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Transport

Navigate the challenges of the transport sector with our expert legal support across rail, road, aviation, marine and ports. 

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The transport sector is vital to the UK’s economy, with ambitious plans to enhance passenger and freight transport solutions in the years ahead.

It faces unique challenges, including regulatory changes, infrastructure development, and the drive towards sustainability and innovation.

Our industry-leading transport lawyers combine their sector insight with unparalleled expertise in transport law. With our collaborative cross-firm approach, we ensure the right team is built for each client.

Our advice spans all aspects of transport law, from funding and operations to construction and development. We work at the forefront of new transport technologies, offering innovative solutions informed by a deep understanding of operational and commercial challenges.

We provide comprehensive support across highways, road transport, rail, aviation, marine, and ports and our services encompass a wide range of solutions designed to address your needs. From multi-modal transport integration to the decarbonisation of operations , we provide comprehensive support and guidance:

  • Multi-modal transport solutions: Expertise in transport operations, fares and ticketing, integrated logistics arrangements, decarbonisation projects and commercial contracts across the transport sector.
  • Highways, rail infrastructure, airports, and ports: Advising on infrastructure development, financing and operational management for key transport modes.
  • Digitisation and new technology: Supporting innovations such as the digitisation of transport modes, passenger information systems and driverless cars.
  • Modal and multi-modal regulation: Guidance on rail regulation, access issues, bus franchising and health and safety compliance.
  • Corporate structuring: Legal advice on the establishment and acquisition of transport companies, creation of joint ventures and on governance frameworks.

Sector expertise

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Decarbonisation

Supporting our clients to deliver successful and innovative decarbonisation projects: we combine exceptional legal expertise across the transport, infrastructure and energy sectors to provide market-leading, multi-sector Net Zero solutions. 

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Freight and logistics

Exceptional legal support across all aspects of freight and logistics, helping grow your business while also implementing innovative and sustainable solutions to achieve Net Zero targets.

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Health and safety

Health and safety legal specialists with expertise in the transport sector, providing emergency incident response, investigation advice and regulatory compliance support to UK-wide transport operators and other businesses.

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Passenger transport

Dedicated and sector-focused legal expertise helping clients realise complex and strategically important passenger transportation projects.

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Planning, redevelopment and infrastructure

Award-winning legal expertise across transport planning, redevelopment and infrastructure projects across the UK.

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Regeneration and connectivity

Delivering successful ‘once in a generation’ transport-led regeneration projects, helping drive local and regional regeneration through reconnection.

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Innovation

Legal expertise driving innovation across the transport sector, helping clients harness cleaner, smarter, technology and data-assisted innovations to deliver a more sustainable future for transport.

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Policy and regulation

Sector-focused legal advice on all aspects of transport regulation and policy for transport operators, suppliers, regulators, public authorities and government departments.

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Our team

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Examples of our work

Transport operators

Advising the UK’s largest transport operators on key policy and regulatory issues and the delivery of critical projects such as fleet decarbonisation, accessibility and customer and vehicle technology.

Project NextGen

Advising long-standing client FirstGroup in relation to the funding and deployment of up to 1,000 electric buses as part of FirstGroup’s ambitions to decarbonise its bus fleet by 2035.

Sizewell C

Advising on the construction, asset protection, service and funding agreements required for the delivery of new rail infrastructure to enable materials to be transported by rail freight to the site of a new power plant.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on self-drive vehicles

Advisory work supporting the development of new legislation and co-founding of the APPG to work with industry and policy makers.

Rock Rail and Rock Road

Advising on buying and leasing fleets in the rail and bus sectors.

Sustainable aviation fuel

Supporting clients including Fulcrum Bioenergy and Firefly Green Fuels on the development and financing of waste to sustainable aviation fuel projects.

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What others say

“The Burges Salmon team demonstrate extensive experience in the field and are able to apply their knowledge from many learned experiences and developments.”

Chambers UK 2025

“The team is unique due to its true specialism in the rail sector. Helping clients navigate the maze of complex regulations that apply to the sector, including safety and performance, procurement law and competition. The rail team is highly collaborative, friendly and approachable.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

“Their prior knowledge of the industry and their ability to keep up to date with ever-changing developments makes the team a delight to work with and gives assurance that they are at the top of their game.”

Legal 500 UK 2025

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