Dr Lars Hettich
Lawyer, Licensed Specialist for Procurement Law
Partner
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Competences
Public Construction & Planning Law Public Business Law Procurement Constitutional & Administrative LawLanguages
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Dr Lars Hettich
Career
Dr Lars Hettich is Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT's Dusseldorf office and member of the Public Sector practice group. He focuses his legal consultancy on procurement law, state aid law and public building law. Dr Hettich has assisted the public sector with the preparation and implementation of complex procurement projects. He also supports the private sector with regard to participating in public procurement procedures and represents their interests and the interests of the awarding entities in review procedures.
Dr Hettich studied law at the Universities of Trier, Madrid and Cologne and was admitted to the German bar in 2003. Dr Hettich is Procurement Law Specialist and member of the Preliminary Examination Committee "Specialist Lawyer Procurement Law" of the Cologne Bar Association as well as head of the Cologne/Bonn/Koblenz regional group of Deutsches Vergabenetzwerks DVNW e.V. Dr Hettich already worked for several commercial law firms and also as in-house lawyer of a major German bank. He joined BEITEN BURKHARDT as Partner in 2017.
"‘Lars Hettich – technically on very high level, looks ahead, strategically positioned. Topically always on track and argumentatively very convincing.", Client
(Legal 500 Deutschland 2020 and Legal 500 EMEA 2020)
"If someone had to invent procurement law all over again, I would suggest Lars Hettich. Working with him demonstrates that his knowledge of procurement jurisprudence, ranging from A like advertisement campaign and C like international currency to F like furniture factory and P like plant engineering, is up-to-date. The file management is meticulous and if worse comes to worse, one can rest assured that everything is verifiable", client
(Legal 500 Germany 2020 and Legal 500 EMEA 2020)
Awards
Memberships
- Preliminary Examination Committee "Specialist Lawyer Procurement Law" of the Cologne Bar Association
- Cologne/Bonn/Koblenz regional group of Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW)
- Bundesverband (German Association) Public Private Partnership e.V. (BPPP)
- Forum vergabe e.V. (public procurement association)
Publications / Lectures
Books:
Section 50 German Ordinance on the Award of Public Contracts (VgV) – European Single Procurement Document (ESPD)
Dr Lars Hettich
in: Kommentar zur VgV und UVgO, Malte Müller-Wrede (Ed.), 2017, Bundesanzeiger Verlag
The New Procurement Law - A Systematic Presentation of the New EU Procurement Directives
Dr Lars Hettich and Daniel Soudry (Ed.)
Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette), 2015
Executive Board, Management and Representation
Dr Lars Hettich
in: Vorstand der AG (Board of Directors of a Stock Corporation), Dr. Jürgen van Kann (Ed.), 2nd edition 2012
Essays/ Articles:
"Zero-Euro Offers with Nature of Pay, Note to the Opinion of the Advocate General at the ECJ in Case C-367/19,
Dr Lars Hettich
Supply Magazin, 4/2020
"Changes to contract conditions before award of contract"
Note to OLG Celle, decision of 24.10.2019, ref. 13 Verg 9/19
Dr Lars Hettich
Supply Magazin, 1 /2020
"The Prohibition of Changes and Its Exceptions - Contracting Authorities May Subsequently Lower Excessively High Requirements", Notes on the Decision of the Federal Public Procurement Chamber of 13 February 2019, file ref. VK 2-118/18
Dr Lars Hettich
Supply Magazin, 04/2019
"Risk Minimizing Justifies Product-Specific Tender", Comment on the Decision of the Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf of 31 May 2017, ref VII-Verg 36/16
Dr Lars Hettich
Supply-Magazin, 8/2018
"Exclusion in Case of Poor Performance"
Dr Lars Hettich
KTM - Krankenhaus, Technik + Management, No. 4/2018, p. 16 et seq.
"Right to Determine and Right to Substitute When Economic and Financial Capacity of Service Is Proven, Comments on ECJ Judgement, Decision of 13 July 2017, Case C-76/16
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NZBau 4/2018, 197 et seq.
"Reverse Charging of Tax for Foreign Bidders: Indication of Net Price Is Correct!", Annotations on Judgement of VK Bund, Decision of 18 September 2017, VK 2-94/17
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel 3/2018
"Without a Lot - Funds Lost“, Notes on the Decision of the Administrative Court of Bavaria dated 22 May 2017, File ref. 4 ZB 16.577
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel 10/2017
"Unlawful, yet Commendable“, Notes on the Decision of the Public Procurement Tribunal Lüneburg dated 13 March 2017, File ref. VgK-02/2017
Dr Lars Hettich
Supply-Magazin, 5/2017, p. 38 et seq.
