Equine
Our team provides comprehensive legal advice on equine law, enabling clients to optimise the advantages of horse ownership.
Providing essential and robust protection for both owners and their horses, we advise on contentious issues such as disputes over the sale or purchase of horses, as well as non-contentious matters including all aspects of equestrian property, horse sale agreements, foal share agreements and syndication agreements.
What we do:
- Sale and purchase of equestrian property
- Disputes
- Contracts
- Sponsorship agreements
- Livery agreements
- Employment issues
Recent experience:
- Advising on a proposed financing of two estates in Harrogate with a total value of £20m, one of which will be developed into a 'world class' stud farm. The security package comprises a legal charge over the two estates plus security over a yacht and bloodstock.
- Advising a world-renowned estate on governance matters relating to its polo club.
- Advising the lenders on a loan to a family trust to be secured on bloodstock and the receivables from a stud farm.
- Advising in relation to a shareholders' agreement relating to a racehorse investment group.
- Advising on the real estate and corporate elements of the acquisition of various stud farms, racing and livery yards.
- Advising a polo team on an immigration matter concerning a team member, as well as a dispute over team composition under the competition’s rules.
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