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Public Procurement Law, Public Pricing Law & Public Law

Expertise

Dr Marc Pauka is a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in national and EU-public procurement law and German public pricing law. He is a specialist lawyer for public procurement law.

In the course of his career, he worked for many years both as a lawyer for public entities and contractors, as well as an in-house lawyer for contracting authorities.

Marc has particular experience with complex and extensive procurement procedures, especially in the IT sector and in the military environment.

One focus of his advice is to train contractors in the military environment in public procurement law and public pricing law, to advise on prevention of reclaims and, if necessary, to represent them against unjustified reclaims.

Marc Advises

  • Advising contracting authorities and applicants or bidders on the successful completion of procurement procedures
  • Representation of contracting authorities and applicants or tenderers before public procurement tribunals and courts
  • Training and consulting of contractors in public pricing law (Ordinance PR 30/53 and LSP)
  • Representation of contractors in public pricing law before authorities and courts

Experience Highlights

  • Legal support for public contracting authorities in complex public procurement procedures for IT services
  • Legal support for public contracting authorities in complex procurement procedures for construction services, in particular for hospitals
  • Representation of IT service provider against the German Procurement Authority of the Armed Forces in pricing law due to alleged overpayment in several cases
  • Representation of contractors in public pricing law against claims for repayment arising from a contract for the operation of refugee accommodation

Career History

Previous Law firms

  • Since 03/2019: BWI GmbH, Inhouse Lawyer
  • 04/2016 – 02/2019: HFK Rechtsanwälte, Partner
  • 11/2011 – 03/2016: KfW, Frankfurt a.M., Inhouse Lawyer
  • 07/2008 – 10/2011: KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Köln, Manager
  • 04/2004 – 06/2008: Boesen Rechtsanwälte, Bonn, Associate

Memberships

  •  forum vergabe e.V.
  • Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW)

Education

  • University of Bonn

 

 

 

 

Marc is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).

Expertise

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Dr Marc Pauka is a lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in national and EU-public procurement law and German public pricing law. He is a specialist lawyer for public procurement law.

In the course of his career, he worked for many years both as a lawyer for public entities and contractors, as well as an in-house lawyer for contracting authorities.

Marc has particular experience with complex and extensive procurement procedures, especially in the IT sector and in the military environment.

One focus of his advice is to train contractors in the military environment in public procurement law and public pricing law, to advise on prevention of reclaims and, if necessary, to represent them against unjustified reclaims.

Marc Advises

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  • Advising contracting authorities and applicants or bidders on the successful completion of procurement procedures
  • Representation of contracting authorities and applicants or tenderers before public procurement tribunals and courts
  • Training and consulting of contractors in public pricing law (Ordinance PR 30/53 and LSP)
  • Representation of contractors in public pricing law before authorities and courts

Experience Highlights

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  • Legal support for public contracting authorities in complex public procurement procedures for IT services
  • Legal support for public contracting authorities in complex procurement procedures for construction services, in particular for hospitals
  • Representation of IT service provider against the German Procurement Authority of the Armed Forces in pricing law due to alleged overpayment in several cases
  • Representation of contractors in public pricing law against claims for repayment arising from a contract for the operation of refugee accommodation

Career History

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Previous Law firms

  • Since 03/2019: BWI GmbH, Inhouse Lawyer
  • 04/2016 – 02/2019: HFK Rechtsanwälte, Partner
  • 11/2011 – 03/2016: KfW, Frankfurt a.M., Inhouse Lawyer
  • 07/2008 – 10/2011: KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Köln, Manager
  • 04/2004 – 06/2008: Boesen Rechtsanwälte, Bonn, Associate

Memberships

  •  forum vergabe e.V.
  • Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW)

Education

  • University of Bonn

 

 

 

 

Marc is a partner in gunnercooke GmbH, whose registered office is Kurfuerstendamm 15, 10719 Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, HRB 224488 B. All lawyers of gunnercooke GmbH are admitted either in Germany or Austria to practise as Rechtsanwalt or Rechtsanwaeltin and are members of and regulated by the relevant local Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer).