Equine professionals: secure and enhance the value of your projects and activities
The equine sector encompasses a wide range of activities, including breeding, sports, training, innovation and events. Stakeholders must navigate specific regulations, asset-related considerations, liability risks and opportunities for economic development.
Cornet Vincent Ségurel supports all players in the equine industry in structuring and securing their projects, protecting their innovations and ensuring operational success.
Which equine sector stakeholders do we support?
We advise:
- Founders and managers of equine businesses and professional organisations
- Breeders and horse owners
- Professional riders and trainers
- Equestrian equipment brands and innovative project developers
- Veterinarians, farriers, transport providers and event organisers
- Designers and developers of equestrian facilities
Our in-depth understanding of the sector’s practices and constraints enables us to provide tailored solutions suited to each stakeholder’s specific needs.
Strategic and legal challenges
Securing a sector with unique economic, sporting and asset-related considerations
Equine industry stakeholders must notably:
- Structure and secure specialised economic activities (breeding, training, operations)
- Protect and enhance high-value assets with strong heritage components
- Manage contractual relationships between professionals
- Anticipate insurance, health and liability risks
- Handle sensitive disputes, often involving significant human and financial stakes
Equine projects: comprehensive and structured support
We assist at every stage of your projects, with a clear and pragmatic approach:
- Upstream: structuring your activities, securing land and anticipating risks
- During: contracts, operational management and coordination between stakeholders
- Downstream: ongoing legal security, operational follow-up and dispute resolution
Recent example of support
Structuring and securing a multi-activity equestrian facility
We assisted a professional group and its members in:
- Creating and legally structuring a facility combining breeding, competition and training
- Drafting service agreements, rural leases and contracts with partners and suppliers
- Protecting brands and innovations developed within the project
- Ensuring regulatory compliance and appropriate insurance coverage
As a result, the client was able to develop its activities securely and efficiently.
Our team’s strengths
A multidisciplinary approach tailored to the equine sector
Our teams bring together expertise in:
- Rural law: operations, leases and administrative authorisations
- Litigation – Arbitration – Mediation: dispute resolution, particularly in relation to sales
- Insurance law: risk coverage and incident management
- Private client / wealth law: asset management and succession planning
- Corporate law – M&A – Private equity: structuring and developing equine businesses
- Employment law: contracts, mobility and workforce protection
- Real estate law: land, construction and infrastructure development
- Competition – Distribution – Contracts: commercial relationships and partnerships
- Intellectual property – Tech – Data: protection of innovation and image rights
This dedicated project-team organisation ensures a comprehensive and practical legal response at every stage of your equine projects.
Do you have a project in the equine sector?
Secure and enhance the value of your activities and innovations
We support breeders, riders, organisations and project developers in:
- Structuring your activities and strategic projects
- Protecting your innovations and intangible assets
- Managing your operations with efficiency and legal certainty