Burges Salmon: advised First/KeolisA trio of leading law firms – Burges Salmon, Norton Rose and Nabarro Nathanson – has closed the £300m financing of a fleet of diesel trains for the newly awarded trans-Pennine rail franchise.

Burges Salmon advised First/Keolis Transpennine, a joint venture between UK bus and rail company FirstGroup and France-based transport company Via GTI UK, that won the eight-year northern rail franchise in July.