Anne E. Zerbe
Advises employers and public entities on labor and employment matters. Represents clients in investigations, compliance, and workplace disputes.
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Equine businesses operate through specialized assets, relationships, and agreements. We bring firsthand industry knowledge together with experience in corporate, tax, real estate, intellectual property, and litigation to protect value and advance long-term business and succession goals.
Our focus
Equine lawyers fluent in the business behind the horses
The equine industry has its own terminology, customs, and commercial expectations. Standard business documents do not always account for how ownership, breeding, competition, sales, and land use work in practice. We help clients address those distinctions before they become obstacles or disputes.
We advise horse owners, breeders, racing interests, sales organizations, and other equine businesses. Our attorneys understand that a horse may be a competitive asset, breeding investment, intellectual property opportunity, or part of a broader family business. We develop legal strategies around the role it plays and the client’s objectives.
Our experience includes thoroughbred and standardbred matters involving stallion agreements, horse sales, staking conditions, racing disputes, host-track arrangements, and sales organizations. McNees attorneys have also helped owners of prominent racehorses develop branding and licensing opportunities.
Equine matters frequently extend into business structure, tax, real estate, intellectual property, succession planning, or litigation. We bring the appropriate attorneys into the work while maintaining a strategy grounded in the realities of the industry. The current practice specifically combines equine knowledge with corporate, tax, intellectual property, and real estate experience.
We advise owners and equine businesses on entity formation, ownership arrangements, governance, and commercial agreements. Our work includes horse purchases and sales, breeding and stallion agreements, syndications, and other transactions involving equine assets and operations.
We advise owners, staking associations, and other racing participants on staking conditions, eligibility issues, host-track agreements, and disputes involving competition and racing operations.
We help clients acquire, sell, lease, develop, and preserve farms, training facilities, breeding operations, and other equine properties. Our work includes zoning, land use, agricultural requirements, and other real estate matters affecting the operation.
We help owners and equine businesses protect names, brands, and other intellectual property. Our experience includes licensing and promotional arrangements involving racehorses, merchandise, media, and industry organizations.
We represent clients in disputes involving horse sales, ownership, contracts, licensing, racing arrangements, and other commercial matters. We pursue resolution through negotiation or litigation with the industry context and the value of the underlying assets in view.
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Allen C. Tucci
Represents multi-national and emerging businesses in corporate transactions and compliance. Advises on securities law, mergers, and international growth.
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