Simpson Thacher counsels clients across the spectrum of transportation sectors—from airline to automotive, freight to logistics, railroad to shipping to toll roads.
Working collaboratively across the full array of our corporate practice areas, we advise clients involved in transportation on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, banking and credit matters, joint ventures, lease financing matters and project and structured financing transactions.
Our transportation transactions include:
- TIP Group in the sale of its Canadian business, TIP Canada, to Transportation Equipment Network
- Stonepeak in its $7.4 billion acquisition of Textainer Group Holdings
- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. in its majority investment by Grupo México Transportes in G&W’s CG Railway joint venture
- Republic Airways Holdings’ receipt of $206 million in support under the Payroll Support Program pursuant to The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
- KKR’s $1 billion capital commitment to acquire commercial aircraft in partnership with Altavair AirFinance and KKR’s related acquisition of a 50% interest in Altavair
- Genesee & Wyoming’s $8.4 billion sale to affiliates of Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC, and its formation of a 50/50 joint venture with SEACOR Holdings to own and operate CG Railway
- Air Lease Corporation’s various corporate financings and debt offerings aggregating over $19 billion
- EQT Infrastructure’s sale of GB Railfreight