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18th November 2008

 

Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) joins RWG

 

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28th October 2008

Luxembourg Rail Protocol in Vietnam

 

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24th September 2008

Fromer, Schultheiss & Staehelin joins the RWG

 

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9th September 2008

RWG's new structure

 

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1st September 2008

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

 

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29th August 2008

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

 

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30th July 2008

Bowman Gilfillan joins the RWG

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28th July 2008

Appointment of Chairman of the Emerging Markets Task Force

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28th May 2008

The RWG sets up Emerging Markets Task Force

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16th May 2008

Simmons & Simmons joins the RWG

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2nd May 2008

EU issues new guidelines on state aid for railway undertakings

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25th April 2008

A new member in Denmark

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26th March 2008

Luxembourg Rail Protocol presented at CER Conference in Warsaw

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19th February 2008

UIC legal workshop discusses the Luxembourg Protocol

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11th January 2008

The Rail Working Group is proud to announce that law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has joined the Group.

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Documentation spacer icon Articles


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Articles/Reports

 

Putting trains back on track

By Howard Rosen published in the africainvestor September – October 2008

 

Industry pushes for stock numbers
By Jennifer Rankin published in the European Voice - October 2008
© 2008 European Voice. All rights reserved.
www.europeanvoice.com

 

Das Luxemburger Eisenbahnprotokoll

Zum Protokoll zum Übereinkommen über internationale Sicherungsrechte an beweglicher Ausrüstung betreffend Besonderheiten des rollenden Eisenbahnmaterials vom 23.02.2007

By Dr. Hans-Georg Bollweg, Berlin
und Prof. em. Dr. Karl Kreuzer, Würzburg
IPRax 2008, S. 176-187

 

The Luxembourg Rail Protocol:
A Major Advance for the Railway Industry

By Howard Rosen, published in the Uniform Law Review 2007.

 

Reconciling the Luxembourg Rail Protocol with the Public Interest

Presentation by Howard Rosen to the Committee for International Transport “Berner Tage”
29th November 2007

Protokoll von Luxemburg stellt Rollmaterialfinanzierung auf neue Grundlage
Benjamin von Bodungen and Dr. Konrad Schott
Eisenbahn Revue International, October 2007

 

Will trams soon be getting the Luxembourg effect?

By Martin J. Fleetwood, October 2007

 

All tracks lead to Luxembourg: the Luxembourg Rail Protocol

By Martin J. Fleetwood

Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, June 2007

 

On the Right Track

By Howard Rosen, published in Leasing World, April 2007

 

The Last Word
International Rail Journal, April 2007

 

An Overview of the Draft Rail Protocol
Briefing paper by Howard Rosen circulated in preparation for the Diplomatic Conference on the Rail Protocol, February 2007, in Luxembourg.

 

AfricaRail Symposium Lomé November 2006
Summary Report (engl.) Rapport de synthèse (fr.)


The Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention - is this the way to rail investment?
By Alexander Hewitt, a member of the rail team at Denton Wilde Sapte LLP. A version of this article first appeared in the October 2006 issue of Rail Professional

 

Building a Railway to the Future – Progress on the Draft UNIDROIT / OTIF Rail Protocol
By Howard Rosen, published in the Uniform Law Review 2001.

Creating an international security structure for railway rolling stock: an idea ahead of its time?

By Howard Rosen, published in the Uniform Law Review 1999