Archive 2012

Leading Public Services Law Firm joins the RWG 3rd December 2012 The UK-based law firm Bevan Brittan LLP has joined the RWG. Bevan Brittan is recognised as one of the leading law firms in the UK for advising parties in both the public and private sectors on matters where there is a public service element, […]

Germany signs the Luxembourg Protocol 27th November 2012 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.

Talking Rail in Oman 14th September 2012 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. The event was supported by the Rail Working Group and the Group’s Chairman, […]

RWG supports the 3rd East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2012 23rd April 2012 The Rail Working Group is pleased to be an official supporter of the 3rd East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2012 due to be held in Dar Es Salaam on 21st and 22nd June 2012. […]

Hong Kong firm GHK joins the Rail Working Group 26th March 2012 GHK is an international firm of economic, financial and management consultants with extensive experience in public and private sector consultancy. The firm is well known for its financial and economic analysis of major development and transport infrastructure projects. GHK has recently evaluated the […]

Space Protocol Adopted 12th March 2012 The Space Protocol to the Cape Town Convention was adopted as a diplomatic conference in Berlin last Friday, 9th March 2012. This completes the initial three protocols anticipated at Cape Town in 2001. The Rail Working Group was represented throughout the conference as an observer. More.

First Ratification 21st February 2012 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. We expect other countries to follow in the coming months.