Howard Rosen CBE

COBCOE President
Chairman, COBCOE Public Affairs Commission
Chairman, Public Affairs Commission, British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Principal, Howard Rosen Solicitor

Howard Rosen studied law at Exeter College, Oxford University. He obtained his degree in Jurisprudence in 1978, qualified as an English solicitor in 1980 and initially worked in private practice in a London solicitors' firm. Between 1981 and 1988, Howard Rosen worked as an in-house counsel for international leasing companies specialising in the legal and tax aspects of international finance.

At the beginning of 1989, Howard Rosen returned to private practice as an English Solicitor and established an English law firm in Zug, Switzerland. He specialises in international commercial and finance law, international leasing law and trusts.

Howard Rosen is a contributor to various journals, including Asset Finance and Leasing Digest, the International Financial Law Review, the UK Law Society Gazette, Private Client Business, the Uniform Law Review, Trust and Trustees, Railways of the World and European Review of Private Law. He is the editor/co-author of the book Leasing Law in the European Union and is a regular speaker at seminars.

Mr. Rosen is the Chairman of the Rail Working Group which advises Governments and Unidroit, the Institute for Unification of Private International Law, on the proposed rail protocol to the Cape Town Treaty on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. He is also member of the Expert Advisory Group to the European Commission in connection with its railway vehicle identification and registration project.

Mr. Rosen is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales, the International Bar Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, in addition is a Correspondent of Unidroit, an associate member of the Institute of Directors in London, and was President of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (1998-2003). He is also Managing Director of Rosetrust AG, Zug and Mistral Leasing & Trading AG, Zug and a Director of Rosetrust Limited, a trust company based in Guernsey.

In the 2003 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Mr. Rosen was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to British business in Switzerland.

Howard Rosen is married with two sons and lives in Zurich.