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Schramm Öhler Rechtsanwälte is an exceptional public procurement specialist firm, led by the excellent Johannes Schramm, Georg Zellhofer, Matthias Öhler and Gregor Stickler. The group has an extremely good track record in PPP work, and continues to advise the Medical University at Graz on its €200m campus project. Other sought-after clients include Asfinag, ÖBB and the City of Vienna. Clients say the firm is ‘highly professional, characterized by in-depth knowledge of procurement law, particularly from a practical point of view’.

Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte is recommended for its expertise in service contracts, particularly financial and IT, and the majority of the firm’s client list is on the bidder side. The group’s traditional strength in the banking and finance sector serves it well, and 2009 saw the team, which is led by Raoul Hoffer, act for a financial services company on the drafting of procurement documents.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati’s public procurement team is recommended for representing public bodies such as the Austrian National Bank, the Austrian Mint, the City of Vienna and Vienna Airport. Irene Welser leads the group.

CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s public procurement team provides ‘short response times and high quality of expertise’, winning new clients such as the Austrian Mint. Other highlights included advising Dürr Austria, a leading supplier of traffic safety systems, on a €193m highway tunnel, and acting for Swietelsky on the €300m development of a hydropower plant. Bernt Elsner leads the team, which also features Armin Dallmann and Robert Keisler, all offering ‘high quality advice’.

Lead partner Bernhard Müller at Dorda Brugger Jordis garnered some impressive public procurement-related mandates, and notably advised the Province of Lower Austria on tender proceedings to redevelop a public hospital site in one of the first Austrian awards in the healthcare sector to a full service general contractor. The team is said to be ‘skilful’.

Graf & Pitkowitz Rechtsanwälte GmbH’s public procurement experience includes advising on a high proportion of the PPP mandates available in Austria. Stephan Schmalzl is the name of note.

2009 saw Fiebinger, Polak, Leon & Partner Rechtsanwälte GMBH advise key client Asfinag, the operator of the Austrian motorway network, on Austria’s first motorway PPP project, CEE’s largest construction site. Bert Ortner, Stefan Korab and Peter Polak are all recommended.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has experience advising bidders in both national and international award procedures, and is also strong on the contentious side. Axel Reidlinger leads the team, which notably acted for Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft in two complex EU-wide tenders involving service contracts for the evaluation of its real estate portfolio.

Public procurement is a strong area for Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH, and its leading practitioners, Georg Karasek and Katharina Hahnl, are well thought of. The group attracts some enviable mandates from clients such as federal ministries, construction companies and public bodies. 2009 saw the team handle a high proportion of energy-related work, including acting for a leading energy supplier in several plant projects.

Siemer-Siegl-Füreder & Partner, Rechts-anwälte’s public procurement team is rated for advising public companies, as well as state and federal institutions on public tenders and PPP work. The firm also has experience on the bidder side. Work handled in 2009 included acting for an Austrian company on the €70m tender for the construction of new headquarters, and acting for a government body in the procurement of computer software. Michael Breitenfeld and Robert Ertl are rated.

Mag Marcus Essl, LL.M., M.E.S has a highly competent public procurement practice, and is recommended for providing public procurement advice to purchasers, suppliers and institutions financing public sector projects.

Wolf Theiss received some large mandates in this area in 2009, and is particularly recommended for its CEE reach. The client base is varied, and includes Medtronic Österreich, which the team represented in a review procedure before the Austrian Federal Procurement Authority in a tender for medical products. The team also has much experience advising on PPP work. Manfred Essletzbichler heads the practice.

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    - Fellner Wratzfeld & Partner Rechtsanwälte Gmb

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