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Digital transformation, contracts and project performance

Railway Gazette International header: “Regulators support market opening”

Governance before kilometres: regulating a railway revival

This article features insights from Elvira Palomino Alarcón, CEO and Director of Legal Engineering at TrAInsolutions, on railway governance and project structuring. In “Governance...

“France” page of The Legal Industry featuring the InHouse Practice section on Elvira Palomino Alarcón, TrAInsolutions, on managing large infrastructure megaprojects

Megaprojects don’t collapse overnight — they drift into claims: legal engineering as an X-ray of governance and dispute prevention

In the 𝗜𝗻𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 section, Elvira Palomino Alarcón approaches Legal Engineering as a true “strategic X-ray” of megaprojects. Through a hybrid approach combining law...

Modern office lobby with a wall relief depicting infrastructure, energy and rail, and professionals in discussion, one of them wearing a hard hat

Megaprojects: Claim Management and digital transformation — what challenges for organisations?

In contract-intensive sectors – infrastructure, rail, energy, construction, industry or large IT programmes – Claim Management has become a strategic issue. On megaprojects, cost,...

Page 37 of Caretas magazine, 4 December 2025: article “El Ferrocarril en el Laberinto” by Elvira Palomino, illustrated with crossing railway tracks

Rail in the Labyrinth

Elvira Palomino examines the structural crisis of Peru’s railway system, marked by institutional fragmentation and a lack of technical standards. Although there has been...

High-speed TGV train at a platform under the train shed of a major French station

Transparency and economic performance: an inseparable pair for our railway projects.

As #JeanTirole and #JosephStiglitz remind us, transparency is an essential condition for efficiency and economic performance. Without clear rules or reliable information, trust disappears...

Professional in a suit and hard hat stacking paper documents in front of a screen showing the Aconex document platform

Governing with evidence: legal engineering as a driver of prevention and innovation in infrastructure projects

Elvira PALOMINO Legal engineer in railway infrastructure projects Mediator at the Paris Court of Appeal Lawyer in France & Peru | Founder of TraINsolutions...

Red and yellow diesel locomotive number 1933 hauling passenger cars on a track in Lima, beneath a footbridge bearing the sign “Rápido y seguro”

Rolling stock, public health and international cooperation: the case of the Caltrain trains [Lima–Chosica] and the importance of anticipating hidden costs.

Elvira Palomino, CEO Trainsolutions Introduction As part of the relaunch of the commuter rail service between Lima and Chosica, the donation of rolling stock...

Several copies of a “Collaborative Contract” on a wooden desk, with glasses, pens and a notebook showing a “Team Work” handshake drawing

Collaborative contracts: a structured approach to effective contract management

Contracts in public procurement often remain rigid and compartmentalised, encouraging claims from the moment they are signed. The result? Adversarial strategies and a proliferation...

Civil engineers work according to road conditions and have barri

Public works and joint and several liability (in solidum)

F… and Mr and Mrs C… appealed after the administrative court refused to hold a municipality and company S. jointly and severally liable for...