Presentations

22.08.2024
SARA  Rail Conference 2024

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention – what it means for Southern Africa
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland 

13.06.2024
East African Community Railways Sub-Sector Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Railways – Arusha

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland 

09.05.2024
AIRN Workshop Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol – The Next Steps for Africa
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland 

27.02.2024
Practical Workshop in Madrid

• Practical workshop on the implementation of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol – Why it will make a difference
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland 

05.04.2021
Saudi Rail Conference 2021

• François Davenne, Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC) was interviewed by Howard Rosen, RWG Chairman, for the Saudi Rail 2021 Conference. You can see the interview here.

18.01.2021
PIDA Week Webinar

• The Hidden Benefits of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol for Africa
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol: A New Rail Rolling Stock Financing Tool
  by Soteri Gatera Chief, Industrialisation and Infrastructure at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

21.10.20
Consultation between Civil Society Organisations and Members of the OECD Export Credits Committee

• Combating global climate change

25.02.2020
Middle East Rail Conference, Dubai

• Securing international investment in railways: Financial collaboration in market generation

26.11.2019
UN Economic Commission for Europe
Inland Transport Committee Working Party on rail Transport (SC.2) Seventy-third session, Geneva

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol

13.11.2019
Africa Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Africa needs more investment in its railways
  Part 1
  Part 2

22.10.2019
Strathmore University Law School, Nairobi

• Legal operation and expected benefits

18.09.2019
Présentation au Gouvernement du Maroc Rabat

• Le Protocole ferroviaire du Luxembourg à la Convention du Cap

02.09.2019
Port Louis

• Why it makes sense for Mauritius

13.05.2019
Stakeholders’ Breakfast Seminar, Prague

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol

23.03.2019
UN Economic Commission for Africa COM 2019 SIDE EVENT, Marrakech

• Railway Rolling Stock Financing:
  A new solution for Africa

01.06.2017
Elevator pitch

• The Protocol on one page
  English / German
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• The Protocol on one page – summary of financial benefits
  English/ German
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

07.03.2017
A special industry seminar in Mauritius

• Overview and current status of the Luxembourg Protocol
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• Financing Africa’s Railway from Mauritius
  by Jean-Eric Sauzier, and Mushtaq Namdarkhan, BLC Roberts & Associates Ltd, Mauritius

• Looking at some practical issues
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• Leasing rolling stock into Africa from a Mauritius base – the tax issues
  by Anthony Leung Shing, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mauritius

15.11.2016
20th Consultation Meeting with Civil Society Organisations and the OECD Export Credits Committees in Paris

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol – Why it matters for ECAs
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

03.05. – 04.05.2016
Passengers, goods and dangerous goods OTIF Workshop Baku, Azerbaijan

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol – How it will change the rail industry
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

07.04.2016
Industry Seminar Paris

• Luxemburg Protocol : an opportunity for the rail industry
  by , Secretary General of OTIF François Davenne

• The operation of the International Rail Registry
  by Elizabeth Hirst, Managing Director, Regulis SA

• The Luxembourg Protocol and the 4th EU Railway Package: travelling in the same direction
  by Mervi Kaikkonen, Trafi Finnish Transport Safety Agency

• How the Luxembourg Rail Protocol will transform the rail sector
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

01.03.2016
International Railway Summit London

• How the Luxembourg Rail Protocol will transform the rail sector
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

  The Luxembourg Protocol in the UK
  by Andrea Pearson, Head, Rail Technical International and Safety, Department for Transport, UK

  The Luxembourg Rail Protocol – Public Service, The Railways Act and Other UK Implementation Questions
  by Martin Fleetwood, Partner, Shoosmiths LLP, UK / Secretary, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

  Creditor repossession on default and insolvency
  by Caroline Joyce, Senior Associate, Watson Farley & Williams, UK

  The operation of the International Rail Registry
  by Elizabeth Hirst, Registrar-designate, Regulis SA, Luxembourg

  The Cape Town Convention and its Protocols
  by Prof. Anna Veneziano, Deputy Secretary General, UNIDROIT, Italy

19.02.2016
International Railway Summit Vienna

• Why the Luxembourg Protocol will make a difference
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

27.01.2016

• Breakfast Briefing on the Luxembourg Rail Protocol at the House of Lords

14.01.2016
Industry Seminar Kuala Lumpur

• Introduction and Overview
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

  Rail finance today and assessing the economic benefits of the Protocol
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

