Nils-Alexander Weng

About Nils-Alexander Weng

Nils-Alexander Weng studied law in Freiburg i. B., Hamburg and Dusseldorf and has been admitted to the bar since 2007. Since the beginning of his legal career, Nils-Alexander has primarily focused on construction law and public procurement law. He has held the title of Certified Specialist Lawyer in Public Procurement Law (Fachanwalt für Vergaberecht) since 2017. Prior to joining the Cologne team of avocado rechtsanwälte as partner in 2018, Nils-Alexander spent several years as an associated partner in the Dusseldorf office of a renowned German commercial law firm.

In the field fo public procuremenet law, Nils-Alexander mainly advises public sector clients during the preparation and execution of national or Europe-wide tendering procedures. Furthermore, he advises bidding companies on the preparation of participation requests and offers.

He represents his clients in legal procurement disputes before Public Procurement Tribunals (Vergabekammer) as well as the Higher Regional Courts and he has extensive experience in the collaboration with national authorities (in particular federal and state supreme authorities) as well as international bodies (in particular the European Commission). His construction law practice focuses on the drafting and negotiation of contracts as well as the enforcement and defence of variation and additional compensation claims, including litigation. In this context, he represents clients in contentious disputes with other construction stakeholders both in out-of-court dispute resolution and in complex construction and architectural litigation before civil courts and arbitral tribunals.

His clients includes hospitals, health insurance funds, and healthcare companies, museums and state-owned enterprises, utilities and sector contracting entities (such as harbours and transportation companies) as well as private and public investors. Nils-Alexander has for instance advised on the tendering procedures of highly specialised hospital and clinical facilities, public buildings (such as schools and administrative buildings), transport and infrastructure projects, IT services as well as complex public private partnership models. In the construction law context, his clients include project developers, construction companies, hospitals, and other private and public enterprises.

Nils-Alexander regularly acts as a lecturer for various institutions and companies and at specialist conferences in the fields of construction and public procurement law. He publishes frequently in his area of expertise and is the co-author of several commentaries.