27th August 2010
Zolfo Cooper joins the RWG
Zolfo Cooper has joined the RWG. Zolfo Cooper is
the world's pre-eminent advisory and interim management firm, providing
restructuring leadership to companies and their stakeholders. Zolfo
Cooper has operations in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean.
7th July 2010
Unidroit/OTIF publishes RFP for the Luxembourg Registry
Unidroit and OTIF, as the joint sponsoring organizations
for the Luxembourg Rail Protocol, have now issued the definitive request
for proposals for the operation of the registry required under the
Luxembourg Protocol.
18th June 2010
RWG participates in Africa Rail 2010
RWG Champ Howard Rosen and Secretary Martin Fleetwood
were both at the Africa Rail 2010 conference which took place in Johannesburg
at the beginning of June.
18th June 2010
Why Luxembourg makes sense for state owned Operators
The RWG has today published a note on “Why state
owned Operators"..
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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