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. The conference was led by asset finance and rail expert Dr Frank Thomas, partner at K&L Gates LLP newly opened Frankfurt office.

This year the focus was on financing of rolling stock and railway operators during the financial market crisis. With more than 130 attendees from all relevant market participants, including railway operators, manufacturers, public transport authorities and international bankers the conference has according to feedback from attendees during the last years developed to one of the leading rail finance conferences in Europe.

Chairman: Dr Frank Thomas, Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Frankfurt

Speakers:

• Bernhard Wewers President of the Federal Organisation of Public Transport Authorities, BAG-SPNV, Berlin and Managing Director of the Landesweite Verkehrsservicegesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein mbH, Kiel
• Dr. Friedrich Hausmann Partner, K&L Gates LLP, Berlin
• Patrick Büsch Managing Director, Head of CBL/TP Continental Europe, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main
• Martin Metz Global Head Land Transport, DVB Bank SE, Frankfurt
• Mark Stevenson CEO and CFO, AAE Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn<
• Christoph Katzensteiner Manager, Railpool GmbH, München
• Wouter Radstake Head of Land Transport Research, DVB Bank SE, Amsterdam
• Thomas Böcher Manager, Paribus Capital GmbH, Hamburg

RWG Chairman Howard Rosen was also able to make a brief presentation on the current status of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol.