Erki Fels

Erki Fels leads the public procurement team and has advised on some of Estonia’s highest-value public tenders. His expertise covers defence and security, air, sea and land transport, healthcare, construction, and IT procurements. In 2023, he represented clients in more procurement disputes than any other Estonian lawyer, successfully challenging financial correction decisions and saving clients hundreds of thousands of euros. Erki is an influential voice in procurement policy. He has advised the Ministry of Finance on simplifying procurement procedures and worked with the Ministry of Climate and the Environmental Agency to promote green procurement. Several of his guidelines and training materials are publicly available on government websites. He is a member of the IT and Telecommunications Association’s procurement working group, where he led the drafting of a model software development contract. The international legal index Lexology recommends him in Government and Government Contracts. Erki is also a co-author of the annotated Estonian Public Procurement Act and lectures on procurement law at the University of Tartu. · TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic)

EstoniaPublic Procurement, Government & Government ContractsEstonian, English

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Erki Fels is Associate Partner at TEGOS and leads the firm’s public procurement team, advising on some of Estonia’s highest‑value public tenders across defence and security, transport, healthcare, construction and IT. In 2023 he represented clients in more procurement disputes than any other Estonian lawyer, successfully challenging financial correction decisions and saving clients hundreds of thousands of euros; he is active in procurement policy, co‑authored the annotated Estonian Public Procurement Act and lectures on procurement law at the University of Tartu.

Practice areas

Public ProcurementGovernment & Government ContractsRegulatory & CompetitionLitigation / Dispute Resolution

Office

Estonia

TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic) · Erki Fels leads the public procurement team and has advised on some of Estonia’s highest-value public tenders. His expertise covers defence and security, air, sea and land transport, healthcare, construction, and IT procurements. In 2023, he represented clients in more procurement disputes than any other Estonian lawyer, successfully challenging financial correction decisions and saving clients hundreds of thousands of euros. Erki is an influential voice in procurement policy. He has advised the Ministry of Finance on simplifying procurement procedures and worked with the Ministry of Climate and the Environmental Agency to promote green procurement. Several of his guidelines and training materials are publicly available on government websites. He is a member of the IT and Telecommunications Association’s procurement working group, where he led the drafting of a model software development contract. The international legal index Lexology recommends him in Government and Government Contracts. Erki is also a co-author of the annotated Estonian Public Procurement Act and lectures on procurement law at the University of Tartu.

Estonia

Expertise

Defence & security procurementTransport procurement (air, sea and land)Healthcare procurementConstruction procurementIT & software procurementGreen procurement policyProcurement disputes and financial correctionsDrafting model software development contractsProcurement training and guidance

Education

MA, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (2015)
BA, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (2011)

Admissions

Estonian Bar Association (member since 2016)
Member, Professional Qualifications Committee of the Estonian Bar Association (since 2023)

Languages

EstonianEnglish