Nicholas Sharp is a commercial solicitor with a special interest in the visual arts.  He  worked for top City firm Slaughter and May for seven years and in industry before starting his own practice in 1988.

He has been a consultant to Colgate-Palmolive group since 1988 and other business clients have included publishing house Centaur Communications.

He has advised arts businesses, arts organisations and individual practitioners on contracts, copyright and other legal issues for many years.

He is a director of a-n The Artists’ Information Company, publishers of a-n Magazine and the leading national provider of information and advice to practising professional artists. He contributes regular articles on legal issues and is the author of a-n’s Visual Arts Contracts series and joint author of the a-n interactive Artist’s Contracts Toolkit.

In 2006 Nicholas was commissioned by Arts Council England and the Scottish Arts Council to prepare Checklists and other guidance material on contracts between artists and galleries participating in the national ‘Own Art’ scheme which provides interest-free credit for art purchases.

In 1998 he co-founded The Multiple Store which commissions and sells limited editions by major contemporary British artists including Fiona Banner, Langlands & Bell, Cornelia Parker and Alison Wilding.

Nick joined Swan Turton as a consultant in January 2006.

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