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Public Procurement Law

Our range of advisory services

Our team can advise you on all issues that arise at a national and international level in connection with public procurement law. Whether you are a contracting authority or a bidder – we are an experienced partner when it comes to supporting you in a public procurement process so as to obtain the best possible result. We use our extensive legal and economic expertise creatively in our work – including at the interfaces between public procurement law and budget, European and public business law – with a view to optimally implementing your public procurement strategy.

You can rely on our many years of experience and our in-depth knowledge when preparing and carrying out the award of public contracts: we structure the entire public procurement process, draft the tendering documents, assist you with the evaluation of the bids, and conduct the contract negotiations. If you are a company, we have the necessary expertise to provide you throughout the public procurement process with top-quality legal and strategic advice.

We keep an eye on funding projects already at the political planning stage. As a result of this awareness in combination with our excellent industry knowledge, notably in the areas of Energy, Health Care & Life Science, Information Tech & Telecommunication, Mobility & Logistics, and Real Estate & Infrastructure, we know at an early stage about any subsidies that could be of interest to our clients. We monitor the development of funding programmes and subsequently advise you on how to best use the funds for your business activities.

We work out precise answers to your questions in all areas of public procurement law. As a full-service law firm, we can draw on the professional knowledge of our colleagues from other fields of law and, therefore, always come up with the best possible solutions to your problems.

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Our range of advisory services

Advice to the public sector
  • Structuring the public procurement process
    • Clarifying issues in advance, e.g. whether an obligation exists to organise an invitation to tender/choice of the procurement process
    • Preparing flow charts
    • Drafting tendering documents
  • Advising on how to award contracts electronically
  • Drafting procedure letters
    • Developing evaluation models
    • Drafting industry-specific contracts 
  • Providing on-going advice during public procurement processes
    • Handling bidder queries and complaints
    • Coordinating the entire public procurement process in the relevant panels
  • Advising on public procurement law in the field of IT
  • Evaluating bids
    • Assisting with the evaluation of bids
    • Making proposals for the award of contracts 
  • Assisting with the final negotiations/the conclusion of the contract
    • Conducting contract negotiations
    • Documenting the public procurement process
Restructuring of public sector companies
  • Advising on in-house and in-state transactions that do not require a public procurement process
  • Developing models that do not give rise to (new) obligations under public procurement law for the provision of the required services in municipal corporations
Advice to companies in connection with public procurement processes
  • Providing legal and strategic support throughout the public procurement process
  • Reviewing the contract award conditions
  • Drafting bidder queries and letters of complaint
  • Assisting with the contract negotiations
  • Advising on how to prepare bids with a special focus on the criteria defined by the contracting authority
Legal protection

Representing contracting authorities or bidders

  • before the European Court of Justice
  • before the ordinary courts of law or administrative courts
  • in subsequent review proceedings before the competent public procurement chamber and the competent higher regional court
Advice in relation to funding projects
  • Advising beneficiaries
    • preventively on how to comply with the requirements stipulated in the subsidy approval notice
    • in the event of an imminent revocation of subsidies granted
  • Carrying out public procurement reviews (e.g. on behalf of state banks)
Advice in relation to the award of licences
  • Providing advice on the award of contracts regarding the use of transport routes for electricity and gas pursuant to Section 46 German Energy Industry Act (EnWG)
  • Providing advice on the award of service licences (e.g. supply of drinking water, day-care centre/school meals, broadband cable)
Key Contact
Team Public Procurement Law
Caroline Ackermann

Caroline Ackermann

Partner

Munich

Hannah Aigner

Hannah Aigner

Senior Associate

Munich

Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.

Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.

Senior Associate

Berlin

Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.

Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.

Junior Consultant

Leipzig

Sabrina Behbehani

Sabrina Behbehani

Senior Associate

Munich

Rolf Corsten

Rolf Corsten

Of Counsel

Dusseldorf

Eric Doyé

Eric Doyé

Associate

Leipzig

Stephan Finck

Stephan Finck

Partner

Leipzig

Katharina Stefanie Franke

Katharina Stefanie Franke

Senior Associate

Essen

Dr Thomas Gohrke

Dr Thomas Gohrke

Partner

Hanover, Leipzig

Dr jur Stephan Götze

Dr jur Stephan Götze

Partner

Berlin

Jakob Gauly

Jakob Gauly

Associate

Dusseldorf

Julian Günniker

Julian Günniker

Associate

Essen

Steffen Häberer

Steffen Häberer

Partner

Leipzig

Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.

Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.

Partner

Berlin

Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.

Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.

Counsel

Hanover

Nina Hahnke

Nina Hahnke

Senior Associate

Essen

Andrea Heim

Andrea Heim

Senior Associate

Stuttgart

Charlotte Jodocy

Charlotte Jodocy

Senior Associate

Essen

Karsten Köhler

Karsten Köhler

Partner

Leipzig

Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.

Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.

Counsel

Essen

Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE

Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE

Senior Associate

Hanover

Dr Jana Karras

Dr Jana Karras

Associate

Leipzig

Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)

Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)

Associate

Berlin

Jan Lachhein

Jan Lachhein

Senior Associate

Dusseldorf

Dr Stefan Mager

Dr Stefan Mager

Partner

Essen

Achim Meier

Achim Meier

Partner

Essen

Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.

Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.

Counsel

Essen

Annkatrin Merzig

Annkatrin Merzig

Senior Associate

Essen

Simon Magers

Simon Magers

Associate

Hanover

Marie Meier

Marie Meier

Associate

Essen

Daniel Naumann

Daniel Naumann

Partner

Leipzig

Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.

Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.

Partner

Munich

Ulf-Dieter Pape

Ulf-Dieter Pape

Partner

Hanover

Henner M. Puppel

Henner M. Puppel

Partner

Essen

Julian Plötz

Julian Plötz

Associate

Leipzig

Martin Steuber, LL.M.

Martin Steuber, LL.M.

Partner

Dusseldorf

Jenny Schindler

Jenny Schindler

Senior Associate

Munich, Hamburg

Sophie Schulz

Sophie Schulz

Senior Associate

Leipzig

Matthias Schaut, LL.M. (Duke)

Matthias Schaut, LL.M. (Duke)

Associate

Essen

Morten Steimann

Morten Steimann

Associate

Essen

Henrike Sophie Tröger

Henrike Sophie Tröger

Associate

Leipzig

Dr Melanie Verstege

Dr Melanie Verstege

Counsel

Essen