News

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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3rd December 2012

Leading Public Services Law Firm joins the RWG

The UK-based law firm Bevan Brittan LLP has joined the RWG.

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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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23rd April 2012

RWG supports the 3rd East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2012

The Rail Working Group is pleased to be an official supporter of the 3rd East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 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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17th February 2011

Mexican law firm joins the RWG

The Santa Fé-based firmof Abogados Sierra y Vazquez has joined the RWG.

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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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Documentation Presentations

Presentations

Industry Perspective on the Luxembourg Protocol

Presentation by Howard Rosen,Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

How the Rail Registry will work

Presentation by Howard Rosen,Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

Viet Transport 2009 Conference Hanoi

Presentation by Howard Rosen,Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

Africa Rail 2009 Workshop

Private Sector Finance of Rolling Stock

Different Types of Financing for Mobile Equipment
Presentation by Greg McKenzie B. Comm, CIS, CA (AGA)

Different Types of Financing - The European View
Presentation by Martin J. Fleetwood CMILT, ACIB

Succesful Risk Management - Problems arising from the lack of rolling stock title security
Presentation by Martin J. Fleetwood CMILT, ACIB

Rolling Stock Title Security
Presentation by Claire von Zuylen BA LBB

Exploring the Luxembourg Rail Protocol
Presentation by Howard Rosen,Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group to Africa Rail Conference Johannesburg, June2009

Exploring specific section of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol
Presentation by Martin J. Fleetwood CMILT, ACIB

Rolling Stock: Defaulting Debtor
Presentation by Claire von Zuylen BA LBB
BOT-PPP
Presentation by Werner van Oudenhove (BE.consSc (Hons))

Africa Rail 2009 Main Conference

Opportunities and risks facing asset owners, investors and governments
Presentation by Howard Rosen,Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group to Africa Rail Conference Johannesburg, June2009
Update on the “Luxembourg Rail Protocol” the race to modernise rolling stock in Asia
Presentation by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug, Switzerland
Chairman, Rail Working Group
To the VietTraffic Conference
Hanoi, Vietnam, 15 – 17 October 2008

English
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
Update on the “Luxembourg Rail Protocol” the race to modernise rolling stock in Africa

Presentation by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug, Switzerland
Chairman, Rail Working Group
To the AfricaRail 2008 Conference, Johannesburg, 5th June 2008

The Cape Town Convention: International Interests in Railway Rolling Stock
UIC Legal Group Information Session, Paris, 19th February 2008.
The Rail Working Group View, Howard Rosen CBE, MA (Oxon)
Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug, Switzerland
Chairman, Rail Working Group

The Rail Protocol in the run-up to the Diplomatic Conference
Presentation by Howard Rosen, Zug, Switzerland, Chairman of the Rail Working Group to the Internationale Konferenz zur Verkehrsmittel- und Verkehrsinfrastrukturfinanzierung, University Mannheim, 9th November, 2006.

The Case for the Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention
The role of the Rail Working Group and the view of the rail sector. Presentation by Howard Rosen, Zug, Switzerland, Chairman of the Rail Working Group, to a conference in Mexico City, 11th October, 2004.