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.

Documentation Articles

Articles/Reports

Putting trains back on track

By Howard Rosen published in the africainvestor September – October 2008

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