Archive 2007

Luxembourg Protocol presented at CIT Annual “Berner Tage” Conference 30th November 2007 On 29th November, RWG Chairman, Howard Rosen, presented an overview of the Luxembourg Protocol to delegates at this Conference and also delivered a detailed paper on the thinking behind the Public Service Exemption in the Protocol: Reconciling the Luxembourg Rail Protocol with the […]

First Indian Member of the RWG 19th November 2007 The Rail Working Group is proud to announce that the law firm Rajinder Narain & Co. has joined the Group. Rajinder Narain & Co. www.rnclegal.com was the first legal firm to be established in New Delhi soon after Independence of India in 1947 and specialises in […]

Rail Working Group appoints a new treasurer 7th November 2007 We are very pleased to announce that Roger Reinhold was yesterday elected as treasurer of the Rail Working Group. Roger works at Global Capital Finance GmbH & Co. Europe KG and is based in Zürich, and he will also be nominated as a member of […]

RWG Publishes Consolidated Text 6th November 2007 The RWG today published an unofficial consolidation of the 2001 Cape Town Convention and the 2007 Luxembourg Rail Protocol thereto.

Dresdner Kleinwort joins RWG 5th September 2007 We are pleased to announce the RWG membership of Dresdner Kleinwort. Dresdner Kleinwort is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank and part of Allianz SE, one of the largest global insurance and financial service providers. Dresdner Kleinwort provides a wide range of investment banking products on a global […]

We are pleased to announce that the law firm Ober Kaler has joined the RWG 18th August 2007 Ober Kaler was founded in 1903 and now has more than 125 lawyers working for the firm in Maryland, where it is headquartered, as well as in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The firm has a […]

Deutsche Bahn becomes a member of the RWG 3rd July 2007 The RWG is delighted to confirm that Deutsche Bahn has become a member of the Rail Working Group. As one of the most progressive state Railways in Europe, DB will be an excellent addition to the pool of experience that the RWG will drawn […]

RWG publishes summary of the Luxembourg Protocol 3rd July 2007 The RWG today published a summary of the provisions of the Luxembourg Protocol. Initially published only in English, it is intended that it will be prepared in due course in various languages. Protocol Summary

RWG elects Vice Chairman 28th June 2007 Dr Konrad Schott, partner of the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in Frankfurt, Germany, has been elected as Vice Chairman of the RWG. Konrad has been a key member of the RWG for some time and specialises in rail transactions in Germany. He will be part of the […]

Official version of Luxembourg Protocol Published 10th June 2007 UNIDROIT has now published the official version of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol. After the Diplomatic Conference in Luxembourg last February, the secretariats of the two sponsoring organisations, UNIDROIT and OTIF had three months to review the text and translations, but the definitive version has now been […]