"The Mistakes of the Past“, Notes on the Decisions of the Higher Regional Court of Celle dated 9 January 2017, File ref. 13-Verg 9/16, and the Public Procurement Tribunal Saxony, Decision dated 1 March 2017, File ref. 1/SVK/037-16
Dr Lars Hettich
Recycling Magazin, 17/2017, p. 24 et seq.
Electronic Procurement in Accordance with the New EU Procurement Law
Dr Lars Hettich
IP-Rechts-Berater, 11/2016, p. 253 et seq.
Trainings for Works Councils in the Public Sector
Dr Lars Hettich and Christoph Legerlotz
Arbeits-Rechts-Berater, 09/2016, p. 285 et seq.
Minimum Wage in Compliance with European Law, Notes on the Ruling of the ECJ of 17 November 2015, Case C-115/14 („RegioPost“)
Dr Lars Hettich
Vergabeblog.de of 6 December 2015, No. 24350
Competition versus conclusion of Contracts of Indefinite Duration, Notes on the Decision of the Federal Public Procurement Chamber of 9 April 2015, fiel ref. VK 2-19/15
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel, 05/2015
Framework Agreements Without Limitation?
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel, 12/2014
In Case of Pure Price Competition No Alternative Tenders Permitted, Commentary on the Decision of the Federal Court of Justice of 7 January 2014, fiel ref. X ZB 15/13
Dr Lars Hettich
Kommunaler-Beschaffungs-Dienst, 06/2014
Room for Manoeuvre after Having Been Awarded
Dr Lars Hettich
Recycling Magazin, 14/2014, p. 24
The End of Groups of Bidders?, Commentary on the Decision of the Berlin Higher Regional Court of 24 October 2013, file ref. Verg 11/13
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel, 03/2014
Groups of Bidders Inadmissible?, Commentary on the Decision of the Berlin Higher Regional Court of 24 October 2013, file ref. Verg 11/13
Dr Lars Hettich
Kommunaler-Beschaffungs-Dienst, 03/14
Bidder-Related Quality Features as Award Criteria
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel, 10/2013
Everything Is Still a Grey Area - Interview on Service Concessions in the Waste Management Industry
Dr Lars Hettich
Recycling Magazin, 10/2013, p. 17
Multiple Participation of Suppliers in Public Award Procedures
Dr Lars Hettich
Kommunaler-Beschaffungs-Dienst, 09/2013
Secondary Construction Materials in Procurement Law - Possibilities of a Subsequent Consid-eration
Dr Lars Hettich
Behörden Spiegel, 08/2013
Procurement Law Aspects of Municipal Real Property Transactions: Important Innovations Through Case Law of the European Court of Justice
Dr Lars Hettich
ZfIR – Zeitschrift für Immobilienrecht, 20/2010, p. 738 et seq.
Lectures/Seminars:
"Simple and flexible procurement through framework contracts", Online Seminar, 8 May 2020
"Public Procurement Law up to Date", Online Seminar on current legal developments in public procurement law, 24 April 2020 and 15 May 2020
Online Seminar: "Procurement Law in Crisis Mode - All Essentials Right to the Point", together with Stephan Rechten and Sascha Opheys, 9 April 2020
"Public procurement law in crisis mode - all the essentials in a nutshell", Online Seminar, 9 April 2020
"Award of long-term contracts", vhw-Seminar Munich, 10 March 2020
"Current procurement law", information event on current public procurement case law, Dusseldorf, 15 and 29 November 2019
"Legally Compliant Award of Construction Works – All That Matters in a Nutshell", seminar of nohr con GmbH, Berlin, 25 September 2019
"The Top 10 of The New Procurement Law", Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Dusseldorf, 18 /19 September 2019
"Procurement Law Today", Speech on Recent Decisions by the ECJ (EMS and Regulation 1370/2007) and review instances, 10 May 2019, Dusseldorf (together with Sascha Opheys)
"Procurement Law Update", in-house training session on procurement law issues at an internationally operating healthcare company, Kleve, 11 April 2019 (together with Sascha Opheys)
"Crisis Management in the Award Procedure", Hamburg Award Day 2019, 24/25 January 2019
"Award of long-term contracts", vhw-Seminar Frankfurt, 6 February 2019
"Recent Developments in Procurement Law", Beiten Burkhardt Practice Talk, Dusseldorf, 23 January 2018, 18 May 2018, 23 November 2018 and 7 December 2018
"Legally Compliant Award of Construction Works – All That Matters in a Nutshell", all-day seminar for Nohrcon, Berlin, 29 November 2018 (together with Sascha Opheys)
"Procurement Law Basics", Bundesanzeiger Verlag Köln, Cologne, 11 October 2018
"Award and Procurement of IT Services", seminar of the association vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Cologne, 4 July 2018
"Award of Long-Term Contracts", seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Leipzig, 7 June 2018
"An Outline of Procurement Law", in-house seminar for a safety engineering company, Berlin, 22 May 2018
"Law for Awarding Public Contracts Below EU thresholds", in-house seminar for the Senate of Berlin, Bundesanzeiger Verlag Berlin, Berlin, 17 and 18 April 2018
"Award of Supplies and Services in the Range Above the Threshold Value“, Seminar of nohr con GmbH, Cologne, 14 March 2018
