William P. Byrne, Partner, practices primarily in the area of rail transportation, with extensive experience in road, rail, intermodal (multimodal) and ocean transportation, including federal/state compliance issues; motor carrier, broker, truckload, less than truckload and intermodal (multimodal) agreements; equipment management, i.e., chassis, container, railcar and trailer leasing, acquisition, interchange (AAR and UIIA) and M&R agreements; and charter parties. Mr. Byrne has similarly extensive experience in shared freight and passenger rail carriers and has represented buyers and sellers in mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions including the sale and/or lease of rail lines for and on behalf of all classes of rail carriers.