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Dr. Peter Braun LL.M.

Of Counsel

Energy and Infrastructure

Frankfurt

+49 69 7158 8-340
pbraun@orrick.com

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Dr. Peter Braun is an of counsel in Orrick's Frankfurt office specializing in national and international matters of public procurement law, privatizations, public private partnerships (PPP) and regulatory compliance.

Dr. Braun regularly advises public sector authorities, such as federal agencies and municipalities, in structuring complex public acquisition processes, predominantly in the area of IT. He is also experienced in litigating procurement matters on behalf of public sector institutions or private sector companies before review chambers in Germany. Dr. Braun’s practice includes extensive experience in assisting clients in developing effective strategies for participating in tender procedures worth more than 2 billion Euro in total.

Dr. Braun has published widely in the area, advised on the implementation of EU Public Procurement Law and is a regular speaker on national and international conferences and training seminars on the subject. The following are some of his more notable engagements:

  • Defending a client before the World Bank Sanctions Board against allegations of corrupt practices in World Bank procurement, advising vis-á-vis international financial institutions (EBRD, EIB, EU, et al.) to avoid debarment and cross-debarment and on a structured disclosure of past misconduct.
  • Chamber of Commerce Frankfurt am Main on various procurement procedures.
  • Stadt Kassel on an innovative inner-city bike hire scheme.
  • Advising a Pharma company in the contract award procedure of a health insurance fund.
  • Representing a multi-national diagnostics company in review procedure before the federal review chamber.
  • Federal Ministry of Finance on a complex IT-project.
  • Ministry of Finance of Hesse on four complex PPP projects, which comprised the design, financing and private operation of agencies for ground management (project volume €40 million).
  • Land Saxony-Anhalt on the award of an IT-contract for the introduction of a Personnel Management System (PROMIS).
  • Various clients in conducting internal investigations, setting up codes of ethics and general compliance matters.
Peter Braun

Memberships

Publications

  • Vergabe von Versicherungsleistungen
  • "Requirements to state reasons for procurement decisions," (2011) Public Procurement Law Review, NA 18
  • "Präqualifikation und Prüfungssysteme," Vergaberecht (3/2010), pp.433 et seqq.
  • "Rechtsnatur und Anwendungsbereich von "Indikativen Angeboten," NZBau (2009), pp.688-692
  • "Private Banken als Öffentliche Auftraggeber," NZBau (2009), pp. 5-10 (with Heiko Höfler)
  • "Renaissance der kommunalen Daseinsvorsorge," Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel Juli 2009, S. 6
  • "Obligation to state reasons for the rejection of a tender," Public Procurement Law Review (2009) 1, NA1
  • "Conflicts of Interest in Public Award Procedure - Deloitte Business Advisory NV v European Commission (T-195/05)," (2008) 17 Public Procurement Law Review (P.P.L.R.), NA53 - NA59 (with Ceren Berispek)
  • "Notes on Evropaïki Dynamiki v EFSA (T-69/05), Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (T-250/05) and Evropaïki Dynamiki v Commission (T-205/05)," (2008) 17 Public Procurement Law Review, NA60 - NA63
  • Framework agreements – efficient procurement tool with new legal framework, in: Public Sector Reform and eGovernment 2007/2008
  • Procurement of PPP/PFI Projects in Universities, in: Steinmetz, Gürtler (ed.), Public Private Partnership in Universities (Public Private Partnership im Hochschulbau). Weimar: Hochschul-Informationssystem (HIS), 2007, p. 46 - 57
  • Pitanje principa: Tretiranje ugovora koji ne spadaju u opseg evropskih direktiva o javnim Nabavkama (A Question of Principle: Which contracts do not underlie the European public procurement directives regime?), in: Martin Trybus (ed.): Pravo ih nabavki EU: izbor tekstova (Law and politics of public procurement: Selected Texts), Sarajevo: Program javnih nabavki za Bosnu i Hercegovinu (The European Union’s Public Procurement Programme for Bosnia and Herzegovina) (EUPPP), 2006, p. 101 - 113
  • "Time-limit to Bring Proceedings Against Decisions of the European Commission, Commentary on EuG, October 10, 2006, T-106/05 - Evropaïki Dynamiki/Kommission," (2007) 16 Public Procurement Law Review 2, NA25 - NA28
  • "Sorgen neue EuGH Urteile für mehr Rechtssicherheit bei der Vergabe von Aufträgen an kommunale Unternehmen?" ("Do recent decisions of the European Court of Justice provide more legal certainty for awarding contracts to municipal corporations?"), PPP-Kompakt (Mai 2006), S. 3
  • Vergaberecht für Unternehmen - Vorsprung im Wettbewerb um öffentliche Aufträge durch Bewerbungs- und Bieterstrategien Fachbericht zu Vergaberecht, Business & Law Frankfurt, das Anwalts- und Wirtschaftsmagazin, 2005, Vernissage-Verlag GmbH & Co KG
  • "Interim Measures Against Community Institutions: Case T-303/04 R, European Dynamics SA v Commission," Public Procurement Law Review 2005, NA25
  • "Damages for Irregularities in the Award Process: Case T-160/03, AFCon Management Consultants v. Commission," (2005)14 Public Procurement Law Review, NA 98 - NA103
  • "Action for Annulment and Damages for Irregularities in the Award Process: Case T-148/04, TQ3 Travel Solutions v Commission," 2005. 14 Public Procurement Law Review (6), NA 171-NA 175, Co-Author: Sarah Palmer
  • "Strict Compliance versus Commercial Reality: The Practical Application of E.C. Public Procurement Law to the U.K.'s Private Finance Initiative," (2003) 9, European Law Journal, (5) 575-598
  • "Whether it is compulsory to publish the relative weighting of award criteria," (2003) 11 Public Procurement Law Review (5), NA120-NA122
  • "The Use of Qualitative Award Criteria and the Difference between Award and Qualification Criteria," (2003)11 Public Procurement Law Review (5), NA116-NA119
  • "Selection of Bidders and Contract Award Criteria: the Compatibility of Practice in PFI Procurement with European Law," (2001) 9 Public Procurement Law Review (6), 1-15
  • The practical impact of E.U. Public Procurement Law on PFI/PPP Projects in the United Kingdom, Dissertation 2001, University of Nottingham, School of Law, 2001
  • "E.U. Public Procurement Directives - an Update," (2000) 5 Private Finance Intelligence Bulletin (6), 12-13
  • "Procurement Rules and Step-in Rights," (2000) 5 Private Finance Intelligence Bulletin (5), 16-17
  • "Ticking the right box for the OJEC," (2000) 5 Private Finance Intelligence Bulletin (3), 16-17
  • "A Matter of Principle(s) - The Treatment of Contracts falling outside the scope of the European Public Procurement Directives," (2000) 9 Public Procurement Law Review (1), 39-48

Speeches & Programs

Admitted In

  • Germany

Education

  • Second State Examination, Higher Regional Court of Hamburg, 2003
  • Ph.D., Law, University of Nottingham, School of Law, 2001
  • LL.M. - Master of Law, Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1998
  • First State Examination, Higher Regional Court of Schleswig, 1997

Languages

  • English
  • German