The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement: 2019

Welcome to the eleventh edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement. This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of public procurement laws and regulations. It is divided into two main sections: One general chapter, covering the EU Public Procurement Rules. Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of common issues in public procurement laws and regulations in 29 jurisdictions. All chapters are written by leading public procurement lawyers and industry specialists and we are extremely grateful for their excellent contributions. Special thanks are reserved for the contributing editors Euan Burrows and Edward McNeill of Ashurst LLP for their invaluable assistance. Global Legal Group hopes that you find this guide practical and interesting. The International Comparative Legal Guide series is also available online at www.iclg.com.

1 EU Public Procurement Rules - Euan Burrows & Edward McNeill, Ashurst 2 Australia Holding Redlich: Andrew Hynd & Olivia Fielding 3 Belgium Stibbe: David D'Hooghe & Arne Carton 4 Brazil Pinheiro Neto Advogados: Ricardo Pagliari Levy & Heloisa Figueiredo Ferraz 5 Canada Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: Clementine Sallee & Marianne Smith 6 Denmark Gorrissen Federspiel: Erik Kjaer-Hansen & Marie Berg Simonsen 7 England & Wales Ashurst LLP: Euan Burrows & Edward McNeill 8 Finland Borenius Attorneys Ltd: Ilkka Aalto-Setala & Henrik Koivuniemi 9 France BIGNON LEBRAY AVOCATS: Kevin Holterbach & Jean-Baptiste Dubrulle 10 Germany BLOMSTEIN: Dr. Pascal Friton & Rita Zuppke 11 Greece Michailopoulos & Associates: Greg Michailopoulos & Marios Markatos 12 India BTG Legal: Prashant Mara & Devina Ramakant Deshpande 13 Indonesia Assegaf Hamzah & Partners: Farid Fauzi Nasution & Berla Wahyu Pratama 14 Ireland A&L Goodbody: Anna-Marie Curran & Jessica Egan 15 Italy Legance Avvocati Associati: Filippo Pacciani & Ada Esposito 16 Japan Anderson Mori & Tomotsune: Reiji Takahashi & Makoto Terazaki 17 Luxembourg Stibbe: Benjamin Marthoz 18 Malta Mamo TCV Advocates: Dr. Joseph Camilleri & Dr. Matthew Cutajar 19 Nigeria Tunde & Adisa Legal Practitioners: Ayobami Tunde & Ifeoluwa Gbarada 20 Norway Wikborg Rein Advokatfirma AS: Alf Amund Gulsvik & Hanne Zimmer 21 Panama ALFARO, FERRER & RAMIREZ: Annette Barcenas Olivardia & Paulette Michineau 22 Poland Wolf Theiss: Peter Daszkowski & Marcin Rudnik 23 Portugal Morais Leitao, Galvao Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados: Margarida Olazabal Cabral & Ana Robin de Andrade 24 Romania VASS Lawyers: Iulia Vass & Bianca Bello 25 Singapore Allen & Gledhill: Kelvin Wong & Tan Wee Meng 26 South Africa Fasken: Lara Bezuidenhoudt & Bontle Pilane 27 Spain Ramon y Cajal Abogados, S.L.P.: Pablo Silvan Ochoa & Carlos Melon Pardo 28 Sweden Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra AB: Johan Carle & Sven Vaxenback 29 Switzerland Lenz & Staehelin: Astrid Waser & Benoit Merkt 30 USA Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP: James J. McCullough & Michael J. Anstett