18th April 2013
VERHAEGEN WALRAVENS has joined the RWG.
VERHAEGEN WALRAVENS is an independent Belgian law
firm.
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14th March 2013
The Malta based firm Fenech Farrugia Fiott Legal
(FFFL) has joined the RWG.
Malta does not have a railway industry, but has a
strong international reputation in the field of asset finance.
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17th January 2013
Sarin & Co. – Joins Rail Working Group to Facilitate
Induction of Railway Protocol in India
Sarin & Co., India’s front running law firm in
the field of aircraft financing / leasing has joined the Rail Working
Group to facilitate the accession of the Rail Protocol by India.
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27th November 2012
Germany signs the Luxembourg Protocol
We are delighted to announce the signature by the
Federal Republic of Germany on 21st November 2012 of the Luxembourg
Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in
Mobile Equipment..
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14th September 2012
Talking Rail in Oman
Special guest speaker H.E. Salim bin Mohammed al Nuaimi,
Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Transport and Communications addresses
The Second Oman Transport Infrastructure Summit, which took place
in Muscat between 10th and 12th September 2012.
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26th March 2012
Hong Kong firm GHK joins the Rail Working Group
GHK is an international firm of economic, financial
and management consultants with extensive experience in public and
private sector consultancy..
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12th March 2012
Space Protocol Adopted
The Space Protocol to the Cape Town Convention was
adopted as a diplomatic conference in Berlin last Friday, 9th March
2012.
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21st February 2012
First Ratification
UNIDROIT took delivery of Luxembourg’s Instrument
of Ratification to the Luxembourg Protocol on 31st January 2012, making
it the first state to ratify the Luxembourg Protocol.
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3rd November 2011
UNIDROIT Celebrates 10th Anniversary of the Cape
Town Convention
UNIDROIT is hosting a seminar to celebrate the 10th
Anniversary of the adoption of the Cape Town Convention in Rome on
30th November 2011.
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22nd September 2011
Election of Management Committee
At the Annual General Meeting on 22nd September 2011,
Howard Rosen, Konrad Schott and Martin Fleetwood were re-elected as
respectively Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Rail Working
Group.
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21st April 2011
SITA selected as preferred bidder to operate the
International Rail Registry
UNIDROIT and OTIF announced yesterday in a joint statement
that SITA NV had been selected as the preferred bidder to enter into
contract negotiations for the design, establishment and operation
of the future International Registry operating under the Luxembourg
Rail Protocol.
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13th April 2011
RWG to participate in Africa Rail 2011 in Johannesburg
The Rail Working Group will take an active part in
the Africa Rail 2011 Conference taking place between 27th June and
1st July in Johannesburg.
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7th March 2011
Key Basel law firm joins the RWG
ThomannFischer is a long-established law firm in Basel
which was founded in 1998.
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4th January 2011
Asia Pacific Rail 2011
Rail Working Group to present at the Asia Pacific
Rail Conference in Hong Kong next March.
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