DLA Piper‘s public procurement team is geared towards IT procurement, handling both tender and bidder-side aspects of cloud computing and related contracts, while also increasingly advising on defence and security procurement projects. Disputes specialist Frank Roth is the key contact, acting for clients in procurement review procedures as part of his broader litigation and arbitration practice.
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Testimonials

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  • 'The team is very flexible and competent. They are also very dedicated, and the requested advice and input are provided reliably and on time.'
  • ‘Frank Roth impresses us with his well-grounded and deep advice, which is also particularly quick and extremely efficient.’
  • 'We have enjoyed a long-standing collaboration with Frank Roth. He and his team, as well as the colleagues he involves, are very helpful, dedicated, and always solution-oriented. Frank himself is particularly distinguished by his strong client focus and outstanding expertise in his field.'

Key clients

  • SAP SE
  • City of Cologne
  • Cologne Bonn Airport

Work highlights

Provided comprehensive support to SAP SE in the preparations for the development and operation of a sovereign cloud platform for the German administration.
Advised a regional utility company in connection with the question of the conditions under which the implementation of a municipal heat plan under the Heat Planning Act is possible as an in-house award.
Represented a real estate asset and investment manager in a review procedure to enforce the public tender for the lease of a municipal administration building.
Other key lawyers

Frank Roth; Charlotte Schubert