Public procurement expert Dr Jenny Mehlitz is a partner at our Berlin office. As a certified specialist in public procurement, construction and architectural law, she has many years of experience in helping clients, including those in the utilities, defence and security sectors, to award construction, supply and service contracts and concessions in a legally compliant and efficient manner. She specialises in supporting complex projects, such as innovation partnerships, integrated project delivery (IPD), partnering, public-private partnerships, in-house awards, real estate transactions and review proceedings. Jenny is known for her results-oriented and pragmatic advisory style and her clients, which include contracting authorities, recipients of state funding and private companies, particularly value her fast response times, high level of availability and in-depth expertise in her field. She is regularly invited to share her expertise through lectures and in-house training courses, and is consistently recognised by industry publications, including as one of WirtschaftsWoche’s “Top Lawyers”.

Practice areas

  • Award of all types of contract and concessions for works, supplies and services, including in the utilities, defence and security sectors
  • Particular expertise in innovation partnerships/competitive dialogues, integrated project delivery (IPD), partnering, general contractor agreements, private-public partnerships, in-house contract awards, land transactions
  • Project structuring and procedural assistance
  • Representation in judicial review proceedings and claims for damages
  • Speaker at lectures and in-house training courses
  • Expert opinions
  • Advising contracting authorities and recipients of public funding, as well as private companies
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Awards

  • Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers
    One of “Germany’s Best Lawyers” for “Construction and Public Commercial Law” (2020-2025)
  • Legal 500
    Recommended for “Public Procurement Law” (2021-2024)
  • JUVE Handbook of Corporate Law Firms
    Recommended for “Public Procurement Law” (2024/2025)
  • WirtschaftsWoche
    Highly recommended for “Real Estate Law” (“Top Lawyer” 2024)

Testimonials about Dr Jenny Mehlitz

Lawyer Profile
  • Joined GSK Stockmann in 2014
  • Certified specialist for public procurement law
  • Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
  • Worked at real estate law firms in Berlin in the practice areas of public procurement, construction and architectural law
  • Lecturer at the University of Hagen (2008-2010)
  • Admitted to the bar in Germany (2008)
  • Studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) and the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Languages: English, German, Dutch

Lawyer Profile
  • Forum Vergabe e.V. (elected board member of the German public procurement forum)
  • Working Group on Public Procurement Law
  • German-Dutch Bar Association
  • German-Dutch Lawyers’ Conference
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  • Mehlitz, J. (2025). In: Beck'scher Vergaberechtskommentar, Burgi, M., Dreher, M. and Opitz, D. (eds), 4th edition
  • Mehlitz, J. (2021). In: Kommentar zur VgV, Kus, H., Marx, J., Portz, N., Prieß, H. and Röwekamp, A. (eds), 2nd edition.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2020). Vergabe innovativer Leistungen durch Innovationspartnerschaft, in E-Book Vergaberecht, pp. 39  et seq.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2019). Vergaberecht: Beschaffung nicht mehr zeitgemäß?, in Kommunal, Issue 10, pp. 36  et seq.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2019). Effiziente Vergabe durch Rahmenvereinbarungen, in E-Book Vergaberecht, pp. 36-38.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2016). Effektiver Wohnungsbau durch Generalübernehmer, in: Gedächtnisschrift für Rüdiger Kratzenberg
  • Mehlitz, J. (2011). Ausschreibungspflichten bei formellen und funktionellen Privatisierungen, doctoral thesis, Free University of Berlin.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2001). Der Verkauf von Gesellschaftsanteilen durch öffentliche Auftraggeber unterliegt nicht dem Vergaberecht, in WuW, p. 569.
Lawyer Profile
  • Joined GSK Stockmann in 2014
  • Certified specialist for public procurement law
  • Certified specialist for construction and architectural law
  • Worked at real estate law firms in Berlin in the practice areas of public procurement, construction and architectural law
  • Lecturer at the University of Hagen (2008-2010)
  • Admitted to the bar in Germany (2008)
  • Studied law at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) and the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Languages: English, German, Dutch

Lawyer Profile
  • Forum Vergabe e.V. (elected board member of the German public procurement forum)
  • Working Group on Public Procurement Law
  • German-Dutch Bar Association
  • German-Dutch Lawyers’ Conference
Lawyer Profile
  • Mehlitz, J. (2025). In: Beck'scher Vergaberechtskommentar, Burgi, M., Dreher, M. and Opitz, D. (eds), 4th edition
  • Mehlitz, J. (2021). In: Kommentar zur VgV, Kus, H., Marx, J., Portz, N., Prieß, H. and Röwekamp, A. (eds), 2nd edition.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2020). Vergabe innovativer Leistungen durch Innovationspartnerschaft, in E-Book Vergaberecht, pp. 39  et seq.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2019). Vergaberecht: Beschaffung nicht mehr zeitgemäß?, in Kommunal, Issue 10, pp. 36  et seq.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2019). Effiziente Vergabe durch Rahmenvereinbarungen, in E-Book Vergaberecht, pp. 36-38.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2016). Effektiver Wohnungsbau durch Generalübernehmer, in: Gedächtnisschrift für Rüdiger Kratzenberg
  • Mehlitz, J. (2011). Ausschreibungspflichten bei formellen und funktionellen Privatisierungen, doctoral thesis, Free University of Berlin.
  • Mehlitz, J. (2001). Der Verkauf von Gesellschaftsanteilen durch öffentliche Auftraggeber unterliegt nicht dem Vergaberecht, in WuW, p. 569.

Dr Jenny Mehlitz

Lawyer, Partner*

Berlin