News

4th March 2010

RWG Publishes two new Briefing Papers

The RWG has now published two new papers.

4th March 2010

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin joins the RWG

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin has become a new member of the RWG.

24th February 2010

RWG publishes paper on the unique identification of Rolling Stock

The RWG has today published its working paper entitled Allocation and Marking of Permanent Numbers on Rolling Stock.

19th January 2010

Information Session for Potential Bidders to be the Registrar of the International Rail Registry

A one-day Information session will be held at the Unidroit headquarters in Rome on 25th February 2010 for all interested potential bidders.

14th December 2009

The European Union Council meeting confirmed their support for the Luxembourg Rail Protocol

On 30th November the European Union Council meeting confirmed their support for the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, and officially signed the Luxembourg Protocol on 10th December in Rome.

30th November 2009

K&L Gates Annual Rail Finance Conference

The 4th Annual Rail Finance Conference was held by international law firm K&L Gates LLP in Frankfurt, Germany on 5th November 2009.

5th November 2009

Gulf Traffic Conference in Dubai

The Rail Working Group will take an active part in the Gulf Traffic Conference taking place between 6th and 7th December in Dubai.

21st October 2009

Columbia joins RWG

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious firm of Rodríguez & Cavelier, based in Bogotá, Columbia, has become the first South American member of the Rail Working Group.

3rd September 2009

RWG to participate in Viet Transport 2009 conference

The Rail Working Group will participate in the Viet Transport 2009 conference to be held in Hanoi between 9th and 11th December. RWG Chairman, Howard Rosen, and ...

6th July

RWG publishing its presentations at the Africa Rail Conference June 2009

The Rail Working Group ran a comprehensive workshop on private sector finance of rolling stock on 23rd June 2009 in Johannesburg.

28th May 2009

Rail Finance Workshop in Johannesburg

As part of the Africa Rail 2009 conference, on 23rd June, the Rail Working Group will be running full day workshop which will take an in-depth look at the different ways of financing rolling stock through private sector credit. For more information see Programme

1st April 2009

Mason Hayes+Curran joins the RWG

Mason Hayes+Curran is a law firm based in Dublin, Ireland with 45 Partners and substantial focus and concentration of clients in international commerce and cross border transactions.

10th March 2009

K&L Gates LLP joins the RWG

The Rail Working Group is pleased to announce that law firm K&L Gates LLP has joined the Group. K&L Gates LLP will be represented in the group by Frank Thomas, Partner in the Frankfurt office.

18th November 2008

Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) joins RWG

The RWG today acquired its second member in South Africa when Rand Merchant Bank joined the Group.

28th October 2008

Luxembourg Rail Protocol in Vietnam

Earlier this month RWG Chairman Howard Rosen gave a detailed presentation to the Viettraffic 2008 Conference which took place in Hanoi 15-16 October.

24th September 2008

Fromer, Schultheiss & Staehelin joins the RWG

Fromer, Schultheiss & Staehelin has been a well-established law firm in Basel/Switzerland since 1941, offering professional services to domestic and international clients.

9th September 2008

RWG's new structure

At a meeting in London on 4th September, the Rail Working Group formally constituted itself as an Association under Swiss law.

1st September 2008

UNIFE study expects continued strong growth in the rail sector to 2016

A report by Roland Berger for UNIFE issued on 1st September, reports that recent growth in the railway supply sector has been at a phenomenal rate of 9% and estimates annual growth looking forward of 2 – 2.5% is expected for the next 9 years.

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29th August 2008

Official commentary on the Cape Town Convention and the Luxembourg Rail Protocol published

The official commentary on the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Luxembourg Protocol thereto on matters specific to railway rolling stock, has now been published by UNIDROIT. This comprehensive work, written by the Rapporteur of the Luxembourg Diplomatic Conference, Prof. Sir Roy Goode CBE QC, emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, is available from UNIDROIT at a price of € 150.00. Copies may be ordered directly from UNIDROIT at the following address: unidroit.rome@unidroit.org. For more information, see the online brochure.