Kate Rees | London | Hogan Lovells

Kate Rees

Consultant Global Regulatory

Languages

English, French

Rees Kate

Kate Rees
Rees Kate
  • Overview
  • Experience
  • Credentials
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'Kate Rees is a magisterial authority on procurement law recommended for advisory work, bid preparation and challenges. [She] brings an intellectual and commercial rigour to her analysis and advice.'

Chambers 2023

Kate Rees focuses on solving problems thrown up by the UK/EU public procurement rules. Over the course of a practice spanning more than 25 years, she has become one of Europe's best known procurement lawyers. 

Whether it's advising governmental clients on designing their procurement processes; drafting tender and evaluation documents for utility clients; advising contractors on maximising their scores in bidding processes or helping to bring/defend challenges, Kate's priority is always to ensure that the procurement rules are a facilitator, not an impediment: a means to achieving the client's strategic goals, not an end in themselves. 

Kate joined Hogan Lovells as a consultant in 2011 from another leading firm, where she had been a partner and formerly head of the firm's EU and Competition practice. Her clients now include central government agencies, local authorities, utilities and suppliers/contractors. Procurement litigation and other bid challenges have become an area of particular focus: Kate and her colleagues have acted on 3 of the UK's largest procurement cases of recent years. Kate is consistently top ranked in the legal directories. 

Chambers UK 2023 describe her as “very capable, straightforward and down to earth" as well as “absolutely charming and very knowledgeable. One of those lawyers that knows everything!”.  Who’s Who Legal 2023 also recommend Kate as a Global Leader in Government Contracts.
 

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'One of the best sources of procurement law expertise in Europe.'

Who's Who Legal 2015

Representative experience

Advising Royal Mail Group Limited on the competition to appoint a contractor to re-design, host and operate all the web portals of Royal Mail and Post Office Limited.
Representing NATS in High Court proceedings challenging the award of a contract for air traffic control services by Gatwick Airport Limited.
Advising Argent Related Services on the procurement aspects of its successful bid to undertake the £4bn re-development of Brent Cross.
Representing a medical supplies contractor in a UK High Court application to restrain the Department of Health from proceeding with a procurement of domiciliary oxygen services.
Representing Alstom Transport UK in High Court proceedings challenging the award of a multimillion pound contract to upgrade rolling stock on the Central Line.
Representing a subsidiary of French contractor Bouygues in court proceedings challenging the award of a £2bn contract to re-develop the site of the New Covent Garden Market.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.B. (Hons), University of Exeter, 1984
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Solicitor, Republic of Ireland
Memberships
  • UK Procurement Lawyers Association

Recognition

Global Elite Thought Leader, Government Contracts

Who's Who Legal

2021
Public Procurement, Band 1

Chambers UK

2021