Transportation
Sidley enjoys a global reputation in its representation of the transportation industry, including the most extensive group of U.S. railroad industry clients of any international law firm. We have been ranked as the top transportation industry law firm in the United States for the last five years in a row by
Chambers USA. In addition to our railroad clients, we assist aircraft leasing companies, aircraft manufacturers and purchasers, trucking companies, ocean carriers, bargelines and other businesses in regulatory matters, litigation, logistics and supply chain issues, and transactions.
We represent transportation companies in a wide range of commercial litigation in U.S. federal and state courts; administrative litigation, including maximum rate complaints, merger and consolidation cases, competitive access disputes and rulemaking proceedings before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the U.S. Department of Transportation and state and local agencies; railway labor litigation, including arbitration and related civil actions; antitrust litigation and counseling; pre-emption litigation; environmental counseling and litigation; representation of carriers and financial institutions in transactions involving the creation of short-line and regional carriers; and counseling on these and a wide variety of other matters, including financings, acquisitions and tax planning, environmental compliance, bankruptcy and EU regulatory issues.
We also represent transportation companies and investors in major transactions, including nearly every aspect of transportation industry mergers and acquisitions from corporate and tax work to obtaining regulatory authorizations and approvals.
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