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Rail
The nimble team at A&O Shearman regularly works on a variety of complex and high value transactions in the rail sector. It has particular expertise in infrastructure (light and heavy rail), concessions and rolling stock. In addition, the London offering is able to draw on the expertise of its other offices globally. Recently, the group has been busy advising on a wide range of transactions including three major rail financings, a rail disposal, as well as a metro PPP. Practice head Jonathan Bevan has extensive experience on domestic and cross-border deals spanning rolling stock procurement, rail infrastructure, regulatory matters, projects, acquisitions and financings. Tim Conduit advises across a broad range of projects and infrastructure related work in the bond, bank and institutional debt markets.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The team has a very good mix of legal accuracy and pragmatism which helps in getting a transaction closed in an efficient way. They also have very deep financial market understanding'.
- 'Most experienced and stand-out partners are Jon Bevan and Tim Conduit'.
- 'Excellent full-service offering (spanning banking, capital markets, rail, tax and litigation) that makes A&O the go-to firm for complex corporate or financing matters. Partner quality is consistently excellent. Market knowledge is invaluable'.
- 'Jon Bevan is approachable, pragmatic and technically excellent'.
Key clients
- Mitsui
- Credit Agricole CIB
- Eversholt Rail
- Alpha Trains
- Beacon Rail
- Santander
Work highlights
- Advised Hitachi on all matters related to IEP East and West. It acts for them on all aspects of these two major transactions.
- Advising the lenders on the £548,000,000 Senior and Holdco financing (on the existing debt platform) including a green hold-co loan for Alpha Trains, the leading rolling stock lessor in Europe.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jonathan Bevan