DataSecurityLaw.com is the firm’s resource for the latest news, analysis, and thought leadership in the critical area of privacy and cybersecurity law. Patterson Belknap’s Privacy and Data Security practice provides public and private enterprises, their leadership teams and boards with comprehensive services in this critical area. Our team of experienced litigators, corporate advisors and former federal and state prosecutors advises on a broad range of privacy and data protection matters...
Practice Expertise
- Trusts and Estates
- Real Estate
- Art and Museum Law
Areas of Practice
- Art and Museum Law
- Real Estate
- Trusts and Estates
- Family Offices
Profile
Hugh Freund has more than 40 years of experience representing and counseling individuals and multigenerational families in their business, personal, investment, estate planning, real estate, philanthropic and fiduciary matters. In addition, he has acted as a senior counselor to on- and off-shore families and their business entities, overseeing and supervising their investment, legal and accounting professionals.
Mr. Freund also has a sophisticated art law practice that includes the representation of private and public art galleries, dealers in both the primary and secondary art markets, visual artists (both painters and sculptors) and collectors, as well as commercial real estate developers for agreements for large-scale indoor and outdoor sculpture commissions.
Mr. Freund is currently a member of the Board of Overseers Emeritus of The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, a trustee of The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. and an Honorary Trustee of The Parrish Art Museum. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Mr. Freund to be a Director of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation through December 2012 and, also at Mayor Bloomberg’s request, served as a Commissioner of The Art Commission of the City of New York in 2004 through 2006.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- New York University School of Law (J.D., 1970)
- Dartmouth College (B.A., 1967)
Areas of Practice
- Art and Museum Law
- Real Estate
- Trusts and Estates
- Family Offices
Professional Career
Professional Activities and Experience
Director, Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, 2006-2012; Commissioner, New York City Art Commission, 2004-2006; Alumni Representative, The Buckley School; Member, Board of Advisors, Checkerboard Foundation; Executive Committee, Dartmouth College, Class of 1967; Board of Overseers Emeritus of The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College; Honorary Trustee, The Parrish Art Museum.
Blogs
Misbranded
Misbranded is Patterson Belknap’s blog covering false advertising litigation—both consumer class actions and competitor suits—with a particular focus on FDA-regulated products (foods/beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements).
Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog
The Second Circuit Criminal Law Blog is your place to follow the criminal law decisions rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. With a rich 225-year history of legendary judges like Learned Hand and Henry Friendly, the Second Circuit has long been known for writing important and thoughtful opinions on many subjects, including the criminal law. We review every published criminal law opinion handed down by the Second Circuit in order to provide you with a summary of the...
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