Practical Due Diligence Tools for Art Market Transactions

Join the Center for Art Law for a practical workshop with Lev Yuriditsky of Sqope Intelligence exploring how due diligence is conducted in real-world art market transactions. Moving beyond theory, this session will focus on live case presentations and demonstrate the investigative process behind researching artworks, artists, and market participants.

Through case studies, Lev will walk participants through the realities of due diligence research: what information is publicly available, what may remain inaccessible, and how investigators work with incomplete records and limited documentation. The session will explore practical tools and techniques, including database research, keyword searches, internet archives, reverse image searches, and other open-source intelligence methods.

This workshop is designed for art lawyers, dealers, advisors, collectors, and professionals interested in strengthening their understanding of due diligence practices and investigative research in art transactions.

About the Speaker

Lev Yuriditsky is the Chief Intelligence Officer at Sqope Intelligence, where he oversees the company’s global intelligence division and project management team, while working to ensure constant development of research methodologies. Lev joined Sqope in early 2020, and has over 15 years of experience in research and in leading research teams, with expertise spanning anti-money laundering, sanctions evasion, terrorism finance, along with political and security risk analysis.

Prior to joining Sqope Intelligence, Lev served as a civil-military coordinator in Jerusalem for the United Nations, following years of experience at a geopolitical risk consulting firm where he managed teams of analysts covering regions including Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and the Americas. He has been quoted by publications including Newsweek and Global Finance magazine for his expertise in the EMEA region. Lev is also CAMS certified and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland and an MA in Middle Eastern History from Tel Aviv University.