Rail
The excellent team at DLA Piper advises private and public sector clients in the rail sector on a wide range of issues affecting the industry. Its strong planning and consenting practice has recently advised on some large new build rail projects in the UK. The firm’s rail commercial and regulatory team has been working on an array of regulatory, commercial and PPP matters. It continues to be busy working on various high-profile rolling stock procurements. In addition to working on some key national and international transactions, the group has been fully supporting clients on various operational matters. These matters have included advising on rolling stock leasing, as well as station and depot leasing. Robert Smith and Colin Wilson are recommended.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Good all round legal advice and depth of resource.’
‘Robert Bridgman provides excellent support, smart, responsive and very user-friendly.’
‘DLA have a large team with many specialities. They have strong transport and rail connections with strong links and ties with central government.’
‘The team all have specific areas of expertise, and they are good at delivering the requirements the Council needed for its PFI scheme.’
‘Rob Smith - absolutely standout brain. His knowledge of the industry and his ability to see the bigger strategic or industrial picture is unparalleled.’
Key clients
- Agility Trains
- Department for Transport
- East West Rail Company Limited
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- Hitachi Rail
- Nottingham City Council
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive / South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
- Transport UK
- Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus)
- VolkerRail Limited
Work highlights
- Advising East West Rail Limited on the promotion of a development consent order for a new railway line between Bedford and Cambridge.
- Advising Nottingham City Council on the successful restructure of an essential transport system for Nottingham.
- Advising South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority on bringing Sheffield's light rail network back into public control.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Robert Smith, Colin Wilson