Rail
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Client SatisfactionSpearheaded by Louise Mor, the rail offering at Watson Farley & Williams LLP covers a broad range of issues from financing and capital markets work, to advising on dispute resolution and employment matters. It has a large asset finance practice, and continues to be busy advising on various aspects of rail financing. Clients include lessors, banks, project sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, and operators. Ryland Ash has considerable experience in construction matters.
Testimonials
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‘Knowledgeable, getting things done, approachable.’
‘Louise is very friendly and a good communicator. Also, in disputes, she is always capable of channelling the discussion in a good way.’
‘Great team, great partner, really available!’
‘Louise Mor is always available and responsive and always provides pragmatic answers, which are very appreciated.’
‘Specialist knowledge and superb personal service is excellent and superior to any other law firm we have encountered.’
‘Ryland Ash has provided fantastic advice and support on NEC contracts, and a major dispute was settled thanks to him and his team's guidance. First class.’
‘The WFW team has been incredibly available to our request. Working with them has been like a partnership. We believe that they always had our best interests in mind, which is not always the case.’
‘Louise Mor has been incredible throughout the different processes we worked on together. She has always been available and insightful, taking the time to explain in simple terms the implication of the different options we were presented.'
Key clients
- Alpha Trains
- Streem Holding
- ABN AMRO Bank NV
- Nexrail
Work highlights
- Advising Streem Holding on its latest private placement offering, involving multiple tranches of fixed and floating rate notes.
- Advising Nexrail on the closure of Project Sigma, a €322m sustainability-linked debt facility with a syndicate of ten banks.
- Advising ABN AMRO Bank N.V in relation to a €75m revolving capex facility provided by ABN AMRO Bank N.V. as lender to an Irish borrower SPV controlled by ITE Management L.P. for the financing and acquisition of railcars.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Louise Mor