Hogan Lovells, DLA Piper, Shoosmiths and Ashurst have taken the top advisory roles on the funding of the  £2.7bn East Coast phase of the UK’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP).

DLA Piper acted for Agility Trains, the consortium comprising Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments that won the IEP contract. DLA’s team was led by infrastructure partner Colin Wilson.