As the urban dynamic shifts, we are seeing an increase in Mobility as a Service ("MaaS") providers entering the new mobility market. MaaS offers users a tailored, simplified, convenient and sometimes 'greener' travel solution. By aggregating multiple public and private service providers and big data (including traffic management data), MaaS enables users to plan, book, and pay for multiple types of mobility services via one mobile app. They can travel from A to B, across different transport modes, using just one ticket. But how do those operating in the MaaS ecosystem – from transport aggregators and platform operators, to telecoms and payments providers – deal with the complex web of legal issues governing MaaS solutions?
Listen to our podcast series as we explore various legal issues, challenges and opportunities in MaaS through interviews with legal and industry experts. Our expertise comes from advising clients across the digital and mobility industries and through our work as a consortium partner to MyCorridor, an EU Commission Horizon 2020 research project. The project concluded in early 2021 and explored the technical, commercial and legal issues in cross-border MaaS over a three and a half year period, alongside 16 European consortium partners.
Listen to series two here.
Episode 1: What is MaaS and what are the legal implications?
This is the first episode in a new Osborne Clarke podcast series about Mobility as a Service ("MaaS"). We will look at legal and other issues relevant to MaaS, including through case studies and guest interviews.
In the first episode Jeremy Godley and Marie-Claire Smith try to define MaaS, a term that already seems to mean many different things, and provide a high level overview of some of the key legal issues.
Episode 2: What are the consumer law considerations in MaaS
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) brings many benefits to consumers, and consumer trust is key to a successful MaaS platform. This second episode of Osborne Clarke's MaaS series explores consumer law issues relevant to MaaS, both within the UK and across borders.
Episode 3: Competition law and MaaS: Opening up mobility markets
In episode three of the Osborne Clarke MaaS podcast, Jeremy Godley speaks to the co-head of OC's international competition practice, Thomas Funke, to understand the role competition law can play in enabling Mobility as a Service. We talk about access to data, precautions that dominant mobility players should be aware of, and how competition law can help start-up and scale-up MaaS businesses, among other topics.
Episode 4: Data in MaaS
Data is fundamental to the way new mobility and Mobility as a Service ("MaaS") service providers operate, however concerns around data ownership, data access and data sharing can often create obstacles for these service providers. In this episode of Osborne Clarke's MaaS podcast series Marie-Claire Day speaks with data protection expert and OC Partner, Marc Storing, about data protection in MaaS.
Episode 5: Opportunities and challenges in Mobility as a Service
In episode five of Osborne Clarke's Mobility as a Service ("MaaS") podcast series, Marie-Claire Day is joined by Aurelien Cottet, an expert in the MaaS industry. Aurelien has over 4 years' experience working in MaaS for Transdev, in 2020 he was elected to the Maas Alliance Board of Directors, and, in early 2021, he was invited to become a contributor and advisor to the Urban AI Think-Tank. Aurelien is now International Sales Director for INSTANT System who specialise in Intelligent Transport Systems and MaaS solutions. Aurelien talks to us about the deployment of MaaS internationally, and the opportunities and challenges for MaaS.
Episode 6: A spotlight on India
In episode six of Osborne Clarke's Mobility as a Service ("MaaS") podcast series, Jeremy Godley is joined by Parveen Arora, Partner and head of the energy and infrastructure practice and Shloka Vaidialingam, Principal Associate, both at Osborne Clarke's relationship firm in India, BTG Legal, to discuss some of the wider mobility trends in India.
Episode 7: Intellectual Property in MaaS
With its complex background arrangements, MaaS offers an increasingly broad range of IP opportunities. In episode seven of Osborne Clarke's Mobility as a Service (MaaS) podcast series, Marie-Claire Day speaks with intellectual property expert and OC Partner, Tamara Quinn, about intellectual property in MaaS.
Episode 8: Investment in MaaS
In episode eight of our Mobility as a Service (MaaS) podcast series we delve into the money side of MaaS: exploring what is driving investment in the industry as well as potential trends to look out for in future.
This time, Jeremy Godley, a Commercial lawyer based in London, is joined by two corporate lawyers at Osborne Clarke - Will Nicolson, a Private Equity lawyer based in London, and Till Saur, a Corporate Partner based in Berlin, who specialises in VC investments.
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