Catering to both public and private sector clients, the public procurement and PPP group at ROWAN LEGAL advises on large contracts across various sectors, with a particular focus on the transportation and construction industries. The firm has demonstrable experience advising on all elements of public procurement, and handles drafting bids, risk mitigation, and project financing. Vilém Podešva heads the practice and is active in complex projects within the public investment, utilities infrastructure, and energy industries. Also notable within the team are Jiří Votrubec, who oversees work relating to IT and public investment, and Lukáš Sommer, who offers legal support in relation to the preparation of tender documents.
Testimonials
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‘Many team members that always do things right. We always get memos or analysis that gives us important answers on crucial questions.’
‘The team has many capable members that work well together, but the members themselves are great individuals for when we have an important meeting of the board or strategic meeting, and clear, assertive, and constructive answers are needed.’
‘The team has value in its complexity. There are procedural and contractual experts that help to get successful results.'
Key clients
- Severočeská vodárenská společnost a.s. (North Bohemia water supply company Ltd.)
- Hlavní město Praha (Capital City of Prague)
- Ředitelství silnic a dálnic (Directorate of Roads and Motorways)
- Dopravní podnik Praha (The Prague Public Transit Co. Inc.)
- Škoda Auto a.s.
- České dráhy a.s. (Czech Railways)
- RBP
- Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj (Ministry of Regional Development)
- Technická správa komunikací (TSK Prague)
- JURTA, o.p.s.
- Krajská správa a údržba silnic Karlovarského kraje, p.o. (Regional Road Maintenance and Administration of the Karlovy Vary Region)
- Fakultní nemocnice Brno a Centrum kardiovaskulární a transplantační chirurgie Brno (University hospital Brno and Cardiovascular and Transplantation Surgery Centre Brno)
Work highlights
- Advised Škoda Auto a.s. in connection with the preparation of a manufacturing plant for a car batteries project in the Plzeň-Líně business park (“GigaFactory”).
- Provided Dopravní podnik Praha (The Prague Public Transit Co.) with legal support in relation to the preparation of contractual and administrative documents for the building of a new D-line of the Prague subway.
- Providing Dopravní podnik Praha (The Prague Public Transit Co.) with legal support in connection to the upcoming tender for fully automatic driverless trains on the existing C-line and new D-line.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vilém Podešva