Pascal Friton
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP
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About
Provided by Pascal Friton
Practice Areas
Public procurement law, Fachanwalt für Vergaberecht (specialist lawyer for public procurement law)
International trade law
Advice to contracting authorities and bidders, particularly in the healthcare, IT and defence sector, on all aspects of public procurement law
Advice to multinational companies on legal consequences of misconduct in public procurement procedures and on self-cleaning measures
Advising on sanctions imposed by the World Bank or other multilateral development banks
Career
BLOMSTEIN founding partner (2016)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berlin and Washington, DC (2008-2016)
Professional Memberships
Admitted to the Bar in Germany (Rechtsanwalt)
Publications
Publishes in international law journals on public procurement and international trade law
Author/co-author of various publications on EU public procurement law, e.g.:
- Beck’scher Onlinekommentar Vergaberecht and Beck’scher Onlinekommentar IT-Recht;
- Beck’sches Prozessformularbuch;
- Beck’scher Vergaberechtskommentar;
- Commentary on articles 56 (General principles) and 57 (Exclusion grounds), in: Roberto Caranta and Albert Sanchez-Graells (eds.), European Public Procurement: Commentary on Directive 2014/24/EU
- Commentary on the UVgO (Kommentar zur UVgO), as of 2nd edition 2022
- Beck’sches Formularbuch Vergaberecht (as of the fourth edition)
Frequent speaker at conferences and seminars in the EU and the US (e.g. EIPA Seminars, Maastricht; Government Contracts Year in Review Conference, Washington, DC)
Lecturer and author at the distance learning program on EU public procurement law, King’s College London
Personal
Humboldt University Berlin
LL.M. in international trade and business law, University of Durham, UK
PhD degree (Dr. iur.), Bucerius Law School, Hamburg; thesis on selection/suitability criteria in EU directives