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Rail
Freeths LLP
Tom Johnson and Michael Bray co-lead the practice at Freeths LLP. It has a broad range of experience in diverse areas such as rolling stock financing, procurement, leasing and maintenance, as well as rail regulation and health and safety issues. Johnson has extensive experience of advising on a wide variety of rail-related matters, both in the UK and internationally.
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‘Our work has been managed by Tom Johnson. He has the combination of substantial experience in these type of transactions and understanding of our business sector, which allows him to support and advise on our negotiations'.
‘I think the team brings different levels of experience and expertise and can rely on each other for support to offer clients an all round legal service’.
‘I have worked with Tom Johnson and sat opposite Iain Bowler, so know them both. What I like is that both operate fairly, whichever side they represent they obviously want the best for their clients'.
‘I am familiar with Tom Johnson from his previous roles at Norton Rose. He is a very capable asset finance lawyer'.
‘Tom Johnson is a very capable and committed asset finance lawyer’.
Key clients
- Porterbrook
- GB Railfreight
- Tronos Limited
- Tronos AG
- Vivarail Limited
- HS1
- Crown Commercial Services Public Sector Legal Services, Lot 3
- Leicester City Council
- Walsall Council
- Travis Perkins Group Plc
Work highlights
- Advising GBRf in relation to the leasing of certain locomotives from A Locomotive Pool Structure 3 Ltd., a subsidiary of Akiem S.A.
- Advising Vivarail Limited on matters of contractual interpretation arising in relation to a rolling stock purchase contract.
- Advising Leicester City Council on its ambitious plans to transform the entrance to Leicester’s historic railway station, securing £18m of Government Levelling Up Funding and match funded by a further £5m - £m of local authority monies.
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Tom Johnson, Michael Bray