Cerha Hempel is active on both the tender and bidder-side of procurement matters, advising a number of state-owned companies on running Austrian and EU-compliant tenders in the transport and healthcare sectors, while also supporting bidders in structuring their offers. Practice head Michaela Siegwart focuses in particular on healthcare and life sciences procurement, often assisting hospitals with putting out tenders for medical devices, and is also called upon by public bodies following bid rigging allegations.
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Key clients
- Stadler Rail Management AG
- Wien Energie/Wiener Stadtwerke
- Republic of Austria
- GATX Rail Austria GmbH
- Pittel + Brausewetter GmbH
- Austrian Students Union ÖH
- INCITE GmbH
Work highlights
- Advised Stadler in the course of public tender procedures for contracts worth several billion euros.
- Assisted GATX Austria through its self-cleaning proceedings and disclosure requirements in tenders with regard to charges of negligent killing in the so-called Viareggio trial.
- Represented Pittel in exclusion litigation as well as in self-cleaning matters following allegations of bid-rigging.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michaela Siegwart