Peter Braun

Dr. Peter Braun, an of counsel in Orrick's Frankfurt office, is a member of the Global Finance Group. 

Dr. Braun’s practice focuses on national and international matters of public procurement law, privatizations, public private partnerships (PPP) and regulatory compliance.

The following are some of his more notable engagements.

• 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 (PMS).
• Various clients in conducting internal investigations, setting up codes of ethics and general compliance matters.

Admitted in

• Germany

Memberships

• Correspondent of the Public Procurement Law Review
• forum vergabe e.V.

Multimedia

Publications

• "Präqualifikation und Prüfungssysteme", Vergaberecht (2/2010), pp.28-35
• "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

• Vergaben im Gesundheitswesen, 7. Oktober 2010, IHK Wiesbaden
• PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: GLOBAL REVOLUTION V9-10 September 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Vergabe von IT-Leistungen, 1. September 2010, IHK Kassel
• Beschaffungsoptimierung durch Rahmenverträge, 11. Mai 2010, Berlin
• Beschaffungsoptimierung durch Rahmenverträge, 14. April 2010, Köln
• Bieterstrategien im öffentlichen Auftragswesen, 13. April 2010, IHK Wiesbaden
• Die neue Sektorenverordnung, 8. März 2010, IHK Frankfurt
• Vergabe von Postdienstleistungen, 25. Februar 2010, IHK Offenbach
• Public procurement remedies system in the EU : basic principles, procedures and institutions, 18 February 2010, OECD/SIGMA Expert Workshop, Skopje, Macedonia
• Regional Conference on Concessions/Public-Private Partnerships, Zagreb, 3-4 December 2009
• Aktuelle Entwicklungen bei der Vergabe von Leistungen imGesundheitswesen, IHK Frankfurt, 2. November 2009
• Vergütungsanpassung und Mehrvergütungbei Verzögerung des Zuschlags, Bundesimmobilienkonferenz, Berlin, 29. Oktober 2009
• Praxis der Ausschreibungen von IT-Leistungen, IHK Wiesbaden, 25 September 2009
• Vergabe von Versicherungsleistungen, forum vergabe e.V., Köln, 22.09.2009
• PPP Review in Practice, OECD Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 29.05.2009
• Framework Agreements under the new procurement regime (Rahmenverträge nach neuem Vergaberecht) 07.05.2009, Dresden, 09.06.2009, Köln
• Framework Agreements under the new procurement regime (Rahmenverträge nach neuem Vergaberecht) June 12, 2008, Euroforum, Berlin; July 2, 2008, Euroforum, Cologne
• Selection of Bidders and Evaluation of Tenders (Eignungsprüfung und Angebotswertung nach neuem Vergaberecht), November 14/15, 2007, Euroforum, Berlin
• The PPP-Practice in Germany , Conference of The British German Jurists' Association, September 28/30, 2007, Potsdam
• 9th National Procurement Conference 2007, September 20/21, 2007, Berlin
• The new Procurement Law 2007 (Das neue Vergaberecht 2007) Mai 2007, Euroforum
• Factors contributing to the Effectiveness of Remedy Systems "Public Procurement Review and Remedies Systems" International Procurement Law Conference of the EU-Commission, May 23 - 25, 2007, State Commission for the Supervision of the Public Procurement Procedure of Croatia and SIGMA (OECD), Dubrovnik
• Framework Agreements (Rahmenverträge) May 11, 2007, Euroforum, Berlin; May 22, 2007, Euroforum, Düsseldorf
• Selection of Bidders and Evaluation of Tenders (Eignungsprüfung und Angebotswertung) April 25, 2007, Euroforum, Düsseldorf
• Buying insurance in compliance with Public Procurement Law (Vergabe von Versicherungsleistungen) Current Insurance Issues for Public Utilities (Aktueller Versicherungsschutz für Versorgungsunternehmen) April 18, 2007, BWG Congress, Dortmund
• e-Procurement according to the new Procurement Law (e-Vergabe nach neuem Vergaberecht) Zukunftswerkstatt Öffentlicher Einkauf March 21, 2007, CEBIT, Hannover
• The Reform of E.U. Public Procurement Law: towards more commercial government procurement Conference Best Practice Review, Procurement & Commissioning Forum, September 2001, Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS), London
• The practical application of the E.C. rules on PFI projects in the U.K. Conference Public Procurement – Global Revolution II, September 2001, Public Procurement Research Group, University of Nottingham
• The implementation of the European Utilities Directive into Slovenian Law Konferenz Posvet o javnih narocilih in koncesijah / Second Slovenian Procurement Law Conference, March 2001, Slovenian Ministry of Finance, Ljubljana, Slovenia