Exhibiting 'excellent customer focus and commercial understanding', Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a popular choice among clients in the rail sector across a range of domestic and cross-border finance and leasing matters, often drawing upon resources throughout the firm's wider finance practice. Graeme McLellan has 'excellent industry knowledge', which he deploys to good effect on rolling stock procurement transactions, depot financings and portfolio acquisitions/disposals.

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  • 'Excellent customer focus and commercial understanding over and above the wide presence and legal knowledge.’
  • ‘Graeme McLellan is responsive, pragmatic, proactive and has excellent industry knowledge.’

  • ‘Graeme McLellan is highly regarded in the rail sector due to his expertise in both rail-specific and general financing structures.’

Key clients

  • Equitix Limited
  • Eversholt Rail
  • AS Operail

Work highlights

  • Advising Equitix Ltd as equity investor in relation to the ongoing financing of the development of the Norwich Crown Point Light Maintenance Depot, which will be used for the maintenance of an £800m fleet of new rolling stock being procured by Abellio East Anglia.
  • Advising the owners/sellers on the disposal of a portfolio of over 300 freight wagons operating in a number of jurisdictions across Europe and subject to ongoing lease agreements with various operators.
  • Advising Eversholt Rail on the proposed procurement, financing and leasing of the UK’s first-ever brand-new fleet of hydrogen multiple units (HMUs) that are to be manufactured by Alstom.

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Practice head

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Graeme McLellan

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Richard Hughes