Verlinden Lawyer for Abandoned I-Police Police Digitalization Project
- in April 2019, the French IT company Sopra Steria engaged DLA Piper to represent them in a case before the Court of Justice of the European union...
- The case culminated in a ruling on April 9, 2019. Details of the ruling and its outcome are not specified in available sources, but the legal challenge centered...
- The legal team at DLA Piper consisted of three lawyers, with one serving as a co-lead partner for the firm's Belgian operations.
Sopra Steria’s European Parliament IT Contract Dispute
in April 2019, the French IT company Sopra Steria engaged DLA Piper to represent them in a case before the Court of Justice of the European union in Luxembourg. The firm, represented by a team including a co-lead partner from its Belgian branch, argued that Sopra Steria had been unfairly excluded from a public IT procurement contract for the European Parliament.
The case culminated in a ruling on April 9, 2019. Details of the ruling and its outcome are not specified in available sources, but the legal challenge centered on the fairness of the procurement process.
DLA Piper’s Representation
The legal team at DLA Piper consisted of three lawyers, with one serving as a co-lead partner for the firm’s Belgian operations. Their representation of Sopra Steria focused on contesting the exclusion from the European Parliament’s IT contract.
Subsequent Project i-Police
Following this legal matter, Sopra Steria was later awarded the i-Police project, a large-scale IT initiative that reportedly faced significant challenges and ultimately failed, according to reports from Het Nieuwsblad and Gazet van Antwerpen.