AUSTRIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Martin Schiefer and Christian Richter-Schöller Schiefer Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Schiefer Rechtsanwälte GmbH is an Austrian law firm with offices in Vienna and other major cities in Austria, focused on public procurement, defence and dual-use, and banking and finance. The firm advises contracting authorities, bidders, privately- owned companies and credit institutions across the full project life cycle, from strategy and tender design through award to contract performance and review proceedings. In the defence sector, the firm advises on major equipment programmes, government-to-
government arrangements, industrial co-operation and security-of-supply structures, as well as on the export control, sanctions and investment screening questions arising in defence supply chains. Recent work includes acting as lead adviser on the industrial cooperation programme of Austria with Italian de - fence contractor Leonardo. The firm publishes regu - larly on procurement, defence regulation and defence financing.
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Martin Schiefer has been recognised as one of Austria’s leading public procurement law experts for more than 20 years and has been named Austria’s Public Procurement Lawyer in 2026. As founding partner of
Christian Richter-Schöller is a partner at Schiefer Rechtsanwälte and heads the firm’s transformation law practice. His work sits at the intersection of defence procurement, EU regulatory law and ESG. He
Schiefer Rechtsanwälte, he leads a team of approxi - mately 50 specialists with a strategic, innovative and regionally rooted approach to public procurement. He advises federal ministries, contracting authorities and companies on complex, high-value and reputa - tionally sensitive award procedures, including in defence, security and critical infrastructure. His practice covers the full range of procurement under the BVergG 2018 and the defence-specific BVerg - GVS 2012, from procurement strategy and tender design to review proceedings, with particular strength in ICT, infrastructure, mobility and energy as the sectors underpinning national resilience.
advises ministries, contracting entities and the defence industry on major equipment programmes, government-to-government arrangements, industrial co-operation and offset structures, security of supply, export control, sanctions compliance and investment screening. He has developed life-cycle- costing and procurement-governance frameworks applied in major defence programmes. He publishes regularly on defence procurement, defence financing and EU regulatory law, including in the Manz journal NIU where he also is an editor. He is a frequent conference speaker and a member of Transparency International Austria.
Schiefer Rechtsanwälte GmbH Rooseveltplatz 4-5/5 1090 Vienna Austria Tel: +43 1 402 68 28 Email: office@schiefer.at Web: www.schiefer.at
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