Transport: Rail: Rolling Stock
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
Contact number
(020) 3349 8700About
Provided by Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Our Rolling Stock practice works seamlessly and collaboratively by integrating multidisciplinary teams of lawyers to advise on domestic and international rail and transit matters. Our rail and transit team works across offices and with a broad range of practice areas, including on all matters relating to the procurement, financing, leasing, operation, and maintenance of rolling stock.
Pioneering projects: regularly instructed on innovative and ’first of a kind’ projects, including current work on the inaugural fleets of purpose-built, hydrogen-powered passenger trains and associated hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.
Market entry: advice to new entrants into the rolling stock market, including on the development of innovative financing structures which streamline the financing costs and reducing the weighted average cost of capital to make investments viable.
Rolling stock arrangements: extensive experience of structuring, negotiation and implementation of new-build rolling stock arrangements, insight into how issues arising in previous projects can be avoided, and how to ensure any financed procurements are bankable.
Broad geographical coverage: support to clients in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East and Latin America through a group of nearly 40 lawyers dedicated to rail and transit who are able to provide knowledge of markets across the globe and what is ‘market’ in various geographies.
Chambers Review
Greenberg Traurig has global rail capabilities that makes it well placed to handle a range of rail-related mandates. The firm is adept at working on established cases within rolling stock. In addition, the team advises on financing matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Greenberg Traurig have excellent sector expertise including commercial and regulatory aspects."
"Greenberg Traurig have excellent sector expertise including commercial and regulatory aspects."
Notable Practitioners
Graeme McLellan has extensive experience in transport and asset finance. He has particular expertise in rail rolling stock matters and regularly advises clients on procurement, financing and complex transactions.
"He's knowledgeable about all things rail, with a good knowledge of rolling stock documents, leases and maintenance contracts."
Richard Hughes is a senior associate dedicated to the rail sector. He frequently advises on rolling stock procurement matters and financing mandates.
"Richard Hughes is great, I have no hesitation in recommending Richard."