Roland M Stein

Practice Areas

Public procurement law, Fachanwalt für Vergaberecht (specialist lawyer for public procurement law), international trade law and ESG

Advice to bidders and contracting authorities on all aspects of public procurement law, including litigation, advisory matters, and public procurement compliance (exclusions, debarments, self-cleaning)

World Bank, EBRD, EIB, ADB debarment matters

World Bank admitted monitor

Customs law, excise taxes (primarily energy, electricity, alcohol tax)

Export controls, sanctions law

WTO, EU law (particularly anti-dumping, safeguard measures)

Sector experience: IT and technology, energy, general industry, infrastructure, defence and security

Career

BLOMSTEIN founding partner (2016)

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Berlin, London (2006-2016)

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Bar in Germany (Rechtsanwalt)

Member of the board of the Forum Contracting association

Co-leader of the defence and security division of forum vergabe (Gesprächskreis Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitsvergaben)

Co-chair of the IBA subcommittee on debarments and exclusions

Publications

Publishes in international and national law journals on public procurement and international trade law

Co-editor of “Beck’scher Online-Kommentar Vergaberecht”, Co-editor of “Contracting und Recht”

Frequent speaker at conferences and seminars in the EU and US

Personal

Half German, half Brazilian, grew up in São Paulo

Universities of Heidelberg and Leeds

LL.M. Eur., PhD degree (Dr. iur.), University of Frankfurt