"Award of Long-Term Contracts - Problems in Practice and Solutions“, Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Mannheim, 6 March 2018
"Award of IT Services", Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Leipzig, 15 May 2017
"Award of Long-Term Contracts - Practical Tips Regarding the Applicability, Design and Implementation", Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Essen, 2 March 2017
"The New Rules of Procedure for the Awarding of Below-Threshold Contracts", In-house training for an IT company, Cologne, 15 February 2017
"Award of Long-Term Contracts - Practical Tips Regarding the Applicability, Design and Implementation", Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Essen, 1 February 2017
Information Meeting on Current Topics Under Procurement and Data Protection law of KPV - Kommunalpolitische Vereinigung der CDU/CSU (Local Politics Association of CDU/CSU), Frechen, 16 November 2016
"The New Procurement Law Applied to Below-Threshold Contracts", In-house training for Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Berlin, 13 October 2016
"The Amendment to Procurement Law 2016 - All That Matters in a Nutshell“, In-house training of Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Halle an der Saale, 13 October 2016
"Award of Long-Term Contracts - Practical Tips Regarding the Applicability, Design and Implementation", Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Hannover, 14 September 2016
"Expert Training on The Amendment to Procurement Law 2016", In-house training of the Saarland University, Saarbrücken, 30 August 2016
"The Amendment to Procurement Law 2016 - All That Matters in a Nutshell", Seminar of kbw - kommunales Bildungswerk e.V., Berlin, 17 August 2016
"Award of Long-Term Contracts - Problems in Practice and Solutions", Seminar of vhw - Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e.V., Mainz, 23 June 2016
"The New Procurement Law - Amendments of Practical Relevance and New Regulations", Seminar of dbb Akademie - Akademie des Deutschen Beamtenbundes e.V., Cologne, 14 June 2016
"The Procurement Law Reform - All That Matters in a Nutshell", Seminar of kbw - kommunales Bildungswerk e.V., Hamburg, 8 June 2016
"The Procurement Law Reform - All That Matters in a Nutshell", Seminar of kbw - kommunales Bildungswerk e.V., Berlin, 28 April 2016
"Focus on Public Procurement Law - New Legal Requirements on the Waste Management Industry", Seminar of BDE - Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Rohstoffwirtschaft e.V, Berlin, 15 March 2016
"The Top 10 of Procurement Law - Solutions to the Ten Most Relevant Problems in Practice", Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 29 February to 1 March 2016
"The Top 10 of Procurement Law - Solutions to the Ten Most Relevant Problems in Practice", Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 2 to 3 February 2016
"Subsequent Contract Adjustments Pursuant to the New Procurement Law – New Leeway or Old Wine in New Skins?", Workshop at Hamburger Vergabetag, 22 January 2016
"Establishment and Operation of Asylum Seekers' Accommodation Facilities", Seminar of kbw - kommunales Bildungswerk e.V., Cologne, 11 January 2016
"Observance of Collective Agreements and Minimum Wage", Practical Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 15 September 2015
"Observance of Collective Agreements and Minimum Wage", Practical Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 11 April 2015
"Flexible Procurement by Framework Agreements", Workshop at the Hamburger Vergabetag, 24 January 2015
"Groups of Bidders and Subcontractors", Workshop at the 1. Deutschen Vergabetag des DVNW - Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk, Berlin, 23 October 2014
"The Top 10 of Procurement Law - The Ten Most Relevant Problems in Practice and The Solutions Thereto", Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 18 to 19 September 2014
"Municipal Tender Procedures - No Award and Now?", Lecture at the 3. Internationaler Alttextiltag 2014, Berchtesgaden, 16 May 2014
"Recycling Building Materials in Procurement Law", Lecture at the Mineraliktag des bvse - Bundesverband Sekundärrohstoffe und Entsorgung e.V., Munich, 25 to 26 February 2014
"Subcontractors and Groups of Bidders", Workshop at the Hamburger Vergabetag des DVNW - Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk, 31 January 2014
"Procurement Law in the Focus of the Waste Management Industry – Selected Issues", Practical Seminar of BDE - Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Rohstoffwirtschaft e.V., Cologne, 23 January 2014
"The Top 10 of Procurement Law - The Ten Most Relevant Problems in Practice and The Solutions Thereto", Seminar of Behörden Spiegel, Cologne, 4 November 2013
"Basic Principles of Procurement Law", In-house training for an IT company, Cologne, 16 October 2013
"Procurement Law Under Change", Practical Seminar of BDE - Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Rohstoffwirtschaft e.V., Berlin, 25 September 2013