international art market since 1989.

To combat money laundering in the art trade, to protect cultural assets and data protection, Dr. Decker and Kerberos Compliance developed legeARTIS as a practical application.

He was managing director of the Brandenburger Tor Foundation and chairman of KW Freunde.

Dr. Decker hast studied in Berlin, Edinburgh and Boston. He received his doctorate in broadcasting constitutional law at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg.

Jurisdiction: Germany