Rolling Stock

The transport and energy transition is fundamentally transforming the rail sector. In this dynamic environment, our cross practice team has been operating for many years at the heart of the industry and maintains close relationships with railway operators, logistics and infrastructure providers, lessors, and financiers.

With rail industry specialists from our Projects & Infrastructure, Commercial Agreements & Distribution, Banking & Finance, Competition Law, Restructuring, Employment Law, and IP & IT practice groups, we provide a seamless, full service approach from a single source. We support market participants in addressing the wide range of challenges facing the rail sector, including restructurings and contract renegotiations. A particular focus of our work is legal advice on public service and public transport agreements.

We advise financiers and lessors on domestic and cross border financing and leasing transactions involving locomotives, multiple units, and freight wagons. In addition, we provide comprehensive support in rolling stock procurements, financing, operating and finance lease transactions, as well as purchase and sale transactions. We also assist contracting authorities and railway operators throughout procurement procedures, both under public procurement competition law and Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007. For all procurement and state aid law matters, we offer proven and practical solutions.

Our cross practice objective is to bring rail vehicles onto the tracks quickly, legally secure, and efficiently—for the benefit of all stakeholders.