Marc Gabriel

Practice Areas

For more than two decades, Prof. Dr. Marc Gabriel, LL.M. (NTU UK) has been advising highly regulated industries on public law, health law, and, in particular, public procurement law issues. In doing so, he supports globally active companies, governments and state institutions in large-scale projects relating to the public sector with high public visibility.

As a specialist lawyer for public procurement law, administrative law and medical law, his consulting activities and legal representation in important court proceedings focus on the areas of pharmaceuticals and healthcare, infrastructure and transportation as well as defense and security.

As an honorary professor of public law and editor and author of numerous specialist publications and standard works on public law, particularly health and public procurement law, Prof. Dr. Gabriel contributes directly to the development of law in these areas.

Areas of activity

• Advising companies in highly regulated economic sectors on all public law, health law and in particular public procurement law issues

• Supporting global corporations as well as governments and state institutions with major projects affecting the public sector

• Legal representation in procurement and review proceedings as well as complex contract awards, primarily in the areas of pharmaceuticals and healthcare, infrastructure and transportation as well as defense and security

• Advising and representing global pharmaceutical companies in health insurance tenders and large-volume litigation and damages proceedings in connection with pharmaceutical rebate agreements

• Assistance with infringement proceedings, state aid investigations, public-private partnerships and privatizations as well as state selection procedures in accordance with European law requirements

Education

• specialist lawyer for medical law since 2019

• specialist lawyer for public procurement law since 2016

• specialist lawyer for administrative law since 2005

• Master's degree at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), awarded the academic degree Master of Laws LL.M. (degree: with distinction)

• Doctoral studies at the Free University of Berlin, awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Law Dr. iur. (Degree: Good / Magna cum laude)

• Postgraduate studies in environmental law at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (degree: very good)

• Legal clerkship at the Berlin Court of Appeal, 2nd state examination (degree: with distinction)

• Studied law at the Free University of Berlin, 1st state examination (degree: with distinction)

Publications

Editorships and Monographs

Editor and Author of § 17 Bidding Consortia, § 18 Subcontractors, Chapter 15 (§§ 76-82) Procurement in the field of Statutory Health Insurance: Health Insurance Tenders (SGB V), Chapter 16 (§§ 83-87) Internal Market-Relevant Selection Procedures according to Primary Law Procedural Requirements (TFEU), in: Gabriel/Krohn/Neun (Eds.), "Handbuch Vergaberecht" (Handbook of Procurement Law), C.H.Beck Publishing, 4th edition, Munich 2024

Editor and Author of Part 6 Competitive Selective Contracts for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (§ 13 Individual Contractual Steering Instruments, § 14 Tendering of Contracts in the Statutory Health Insurance), in: Meier/v. Czettritz/Gabriel/Kaufmann (Eds.), "Pharmarecht – Arzneimittel- und Medizinprodukterecht" (Pharmaceutical Law – Drug and Medical Device Law), C.H.Beck Publishing, 3rd edition, Munich 2023

Editor and Author of the chapter on procurement law requirements for bidding consortia (approx. 89 standard pages), in: Gabriel/Benecke/Geldsetzer (Eds.), "Die Bietergemeinschaft – Ausschreibungsphase, Auftragsdurchführung und Auseinandersetzung" (The Bidding Consortium – Tendering Phase, Contract Execution, and Dispute), Carl Heymanns Publishing, Cologne/Berlin/Munich 2007

Commentaries

Commentary on the procurement law provisions regarding sector contracting entities (§ 100 GWB), sector activities in the fields of drinking water, electricity, gas, heat, and fossil fuels (§ 102 para. 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 GWB), and on the award of public contracts for social and other specific services (§ 130 GWB), in: Säcker/Ganske/Knauff (Eds.), "Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 3 Vergaberecht I" (Munich Commentary on Competition Law, Vol. 3 Procurement Law I), C.H.Beck Publishing, 4th edition, Munich 2022

Commentary on the procurement law provisions regarding awards by social security institutions (SGB V), in: Säcker/Ganske/Knauff (Eds.), "Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht, Band 4 Vergaberecht II" (Munich Commentary on Competition Law, Vol. 4 Procurement Law II), C.H.Beck Publishing, 4th edition, Munich 2022