  The Protocol in more detail and the operation of the International Rail Registry
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

13.01.2016
Industry Seminar Singapore

• Introduction and Overview
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• The ASEAN dimension – private finance facilitating investment in rolling stock
  by Julian Smith, PT PricewaterhouseCoopers Global transport & logistics. Jakarta, Indonesia

• Rail finance today and assessing the economic benefits of the Protocol
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• The Protocol in more detail and the operation of the International Rail Registry
  by Howard Rosen, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Chairman, Rail Working Group, Switzerland

• Creditor repossession on default and insolvency – the current position and how it will change under the Protocol
  by Sim Kwan Kiat, Head Restructuring & Insolvency, Rajah & Tann, Singapore

• The ratification process in Singapore
  by Shemane Chan, Partner, Rajah & Tann, Singapore

Handouts

• Seminar Programme

• The Luxembourg Rail Protocol – in a nutshell

• Identifying railway rolling stock – it’s time for a world-wide system

• What Equipment is covered by the Luxembourg Protocol?

• Why the Luxembourg Rail Protocol is relevant for domestic transactions

• On the Right Track

• Rail Working Group Membership Brochure

• Rail Working Group Application for Membership Form

01.09.2015
Industry Seminar Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa

• The future for railway finance. How the Luxembourg Rail Protocol will transform the rail sector 
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

• How the Luxembourg Rail Protocol will transform the rail sector
  by Elizabeth Hirst, Registrar-designate, Regulis SA, Luxembourg

• Defaulting and Insolvent Debtors
  by Claire van Zuylen, Partner, Bowman Gilfillan, Sandton

• What the Protocol means for the Finance Industry
  by Greg McKenzie, Head of Asset Finance, Investment Banking Division, Rand Merchant Bank, Sandton

20.10.2014
Connecting Africa: Transport Infrastructure, Cape Town, South Africa

• Attracting Private Sector involvement in mega infrastructure project
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

20.08.-22.08.2014
4th Annual Modern Railways, Nusa Dua Bali

• Attracting private sector involvement in mega rail infrastructure projects
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

28.04.2014
8th Florence Rail Forum, Florence

• Rolling stock: how does regulation influence asset renewal and investment in rolling stock?
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

20.08-21.08.2013
4th East & Central African Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2013, Tanzania

• Financing railway rolling stock and rail infrastructure: better together or apart?
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

10.09.-12.09.2012
Oman Transport Infrastructure Summit, Muscat

• Identifying opportunities and risks faced by governments, investors and financiers when financing the railways for the future
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

28.11.2010 Roadex-Railex 2010, Leaders in Rail Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Strategic and practical issues financing rolling stock
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

4.11.-5.11.2010
Viet Transport 2010 Conference Hanoi, Vietnam

• Private sector finance for rolling stock  
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

25.02.2010
Information session for potential bidders to be registrar of the international rail registry

• Industry Perspective on the Luxembourg Protocol 
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

• How the Rail Registry will work
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

09.12.-11.12.2009
Viet Transport 2009 Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Looking forward:The Goals, Benefits and Challenges of the Unidroit Luxembourg Rail Protocol
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

26.06.2009
Africa Rail 2009 Workshop

• Private Sector Finance of Rolling Stock
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group
  

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

• Different Types of Financing – The European View
  by Martin J. Fleetwood CMILT, ACIB

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

• Rolling Stock Title Security
  by Claire von Zuylen BA LBB

• Exploring the Luxembourg Rail Protocol
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

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

• Rolling Stock: Defaulting Debtor
  by Claire von Zuylen BA LBB

• BOT-PPP
  by Werner van Oudenhove (BE.consSc (Hons)

Africa Rail 2009 Main Conference

• Opportunities and risks facing asset owners, investors and governments
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

15.10.-17.10.2008
 VietTraffic, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Update on the “Luxembourg Rail Protocol” the race to modernise rolling stock in Asia
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group
  English Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

05.06.2008
Africa Rail 2008

• Update on the “Luxembourg Rail Protocol” the race to modernise rolling stock in Africa
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

19.02.2008
UIC Legal Group Information Session, Paris

• The Cape Town Convention: International Interests in Railway Rolling Stock
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

09.11.2006
Internationale Konferenz zur Verkehrsmittel- und Verkehrsinfrastrukturfinanzierung, University Mannheim

• The Rail Protocol in the run-up to the Diplomatic Conference
  by Howard Rosen, Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitors, Zug and Chairman Rail Working Group

11.10.2004
Conference in Mexico City

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