Anititrust, Competition and Economic Regulation

Consultant

Kate Rees focuses on solving problems thrown up by the UK/EU public procurement rules. Over the course of a practice spanning more than 30 years, she has become one of Europe's best known procurement lawyers. Whether it's advising governmental clients on designing their procurement processes; drafting tender and evaluation documents for utility clients; advising contractors on maximising their scores in bidding processes; or helping to bring/defend challenges, Kate's priority is always to ensure that the procurement rules are a facilitator, not an impediment – a means to achieving the client's strategic goals, not an end in themselves.

Kate joined Hogan Lovells as a consultant in 2011 from another leading firm, where she had been a partner and formerly head of the firm's EU and Competition practice. Her clients now include central government agencies, local authorities, utilities, and suppliers/contractors. Procurement litigation and other bid challenges have become an area of particular focus: Kate and her colleagues have acted on three of the United Kingdom's largest procurement cases of recent years.

English and French

LL.B. (Hons), University of Exeter, 1984