Charlotte Morgan and Rasha Sami lead the rail team at Linklaters LLP. The group is called upon to handle a variety of rail matters, including advising on a range of regulatory concerns, transactional mandates, and litigation. Morgan advises clients across a range of regulatory infrastructure matters, alongside work concerning rolling stock and stock supply and maintenance agreements. Sami works with both public sector and private sector clients, advising on financing, M&A deals, and regulatory matters. Fiona Hobbs is a key name in the team and works across a spectrum of financial matters within the sector, with experience handling commercial contracts and franchise agreements.
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Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- UK Department for Transport (“DfT”)
- VTG GmbH
- HS1
- Consortium of international shareholders managed by Macquarie Asset Management
Work highlights
Advised the UK Department for Transport as intervener in two high‑profile opt‑out collective actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal concerning alleged abuses of dominance in rail fares.
Advised VTG, an international rail and logistics group, on a €340m promotional loan financing structured through three commercial term facilities as part of VTG’s existing financing platform.
Advised HS1 as a longstanding panel firm on a broad range of strategic, commercial, regulatory and finance matters.
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Practice head
Charlotte Morgan; Rasha Sami
Other key lawyers
Fiona Hobbs