Addleshaw Goddard has raked in £1.2 million for advising the Department for Transport (DfT) on a legal battle brought by a consortium of railway operators.

According to a public award document, the firm was contracted to prepare the DfT’s defence against a legal challenge brought by the consortium – made up of Virgin Trains, Stagecoach and French trains operator SNCF – which sought to overturn a decision that disqualified it from bidding to operate the U.K.’s West Coast Railway franchise.