Dr Stefan Mager

Stefan Mager advises large-volume construction contracts, complex IT projects as well as on the EU-wide and national award of contracts for the procurement of goods and services. Together with his team, he advises on the structuring of tendering procedures and provides full-service support (from the announcement, to the award of the contract and the documentation) from one source. In particular, he specialises in advising public utility companies and public safety authorities and organisations. He helps bidders in review proceedings enforce procedures to ensure they are error-free from a legal perspective. With regard to EU state aid law, Stefan Mager has many years' experience dealing with issues relating to “services of general economic interest” (SGEI) and the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). In this context, he regularly heads up Luther's team of advisors in large urban development projects.

Public Procurement Law
Public Subsidies/State Aid Law

Stefan Mager became an antitrust lawyer at the age of 26. He completed his doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Martin Burgi (Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany) on the subject of "public procurement law and the law regarding fees and charges". Before joining Luther in 2020, he was the head of the antitrust, public procurement and state aid law department at a German top 50 law firm, where he was also a co-managing partner for 5 years. In this function, he was at the same time the managing director of a German data protection and consulting company. The Bar Association in Hamm (Germany) appointed him as chairman of the expert committee for public procurement law. Stefan Mager is, amongst other things, the author of commentaries on public procurement law in “Großkommentar Vergaberecht” published by the Beck publishing house and is also a sought-after speaker on current topics.

• North Rhine-Westphalian police force - providing ongoing advice to the central procurement office of the NRW police force on complex procurement procedures (e.g. ships, emergency vehicles, IT systems, other police equipment) 
• Baden-Württemberg police force - providing ongoing advice to the State Criminal Police Force (LKA) of Baden-Württemberg as part of the procurement of a next generation telecommunication surveillance system 
• Saab Technologies GmbH - representing the Swedish defence contractor in procurement review proceedings regarding the operation and maintenance of a German Armed Forces combat training centre
• Herner Schulmodernisierungsgesellschaft mbH - providing ongoing advice to HSM in the context of EU-wide tendering procedures for the procurement of planning and construction services for school modernisation
• Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG DSW21 - providing ongoing advice to the procurement department of DSW21 in various EU-wide tenders (IT systems, work management systems, security services, trams, buses, energy infrastructure (e-mobility, district heating, energy distribution))
• RAG AG - providing ongoing advice to the procurement department in large-volume EU-wide tendering procedures (e.g. operational rail transport, personnel services, facility services, shaft reconstruction measures to render long-term liabilities in the Ruhr and Saar regions, the Ibbenbüren mine water canal project)
• The Cities of Cologne, Aachen, Bochum, Velbert, amongst others, within the framework of major projects in terms of EU state aid law

• Kommentierung §§ 118 GWB, 42 bis 51 VgV
• Ausschreibungspflicht bei kostenneutraler Überlassung von Software zwischen Behörden?
• Konkretisierte Kriterien für die Inhouse-Vergabe
• Kommentierung zum Kartellrecht, §§ 1 – 3, 18, 19, 35 – 38 GWB
• Kommentierung zum Kartellvergaberecht, Vor §§ 97 – 101b GWB
• Die Haftung von Gemeinderatsmitgliedern
• Die Vergabe von Gebäudemanagementleistungen am Beispiel der Ausschreibung von Reinigungsleistungen
• Das Projekt Abfallentsorgung – Teil 2: Hinweise zur Gestaltung des Vergabeverfahrens
• Das Aus für den vergabespezifischen Mindestlohn?
• Grundsätzliche Unzulässigkeit von Bietergemeinschaften?
• Aktuelle beihilferechtliche Judikatur deutscher Gerichte im Jahr 2015
• Richtiger Umgang mit Referenzen bei der Eignungsprüfung
• Neue Maßgaben zur Inhouse-Vergabe und zu den Anforderungen vergabefreier Vertragsänderungen
• Niedrigere Anforderungen an zulässige Rückforderung von Zuwendungen
• Die Beachtung des Geheimwettbewerbs im Vergabeverfahren bei Parallelangeboten konzernverbundener Unternehmen
• Entwicklung der kartellrechtlichen Fallpraxis im Entsorgungsmarkt
• Novelle der Verpackungsordnung – Verpackungsrecycling im Umbruch
• Vergaberecht und Gebührenrecht
• Gastkommentar: Der Referentenentwurf lässt einige Fragen offen
• Anmerkung zum Beschluss des OLG Düsseldorf vom 3. Dezember 2003 (Keine Nichtigkeit der de-facto-Vergabe)
• Anmerkung zum Beschluss des BVerfG vom 29.7.2004 (Anforderungen an die Antragsbefugnis im vergaberechtlichen Nachprüfungsverfahren)
• Anmerkung zum Urteil des BGH vom 11. Juni 2003 (Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz – EEG; unmittelbarer Leistungsanspruch des Stromerzeugers)

Chairman of the expert committee for public procurement law of the Hamm Bar Association (Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamm)