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Office hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00–18:00. Studio visits by appointment.

Counsel by day. Canvas by night.

Corporate and intellectual property counsel for founders, families and creative businesses. Paintings and works on paper in oil, ink and watercolour.

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Equilibrium I, 2024. Two deep ultramarine masses balanced over an ochre horizon band on a bone-white field.
Equilibrium I, 2024 Oil on canvas, 120 × 100 cm Quiet Verdicts · Available
  • Admitted to the Bar, 2013
  • LL.M., International Business Law
  • Accredited commercial mediator
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Nadia Laurent (she/her) Lawyer & Artist

About · The portrait

Two practices, one discipline

Nadia Laurent is a corporate and intellectual property lawyer with more than twelve years of practice. She advises founders, families and creative businesses on the agreements and decisions that shape them, and is known for clear advice and calm negotiation.

She is also a working artist. Her paintings and works on paper explore balance, restraint and light, ideas she first met across the negotiating table. Her work has been shown in eight exhibitions and is held in private collections.

Both practices ask for the same discipline: read carefully, look closely, and leave out whatever does not serve the whole.

Areas of practice The collection

In her words

Law taught me to read what is written. Painting taught me to see what is not.

Nadia Laurent

Practice · The library

Areas of practice

Six volumes on one shelf. Choose a spine to open it and read what each area covers and the matters it typically involves.

The libraryPractice

Corporate & Commercial

Company formation, shareholder agreements, governance and day-to-day commercial counsel.

Typical matters

  • Company formation
  • Shareholder agreements
  • Governance
  • Day-to-day commercial counsel
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The libraryPractice

Contracts & Negotiation

Drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements that hold up when it matters.

Typical matters

  • Drafting new agreements
  • Reviewing agreements before you sign
  • Negotiating terms with the other side
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The libraryPractice

Intellectual Property & Art Law

Copyright, licensing, artist and gallery agreements, commissions and provenance.

This is the marked volume, where her two practices meet.

Typical matters

  • Copyright
  • Licensing
  • Artist and gallery agreements
  • Commissions
  • Provenance
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The libraryPractice

Dispute Resolution

Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, with litigation when it is the right tool.

Typical matters

  • Negotiation
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
  • Litigation, when it is the right tool
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The libraryPractice

Real Estate

Acquisitions, leases and due diligence for individuals and businesses.

Typical matters

  • Acquisitions
  • Leases
  • Due diligence
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The libraryPractice

Private Clients & Estates

Wills, succession planning and family agreements, handled with discretion.

Typical matters

  • Wills
  • Succession planning
  • Family agreements
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The marked volume is where her two practices meet.

From first call to close

How she works

  1. Consultation

    A 30-minute conversation to understand the matter and what you need.

  2. Strategy

    A written plan with clear options, timelines and a fee estimate.

  3. Action

    Drafting, negotiation or representation, with regular updates.

  4. Resolution

    Close-out, a summary of what was agreed, and support afterwards.

Ex libris · Nadia Laurent

Credentials

  • Admitted to the Bar, 2013
  • LL.M., International Business Law
  • Accredited commercial mediator
  • Guest lecturer, Art & Intellectual Property Law

  • Years in practice

  • Clients advised

  • Original works

  • Exhibitions

Studio · The collection

Paintings and works on paper

Nine works from four series, hung salon-style at their true relative sizes. Select a work to see it larger, with its details and availability.

Four series · 2021–2025

Oil, ink and watercolour: Quiet Verdicts, Between the Lines and Salt & Light, with Precedent, the new work of 2025.

  • Clause 7, 2022. Black ink gestures and charcoal smudges over faint ruled lines on warm white paper.
    Clause 7, 2022 Ink and charcoal on paper 70 × 50 cm Private collection
  • Testimony in Blue, 2024. Slabs of Prussian blue and cerulean laid with a palette knife, with chalk-white scraped passages.
    Testimony in Blue, 2024 Oil and cold wax on panel 80 × 60 cm Available
  • Precedent, 2025. Torn fragments of typed, redacted documents partly painted over with ultramarine and cadmium red strokes and a small red seal.
    New work Precedent, 2025 Mixed media on canvas 150 × 120 cm Available
  • The Weight of Silence, 2023. A heavy charcoal block pressing down on a thin oxblood line across a warm grey ground.
    The Weight of Silence, 2023 Oil on canvas 90 × 90 cm Sold
  • Margins, 2021. A single long ink line running down the edge of an almost empty sheet, with a few small marks.
    Margins, 2021 Ink on paper 59.4 × 42 cm Available
  • Salt Light, Morning, 2024. Pale peach, pearl and blue haze dissolving into white paper.
    Salt Light, Morning, 2024 Watercolour on cotton paper 38 × 56 cm Sold
  • Recess, 2023. Quiet sage and umber fields around a pale cream rectangle like a window.
    Recess, 2023 Oil on linen 70 × 70 cm Available
  • Equilibrium I, 2024. Two deep ultramarine masses balanced over an ochre horizon band on a bone-white field.
    Equilibrium I, 2024 Oil on canvas 120 × 100 cm Available
  • Undertow, 2025. Deep teal and grey watercolour washes beneath a pale sky, cut by a fine graphite horizon.
    Undertow, 2025 Watercolour and graphite on paper 56 × 76 cm Available

50 cm on this wall. Every work is hung at its true relative size.

Private view

The studio, by appointment

See the work in person. Viewings, purchases and commissions are arranged directly with Nadia.

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  • Original works

    Paintings and works on paper from the studio. Prices on request.

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  • Commissions

    A new painting or work on paper in oil, ink or watercolour, made to commission.

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  • Studio visits

    See finished works in person, by appointment.

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Exhibitions · On the walls

Selected exhibitions

Shown in eight exhibitions

Solo and group exhibitions, including a panel talk on art and the law. A selection, most recent first.

  • 2025Salt & LightSolo exhibitionGalerie Mareine
  • 2024Quiet VerdictsSolo exhibitionThe Courtyard Gallery
  • 2024Art & the LawGroup exhibition and panel talkInstitute of Contemporary Practice
  • 2023New VoicesGroup exhibitionAtelier Nord
  • 2022Works on PaperGroup exhibitionMaison des Arts

Testimonials · In their words

Clients and collectors

Nadia saw the weak clause in our shareholder agreement before anyone else did. Her advice saved us a year of disputes.

Karim A.Founder, logistics companyLegal client

Her paintings carry the same restraint as her arguments. Nothing is wasted and nothing is missing.

Elena R.CuratorArt

Calm, exact and always reachable. She explained every option in plain language before we decided.

Sara M.Managing DirectorLegal client

Salt Light, Morning changes with the light all day. It is the first thing our guests ask about.

Private collectorArt

Journal · Catalogue notes

Notes from the office and the studio

Contact · By appointment

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Legal matters go to the office. Art enquiries, commissions and studio visits go to the studio.

Legal enquiries

office@nadialaurent.com
+1 (555) 014-0192

Art & commissions

studio@nadialaurent.com

Office

48 Harbour Street, Suite 3B

Monday to Friday, 9:00–18:00

Studio visits by appointment

Elsewhere

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Quiet Verdicts

Equilibrium I

Year
2024
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
120 × 100 cm
Status
Available

Two deep ultramarine masses balanced over an ochre horizon band on a bone-white field.

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