Terence M Hynes

Practice Areas

TERENCE (TERRY) HYNES, senior counsel in Sidley’s Washington, D.C. office, focuses his practice primarily in matters involving the transportation industry. Over the past 45 years, Terry has advised railroads, ocean carriers, private equity firms and financial institutions in connection with mergers and acquisitions, inter-carrier agreements and rail corridor development projects involving both freight and passenger service. He also represents transportation industry clients in connection with commercial, regulatory and appellate litigation.

Terry has been at the forefront of the development of high-speed passenger rail service in the United States, serving as counsel to privately-owned high-speed rail projects throughout the United States. He has been an advocate for regulatory reforms designed to promote private investment in the high-speed rail sector. Terry has extensive experience in connection with bankruptcy proceedings involving transportation firms having represented clients in connection with the successful bankruptcy reorganization of several railroads and ocean shipping companies.