Global procurement law experts

Our global procurement team provides innovative, risk assessed advice to the public and private sectors on procurement law and associated trade issues. Our experience spans UK, EU and WTO GPA public procurement regimes where we advise state and regional governments; other public sector regulated bodies such as universities, airports and harbours; leading private sector contractors; and third sector organisations. We advise on compliance, innovative procurement solutions, risk management and procurement litigation.  

We work with clients across sectors and jurisdictions, reflecting the international nature of supply chains and trade regulation.

We are there to help at all stages of a project lifecycle. We help clients with:

  • Soft market testing / procurement planning,
  • Innovation partnerships and competitive dialogue procedures,
  • Structuring projects outside of the procurement regime,
  • Supporting on contract award and tender debriefing,
  • Changes to procurement contracts, and
  • Procurement challenges (High Court actions, EU tribunals and behind the scenes to achieve resolutions to issues).

Our team advises both bidders and buyers on the full range of procurement disputes across all sectors. Our strength in depth means that we can deploy resources from any of our offices in the world, working at the highest level to achieve the best possible outcome from litigation or negotiated settlements.

Our team is ranked in all major directories for procurement law and has developed a reputation for providing advice on complex issues both pragmatically and from your perspective.

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Our Public Procurement Work

  • All
  • Asia Pacific
  • UK & Europe
  • Advising a number of UK public bodies on their classification under the procurement regime

    Dealing with all aspects of ceasing to be considered a 'body governed by public law' including replacement procurement policies and advice on assessing income

    United Kingdom

    Advising a range of EU institutions on procurement structuring and developing evaluation criteria

    Advising on the forms of contract tender evaluation, exclusion grounds and consortia issues

    United Kingdom

    Advising a range of UK local authorities on major regeneration project procurement

    Working as part of the in-house teams to deliver significant and high value procurement projects whether delivered via competitive dialogue, innovative 'hybrid' approaches to streamline timescales and reduce complexity, and structuring schemes outside of procurement.

    United Kingdom

    Bringing and defending procurement challenges

    Advising both bidders and buyers on the full range of procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

    Challenge to an NHS Trust

    Advising service provider on a challenge to an NHS Trust as result of EU public procurement irregularities through evaluation process, award reversed

    United Kingdom

    Clawback of ERDF and other funding

    Advising UK authority on clawback of ERDF and other funding following random audit by European Commission, due to alleged public procurement breaches

    United Kingdom

    EU Public Procurement Remedies Directive

    First UK damages recovery under the EU Public Procurement Remedies Directive (Mouchel v Westminster City Council)

    United Kingdom

    High value procurement disputes

    Advising public sector bodies in Scotland in relation to a number of high value procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

    Procurement lawyers for University College London and other leading higher education institutions

    Advising on all aspects of procurement law including template procurement documents, support on major competitive dialogue projects and dealing with procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

    Queensland LNG project procurement contracts

    Advising a mining and civil construction contractor and gas company on a number of specific procurement contracts for a Queensland LNG project.

    Australia
  • Queensland LNG project procurement contracts

    Advising a mining and civil construction contractor and gas company on a number of specific procurement contracts for a Queensland LNG project.

    Australia

    World Trade Organisation EU public procurement rules

    Advised a metal producer on World Trade Organisation (WTO) law issues arising from a proposed ban by Indonesia on the export of iron ore. We also advised on the possibility of producers coordinating a response to such an initiative, within the bound permitted by competition laws in the EU and globally (including US and Canada)

    Indonesia
  • Advising a number of UK public bodies on their classification under the procurement regime

    Dealing with all aspects of ceasing to be considered a 'body governed by public law' including replacement procurement policies and advice on assessing income

    United Kingdom

    Advising a range of EU institutions on procurement structuring and developing evaluation criteria

    Advising on the forms of contract tender evaluation, exclusion grounds and consortia issues

    United Kingdom

    Advising a range of UK local authorities on major regeneration project procurement

    Working as part of the in-house teams to deliver significant and high value procurement projects whether delivered via competitive dialogue, innovative 'hybrid' approaches to streamline timescales and reduce complexity, and structuring schemes outside of procurement.

    United Kingdom

    Bringing and defending procurement challenges

    Advising both bidders and buyers on the full range of procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

    Challenge to an NHS Trust

    Advising service provider on a challenge to an NHS Trust as result of EU public procurement irregularities through evaluation process, award reversed

    United Kingdom

    Clawback of ERDF and other funding

    Advising UK authority on clawback of ERDF and other funding following random audit by European Commission, due to alleged public procurement breaches

    United Kingdom

    EU Public Procurement Remedies Directive

    First UK damages recovery under the EU Public Procurement Remedies Directive (Mouchel v Westminster City Council)

    United Kingdom

    High value procurement disputes

    Advising public sector bodies in Scotland in relation to a number of high value procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

    Procurement lawyers for University College London and other leading higher education institutions

    Advising on all aspects of procurement law including template procurement documents, support on major competitive dialogue projects and dealing with procurement disputes

    United Kingdom

Our Public Procurement team

Harry Boyle
Harry Boyle

Partner

Chris Burdett
Chris Burdett

Partner

Ben Cowling
Ben Cowling

Partner

Will Deeprose
Will Deeprose

Partner

Peter Greatrex
Peter Greatrex

Partner

David Hansom
David Hansom

Partner

Dan Lever
Dan Lever

Partner

John Milligan
John Milligan

Consultant

Jonathan Parker
Jonathan Parker

Partner

Martin Quicke
Martin Quicke

Consultant

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