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JUDr. Lukáš Sommer

Partner

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Lukáš Sommer is a specialist in public investments.

He provides comprehensive legal advice to both contracting authorities and bidders for public contracts in the preparation of their bids.

 

Lukáš Sommer has led legal teams in the implementation of several public sector projects worth tens of billions of CZK,

relating especially to major construction and infrastructure. He has in-depth experience in providing legal support in the preparation of tender conditions in line with contract legislation, including the drafting of complex contractual terms and conditions for many major projects, not only in the construction sector, but also in ICT, water, waste management, education, etc., and in providing legal support to bidders for the most important public contracts awarded in the Czech Republic, including projects co-financed by EU operational programs. He also provides partial legal opinions on key issues in the field of public procurement and concessions. During his practice he has also gained experience in numerous successful review proceedings before the Office for the Protection of Competition in the context of public procurement reviews.

Other areas of law in which Lukáš Sommer is actively involved include IT law,

construction and real estate law and contract law in general. Lukáš Sommer is also active in publishing articles related to public procurement, concessions and PPP, in lecturing and in drafting procurement legislation.



Experiences

2019 – present

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Partner

2019

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Managing Associate

2011 - 2019

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Senior Associate

2008 - 2011

Professional experience

Company: ROWAN LEGAL, law firm

Position: Junior Lawyer

2008

Professional experience

Company: Law firm Kučírek Legal

Position: Junior Lawyer

2007 - 2008

Professional experience

Company: Law firm Jaroš Fojtíková

Company: Law firm Jaroš Fojtíková

2007

Education

School: Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague

Field of study: Law and legal science

Specialization

References

Ministry of Agriculture

Contracting authority, Czech Republic – Ministry of Agriculture, “Operation and development of eAGRI and related application infrastructure” public contract. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public contract with a value of nearly CZK 300 million. As part of this legal service, he also participated in drafting the terms of reference containing a binding model contract for the provision of services for the operation of the Ministry’s core and key applications and registries.

Ministry of Agriculture

Contracting authority, Czech Republic – Ministry of Agriculture, “ICT operation services of the Ministry of Agriculture 2012-2013” public contract. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this procurement contract with a value of nearly EUR 300 million. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract, which contracted the provision of services for the operation of the complete and robust ICT infrastructure of this Ministry.

Prague 8

Contracting authority, Prague 8 Municipal District, “Centrum Palmovka – Construction of a building with office and commercial premises and their subsequent management with the provision of related services” public contract, awarded in a competitive dialogue. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public contract with a value exceeding CZK 1 billion, excluding VAT. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract for the construction of the Palmovka Center, i.e. a building with office and commercial premises, and their subsequent management with the provision of related services.

Contracting authority

Contracting authority, Centre for the Determination of Educational Results, “Control and Monitoring Centre Systems, Data Acquisition and Integration Infrastructure for the Logistic Support of the Unified Baccalaureate Examination (RDC, DDS, I)” public contract. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this procurement contract with a value exceeding USD 300 million. As part of this legal service, it also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing the binding model contract, which was contracted to support the processing of the common part of the matriculation examination by ICT means throughout its life cycle.

Czech Republic

Contracting authority, Czech Republic – Ministry for Regional Development, “Education system in the programming period 2007-2013” public contract. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public procurement contract with a value exceeding CZK 150 million. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract for the provision of education system services in a wide range of educational programs, the value of which was exceptional for public procurement in the field of education. This procurement was financed by the EU Operational Programme for Technical Assistance.

National Library of the Czech Republic

Contracting authority, National Library of the Czech Republic, “System integrator for the Creation of the National Digital Library project” public contract. The provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public contract with a value of almost EUR 200 million. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract for the project of creating a National Digital Library. This public contract was financed by the EU Integrated Operational Programme.

Statutory City of Plzeň

Contracting authority, the Statutory City of Plzeň, “Provision of services and availability of the Rychtářka Parking House” public contract, a so-called quasi-concession. The provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public contract. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract, which contracted the construction of the Rychtářka Parking House into the ownership of the contracting authority, its subsequent maintenance and the implementation of facility management (property management) for a predetermined period of time.

Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic

Contracting authority, Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic, “Replacement of the Main System” public contract, awarded in a competitive dialogue and subsequently in a negotiated procedure with publication, which was all carried out entirely in English. Provision of comprehensive legal services related to the successful award of this public contract valued at almost CZK 1 billion, excluding VAT. As part of this legal service, he also participated in the drafting of the terms of reference containing a binding model contract by which the delivery of a new air traffic management system for the Czech Republic was contracted.

Awards

Law Firm of the Year CZ award for ROWAN LEGAL – winner of the Public Procurement category (2013, 2017, 2022)

Law Firm of the Year CZ award for ROWAN LEGAL – winner of the Logistics and Transport Construction category (2021, 2020)

Publications

Podešva, V., Sommer, L., Votrubec, J., Flaškár, M., Harnach, J., Měkota, J., Janoušek, M.:

2016

Public Procurement Act. Act on the Register of Contracts. Commentary

Podešva V., Olík M., Janoušek M., Stránský J.

2015

Public Procurement Act, Commentary after the amendment made by Act No. 55/2000 Coll., electronic version for ASPI, member of the drafting team

Podešva V., Seménková D., Sommer L., Strelička J.

2011

Overview of case law on public procurement

Podešva V., Olík M., Janoušek M., Stránský J.

2011

Public Procurement Act, Commentary. 2nd edition

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