DLA Piper, Stephenson Harwood, Clifford Chance and CMS are among the firms advising as East Midlands Railway’s new owner places a £400 million order for a fleet of Hitachi-built trains.

As part of a rolling stock project set to start in 2022, Japanese train manufacturer Hitachi Rail will deliver a new 33-strong fleet of intercity trains to Dutch transport group Abellio, which earlier this week added East Midlands Railway to its quartet of U.K. rail franchises.