Christoph Kins

Practice Areas

Dr. Christoph Kins is a specialist lawyer for public procurement law (Fachanwalt für Vergaberecht) and a member of the management team at abante. He advises and represents both clients and bidders, focusing primarily on the design of complex procurement procedures, conflict representation, organizational consulting and quality assurance.

Dr. Kins provides support for construction and IT projects in matters of procurement, contract, and subsidy law. This includes the awarding of all contracts as well as the drafting and negotiation of clear contracts. Dr. Kins also regularly acts in contract enforcement, for example in cases of supplements, damages, and warranties. He defends his clients against the revocation of subsidies and also provides support in the application for funding and the use of funds.

Dr. Kins is a member of the Southeast Regional Group of forum vergabe e.V., a member of the Specialist Lawyers Committee for Public Procurement Law of the Saxony Bar Association, a lecturer in contract and public procurement law, and a member of the German Public Procurement Network and the “Netzwerk Vergabeanwälte.”

Areas of activity

• Public procurement law, assistance in awarding contracts,

• Procurement dispute, procurement liability

• Contract law (especially construction, planning, energy, ICT)

• Project-related legal advice (energy, construction, ICT),

• Subsequent events, obstruction, defect management

• Subsidy law, grant law, subsidy law

• Advising and representing clients, bidders and grant recipients

Education

• specialist lawyer for public procurement law since 2017

• Attorney at law since 2011

• 2nd state examination in Hesse (with distinction)

• 2010 Doctorate in law (Dr. iur.) (scl)

• Legal clerkship in Kassel, Frankfurt/Main, Chicago, Speyer

• 1st state examination in Rhineland-Palatinate (with distinction)

• Studies in Mainz and Rome

• High school diploma in Darmstadt

• School years in Darmstadt and USA