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JUDr. Lukáš Sommer

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Lukáš Sommer

Lukáš Sommer is a leading Czech expert in the field of public investment

He focuses mainly on specific forms of construction implementation (FIDIC, Design and Build, PPP, etc.).

 

He has provided legal support in drafting tender conditions and complex contractual terms for some of the most important public procurement

and PPP projects awarded in the Czech Republic in recent years. These projects, spanning ICT, water, waste management, construction and other sectors, have been valued at tens of billions of Czech crowns. He also provides partial legal opinions on key issues in public procurement and PPP projects, and has experience in proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition and in representing contractors in procurement procedures. He has also provided legal support in the transformation and set-up of the largest water management systems in the Czech Republic.

Other areas of law in which Lukáš is actively involved include IT law and general contract law.

He is also active in publishing articles on public procurement, concessions and PPP, as well as in lecturing and contributing to the development of procurement legislation.



Experiences

01/2019 – present

Work experience

Organization: ROWAN LEGAL, Law Firm Ltd.

Position: Partner

07/2011 – 10/2019

Work experience

Organization: ROWAN LEGAL, Law Firm Ltd.

Position: Managing Associate

09/2008 - 07/2011

Work experience

Organization: ROWAN LEGAL, Law Firm Ltd.

Position: Junior Lawyer

06/2008 - 08/2008

Work experience

Organization: Law firm Kučírek Legal

Position: Junior Lawyer

11/2007 - 05/2008

Work experience

Organization: AK Jaroš Fojtíková

Position: Junior Lawyer

Education

School: Charles University, Faculty of Law, Prague

Field of study: law and law science

Specialization

References

Ministry of Agriculture

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of procurement with a value of nearly CZK 300 million, not including VAT. Submitter – the Czech Republic's Ministry of Agriculture, a public procurement entitled "Operation and development of eAGRI and related application infrastructure". Lukáš also participated in the preparation of specified conditions containing a binding model contract which included provisions on core operations, key applications and registers of this Ministry.

Ministry of Agriculture

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of procurement with a value of nearly CZK 300 million, not including VAT. Submitter – the Czech Republic's Ministry of Agriculture in a public procurement entitled "ICT Services operation, Ministry of Agriculture 2012-2013". Lukáš participated in the preparation of specified conditions containing a binding model contract, which included the provision of services for the management of a complete, robust ICT infrastructure for the Ministry.

Prague 8 city district

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of a tender with a value of more than CZK 1 billion, not including VAT. Submitter – Prague 8 city district, the "Centrum Palmovka project – the construction of a building with office and commercial space and their subsequent management including the provision of related services", submitted in a competitive dialogue. In this project, Lukáš participated in the creation of the tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which described the construction of Centrum Palmovka, the building with offices and commercial space as well as its subsequent management including the provision of related services.

Center for Learning Outcomes

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of a tender with a value of more than CZK 300 million, not including VAT. Submitter – the Centre for Evaluation of Educational Achievement, a public procurement entitled "Systems of control and a supervision Center, data acquisition and integration of the infrastructure of the logistics security uniform graduation examination (RDC, DDS, I)". In this project, Lukáš participated in the creation of the tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which included the provision of support for the processing of the shared part of the graduation exams by ICT equipment throughout its entire life cycle.

Ministry for Regional Development

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of procurement with a value exceeding CZK 150 million, not including VAT. Submitter – the Czech Republic's Ministry of Regional Development in a public procurement entitled "The education system in the 2007-2013 program period.“ Lukáš also participated in the preparation of tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which included the provision of services to the education system in a wide range of educational programs, the value of which was exceptional for a public procurement in the field of education. This public contract was financed by the Operational Technical Assistance Program.

National Library of the Czech Republic

Provided comprehensive legal services relating to the successful submission of procurement with a value of nearly CZK 200 million, not including VAT. Submitter – the National Library of the Czech Republic in a public procurement entitled "System integrator of the project Creation of the National digital library". Lukáš participated in the creation of the specified tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which outlined the project to create a national digital library. This contract was financed from the Integrated Operational Program.

Statutory city of Pilsen

Provided comprehensive legal services related to the successful submission of a tender. Submitter - The city of Pilsen in a public procurement entitled "Provision of services and the accessibility of the Rychtářka parking house". In this project, Lukáš participated in the creation of the specified tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which described the construction of the Rychtářka parking house for the property of the contracting authority, its subsequent maintenance and implementation of facility management (real estate management) after a predetermined period of time.

Air traffic control of the Czech Republic

Provided comprehensive legal services relating to the successful submission of procurement with a value of nearly CZK 1 billion, not including VAT. Submitter – Air Traffic Control of the Czech Republic in a public procurement entitled "Replacement of the Main System", with tenders submitted in a competitive dialogue and subsequently in a negotiated procedure with publication, which were executed entirely in English. Lukáš participated in the creation of the specified tender conditions containing a binding model contract, which contained provisions for the Czech Republic's new air traffic control system.

Awards

As one of the leading members of the team, participated in obtaining the Law Firm of the Year award for ROWAN LEGAL - winner of the 2013, 2017, 2022 procurement category

As one of the leading members of the team, participated in obtaining the Law Firm of the Year award for ROWAN LEGAL - winner of the Logistics and transport construction (2021, 2020)

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