Public Procurement

Our team resolves your most complex public procurement questions, arranges tendering competitions when success is of utmost importance, and maximises your possibilities for succeeding in tendering competitions. The team continually advises clients on some of Finland’s largest and most critical procurements, and due to our cross-practice cooperation, no issue is too difficult for us. We have a wealth of experience in assisting both domestic and foreign bidders in the Finnish market, aiding them succeed in their business goals. In addition to tendering competitions, contract negotiations, and disputes during the term of agreement, we represent our clients before Finnish and European courts, including the Market Court, Administrative Court, Supreme Administrative Court, and European Court of Justice.

We have exceptional knowledge of public procurement relating to technology, life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, real estate, and public transportation, and the team also has substantial experience of ESG projects. We have significant expertise in technology and software procurement, agreement modifications, in-house procurement, public procurement questions in mergers and acquisitions, and tender evaluation.

We provide contracting authorities with strategic advice and assist them during the whole procurement process, including the structuring of the procurement process, drafting of procurement documents, assisting in negotiations with suppliers, and evaluation of tenders. For our clients on the supplier side, we provide advice on all procurement law issues that arise in connection with public procurement, including negotiations, tendering, and disputes, influencing in tendering competitions during market surveys, analysis of calls to tender, compliance with calls to tender, risk analysis, drafting of bids, review procedures in court proceedings, and contractual negotiations. Simply put, the success of our clients is of utmost importance to us. We value long partnerships with our clients and invest time and effort to truly understand their business in order to provide the best advice possible. We work in cooperation with other Hannes Snellman teams and international top-tier law firms to provide a seamless client experience.