Addleshaw Goddard and Macfarlanes have lined up alongside a plethora of U.S. heavyweights to advise on the sale of American railway operator Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) in a deal worth $8.4 billion.

G&W is being bought for $6.4 billion in cash by a consortium that includes Canadian private equity firm Brookfield Infrastructure of Toronto and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, with the transaction set to take G&W off the New York Stock Exchange.