Contributions to Handbooks, Edited Volumes, and Festschriften

Author of Chapter 7 "Tenders in the Statutory Health Insurance", in: Bromm/Stief (Eds.), "Vertragshandbuch Pharma und Life Sciences" (Contract Handbook Pharma and Life Sciences), C.H.Beck Publishing, 2nd edition, Munich 2021

"Public Procurement Law as a Driver of Market Development in the Defense and Security Sector – A Stocktaking and Interim Assessment", Conference Proceedings for the "18th forum vergabe Talks 2016" of forum vergabe e.V., forum vergabe publication series Vol. 57, Bundesanzeiger Publishing, Cologne 2017, 131-137

"Workplace-related Requirements under State Procurement Laws", Publication Series Center for Labor Relations and Labor Law Vol. 38 "Procurement Law and Working Conditions", ZAAR Publishing, Munich 2015, 71-92

"Groups and Group Companies as Bidders in Procurement Procedures", in: "Wettbewerb – Transparenz – Gleichbehandlung, 15 Jahre GWB Vergaberecht – Festschrift für Fridhelm Marx" (Competition – Transparency – Equal Treatment, 15 Years of GWB Procurement Law – Festschrift for Fridhelm Marx), C.H.Beck Publishing, Munich 2013, 167-179

Articles in Professional Journals

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2023/2024", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2025, 1-11 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2022 and 2023", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2024, 1-13 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"Nothing New on Eligibility Criteria – The CJEU on Eligibility Criteria, Discretion, and Reliance on Third-Party Capacities", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Baurecht und Vergaberecht (NZBau) 2023, 716-719

"A Look at the Role of Procurement Law in Strengthening Intra-European Pharmaceutical Production and Supply Chain Resilience in the Health Sector after the ALBVVG", in: Pharma Recht (PharmR) 2023, 251-270 (co-authored with Henrike Heusmann)

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2021 and 2022", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2023, 1-13 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"Procurement Law Incentives for the Manufacture of Pharmaceuticals in Europe", in: Pharma Recht (PharmR) 2022, 253-261

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2020 and 2021", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2022, 1-12 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2019 and 2020", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2021, 1-12 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"Proposal for an International Procurement Instrument – The Undiscovered (Third) Country", in: Public Procurement Law Review (PPLR) 2020, 345-352 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz and Alice Manzini)

"Medical Aid Contracts with Accession – Procurement Law without Access: Regression, Progress, or Misstep?", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Baurecht und Vergaberecht (NZBau) 2020, 286-288

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2018 and 2019", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2020, 61-75 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"Open House, Closed Door: The End of Legal Protection in Procurement for Open-House Procedures", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Baurecht und Vergaberecht (NZBau) 2019, 568-570

"Tests of Courage and Fire in Critical Situations in Procurement Law", in: Zeitschrift Vergaberecht (VergabeR) 2019, 297-306

"The Jurisprudence of the CJEU in the Field of Procurement Law in the Years 2017 and 2018", in: Europäisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS) 2019, 4-13 (co-authored with Andreas Schulz)

"Contractual Penalties or Damages for Supply Failures in the Context of Pharmaceutical Discount Agreements", in: Pharma Recht (PharmR) 2019, 45-50 (co-authored with Stephan Götze)

"Market Consultations by Public Authorities in the Boundary between the Right to Determine Specifications and Tendering Obligations", in: Neue Zeitschrift für Baurecht und Vergaberecht (NZBau) 2019, 83-87 (co-authored with Maximilian Voll)

Work Highlights

Advising a European government on the national implementation of the Defense Procurement Directive 2009/81/EC and on the awarding of large-scale armaments projects.

Advising a leading pan-European rail passenger transport (SPNV) operator on procurement and state aid law aspects regarding the implementation and application of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road.

Advising and representing international pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and trading companies in connection with the largest procurement projects of the German Federal Government and the European Commission to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advising a publicly listed defense group with global activities in military technology, aerospace, and security on a global restructuring project, including the associated reorganization and transfer of a triple-digit number of public contracts with defense companies and ministries of defense.

Advising world-leading pharmaceutical companies and top-tier pharmaceutical industry associations within the framework of various federal legislative procedures regarding procurement law options for prioritizing production capacities within the European Union.