Speaker 04.29.25
04.29
The Legal State of Federal Contracting: Navigating Risk, Reform and Contractor Protections
4:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
The Tower Club
8000 Towers Crescent Dr.
Suite 700
Vienna, VA 22182
Toghrul Shukurlu's practice focuses on a broad spectrum of government contracts law.
Togh represents clients in bid protests, size protests, claims against government agencies, as well as disputes between prime contractors and subcontractors. Togh regularly advises on contract and regulatory compliance matters and assists clients with negotiations of transactional instruments like teaming agreements, subcontracts, mentor-protégé agreements and joint venture agreements. Togh has extensive experience counseling buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors and leads Pillsbury’s Government Contracts M&A focus group. Togh also serves as a Vice-Chair of the Bid Protest Committee of the American Bar Association’s Public Contract Law Section.
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A magna cum laude graduate of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, Togh served as editor-in-chief of the George Mason Law Review. He interned during law school with the Loudoun County (Va.) Public Defender’s Office.
Representative Experience
- Performs government contracts and regulatory due diligence and advises companies and private equity firms on M&A transactions.
- Represents protestors and intervenors in bid protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Government Accountability Office, bid protests in the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, New York City, as well as size protests before the Small Business Administration and size appeals before the Office of Hearings and Appeals.
- Represents contractors in private contractual disputes in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
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- Represents contractors in government investigations and False Claims Act proceedings.
- Prepares and negotiates teaming agreements, subcontracts, joint venture agreements and other transactional documents.
- Advises contractors on compliance with data rights, cybersecurity issues, labor and employment regulations applicable to government contractors, domestic content requirements and other government contracts compliance issues.
- Represented nuclear utilities in high-value breach of contract claims against the U.S. Department of Energy for failure to collect spent nuclear fuel, securing over $100 million in damages and pursuing additional claims exceeding $450 million.
- Represented multiple IT contractors in GAO and U.S. Court of Federal Claims bid protests challenging NIH’s CIO-SP4 procurement, securing GAO wins cited in its 2023 Annual Report to Congress and ongoing corrective action on remand.
- Successfully represented TekSynap Corporation in GAO bid protests of the State Department’s $10 billion Evolve IT services contract, securing contract awards under two functional categories.
- Represented numerous government contractors and investors in M&A transactions, advising on government contract compliance, negotiations, and deal execution for acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic investments across the defense and technology sectors.
- Successfully represented multiple contractors in GAO and COFC protests with a combined value of over $600 million, prompting corrective agency action in procurements across NASA, DoD, HHS, DOL, FDA, and CMS.
Professional Highlights
- A Review of the Key Labor Statutes Applicable to Government Contractors – How to Keep your Workforce Happy and Stay Off DOL’s Radar, Public Contracting Institute, Webinar, March 20, 2024.
- “M&A and Small Businesses: Government Contracts Issues and Strategies,” Pillsbury’s 2023 East Coast Government Contracts Summit, Northern Virginia, May 16, 2023.
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Speaking Engagements
- “The Legal State of Federal Contracting: Navigating Risk, Reform and Contractor Protections,” Federal Contracting In Flux: Future Proofing in the New Administration, April 29, 2025, Panelist.
- “What the SBA Recertification Rule Means for Business Strategy and M&A,” GovCon East 2025, January 16, 2025.
- External Publications
- Kingdomware Revisited: VA’s “Rule of Two” takes priority over AbilityOne, Pratt’s Government Contracting Law Report, Authors: David B. Dixon, Toghrul Shukurlu, January 2019, Vol. 5 No. 1.
- Honors & Awards
- Recognized as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2022 – 2025).
Education
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J.D., George Mason University School of Law, 2018
magna cum laude, Editor-in-chief, George Mason Law Review, Board of Governors Member, Student Bar AssociationB.S., Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, 2014
cum laude
Admissions
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Virginia
Languages
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Russian
Turkish
Azerbaijani