Europe - Germany • Public sector
ADVANT Beiten
ADVANT Beiten predominantly focuses on procurement of IT, health and research projects and primarily acts on the procurer side. The strong team has increasingly been involved in digitalisation projects since the Hospital Future Act was passed and represents both insurance associations and hospital groups in numerous contract negotiations and award procedures. Stephan Rechten is primarily responsible for the health sector and also assists with large procurements for network expansion and high-technology projects at federal level; he jointly heads the practice with construction and real estate procurement expert Hans Georg Neumeier.
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'The team works as a unit and every team member is informed and able to provide information about the issues at hand. Any legal questions that arise are processed quickly and appropriately. These are processed very well in the interests of the client.'
'Stephan Rechten: Acts very well as a project manager and is very well prepared for the tasks of the contract. The legal information is excellent and targeted. Michael Brückner represents contract issues with a very high level of competence.'
'The ADVANT Beiten team has always helped us very well. Quick answers, quick help and an overall smooth process are a given for the team around Stephan Rechten and Max Stanko. What I see as a strength, also compared to other law firms, is the ability to provide advice at any time thanks to the in-depth knowledge of procurement law.'
'Max Stanko and Stephan Rechten: Communication with both of them is always on an equal footing, is objective, trusting, direct and human, which means that very good results are achieved.'
Key clients
- 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- BKK Dachverband e.V.
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
- Freistaat Sachsen
- Institut für Qualitätssicherung und Transparenz im Gesundheitswesen
- Kommunale DatenNetz GmbH
- Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
- Olympiastadion Berlin GmbH
- Staatsbetrieb Sächsische Informatik Dienste
- Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berlin Schloss
- TransNet BW GmbH
Work highlights
- Advising the space agency of the German Aerospace Center on several large satellite projects on procurement, contract and pricing issues.
- Advising the Free State of Saxony, in particular the state-owned company Sächsische Informatik Services and Kommunale DatenNetz GmbH on the award of the design, construction and operation of the state-wide network for voice and data communication for the administration.
- Comprehensive procurement and contractual advice to TransnetBW GmbH on demanding procurement projects in the area of network expansion and the energy transition, particularly in the 'Netzbooster' and 'SuedLink' projects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stephan Rechten, Hans Georg Neumeier