Caroline Ackermann
Areas of practice
Caroline Ackermann provides contracting authorities and companies across Germany with tailor-made, solution-oriented advice with regard to procurement procedures at national and EU level (in particular, procedures according to the German Public Procurement Ordinance) and also represents her clients in procurement review procedures.
Having previously been head of a procurement office of the City of Munich for several years, Caroline Ackermann has a particular understanding of contracting authorities’ needs, and of their internal structures and processes.
Caroline Ackermann’s advisory services in the field of public procurement law are defined by her specialisation in the following key areas:
- IT procurement: Caroline Ackermann effectively supports and advises her clients across all stages of IT procurement, from the procurement of customised software solutions and cloud services to IT outsourcing projects.
- Award of planning and construction contracts: Caroline Ackermann advises her clients comprehensively when it comes to procuring architectural and engineering services and, in particular, general contractor and total contractor services.
- Catering industry: With a particular focus on the food & beverages sector, Caroline Ackermann helps her clients optimise the process of procuring catering services whilst complying with all legal requirements.
- Police forces and authorities and administrations with safety- and security-related tasks: Drawing on her experience in the police and safety and security sector, Caroline Ackermann advises public authorities in procurement procedures regarding relevant products and services and ensures an efficient and legally compliant procurement process.
- Outsourced procurement office: Where necessary, Caroline Ackermann carries out entire (EU-wide or national) procurement procedures on behalf of rural districts, towns, municipalities and other contracting authorities. This helps ease the burden on existing procurement offices and optimise procurement procedures.
- Publicly funded measures: Caroline Ackermann advises paying authorities when applying for, and receiving, state grants and public funding, for example, for school construction projects.
Caroline Ackermann is based in Luther’s Munich office, from where she advises clients across Germany. Advising in German and English, she is also well prepared to deal with matters with an international dimension.
Caroline Ackermann trains contracting authorities and companies in seminars and practice-oriented workshops tailored specifically to these clients’ issues and requirements, attaching great importance to catering to the participants’ individual needs. The goal is to not only explain public procurement law in a comprehensible manner but to vividly illustrate it by talking about her own experiences and telling anecdotes, thereby ensuring that all participants enjoy learning.
Vita
Caroline Ackermann worked as a lawyer at two international commercial law firms in Munich (Germany) from 2014 to 2016. She then joined the Group Legal Department of Münchener Rückversicherungsgesellschaft, where she worked as an in-house lawyer dealing with corporate and capital markets law issues from 2016 to 2019. From 2019, Caroline Ackermann worked for the public sector, heading a procurement office of the City of Munich.
Caroline Ackermann joined Luther as a public procurement lawyer in September 2022 and has since been contributing with her extensive experience and comprehensive, in-depth knowledge to providing tailor-made legal advice to contracting authorities and companies.
In the JUVE Guide 2023/2024, Luther is recognised as "Law Firm of the Year for Public Procurement Law". Caroline Ackermann is mentioned by name as a key figure of our Public Procurement team: "At the same time, the next generation is creating its own profile in the market: clients describe Caroline Ackermann, Counsel, as 'passionate' and 'brilliant in demanding procurement procedures'".
Clients
- IT procurement (system contracts, cloud services; customised software; development services, including AI programming; maintenance services)
- Building construction (schools; nursery schools; fire stations and engine houses)
- Urban development (procurement of planning services; architectural design competitions);
- Catering (public contracts und licences)
- Procurement for police forces and authorities and organisations with safety- and security-related tasks
- Drafted architect and engineer contracts, as well as total contractor contracts
- Provided legal advice during construction projects
Caroline Ackermann regularly works for ministries, police forces, governments, districts and municipalities, university clinics and hospitals, universities, student welfare organisations, and businesses, in particular in the areas of IT, mobility, catering, policing and safety and security, business consultancy (for example, project management), and in the planning and construction sector.
Publications
Blog posts
Memberships
- Rechtsanwaltskammer München
- Verband der Fachanwälte für Vergaberecht
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Senior Associate
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Senior Associate
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Senior Associate
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Associate
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Counsel
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Junior Consultant
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Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Martina Steude, LL.M. (Cape Town)
Senior Associate
Hanover, Hamburg
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Partner
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Senior Associate
Hanover
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Daniel Greger
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Maximilian Bahnsen
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Dr Denis Schütz
Senior Associate
Essen
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Shannon Charlotte Sopper, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Benjamin Effler
Associate
Berlin
Robert Schindler
Counsel
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Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Isabel Dorothee Ruhnke, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
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Counsel
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Hanover
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
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Dr Astrid Schnabel, LL.M. (Emory)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Hendrik Bernd Sehy
Counsel
Hanover
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
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Partner
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Associate
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Essen
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Counsel
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Associate
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Associate
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Senior Associate
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Counsel
Brussels
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Partner
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Senior Associate
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Senior Associate
Essen
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Senior Consultant
Berlin
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Partner
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Associate
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Partner
Cologne, Essen
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris López Martínez, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
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Counsel
Essen
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Counsel
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Associate
Cologne
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Associate
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Associate
Dusseldorf
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
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Franziska Maier, LL.M. (UCLA)
Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Schwieters
Associate
Hanover
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Niccolo Langenheim, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
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Partner
Hanover
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Partner
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Associate
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Associate
Munich
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Maximilian Issels, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Associate
Munich
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Partner
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Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Senior Associate
Cologne
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
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Counsel
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Dr Oliver Kairies
Partner
Hanover
Dr Robert Burkert
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Dr Andreas Kloyer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M., London
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Associate
Berlin
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Senior Associate
Hanover
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Associate
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Associate
Dusseldorf
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Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
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Partner
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Counsel
Hamburg
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Partner
Berlin, London
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Senior Associate
Munich
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Associate
Berlin
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf
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Partner
Dusseldorf
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Of Counsel
Hamburg
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Marcus Backes
Partner
Hamburg
Silvia C. Bauer
Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
Dr Johannes Becker
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
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Partner
Essen
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Stephan Gittermann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefanie Hellmich, LL.M.
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sebastian Felix Janka, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Munich
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Hanover
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Partner
Essen
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Partner
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Partner
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Berlin
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Partner
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Partner
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
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Counsel
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Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Christian Rabe
Senior Associate
Hamburg
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
Berlin
Simone Lersch
Counsel
Cologne
Dr Detlef Mäder
Partner
Cologne, Dusseldorf
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Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
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Partner
Cologne
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
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Partner
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Partner
Hamburg
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Partner
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Partner
Stuttgart
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Dr Eva Maria K. Rütz, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf, Cologne
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Wulff-Axel Schmidt
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Geert Johann Seelig
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Carsten Andreas Senze
Partner
Stuttgart
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Klaus Thönißen, LL.M. (San Francisco)
Partner
Essen
Andreas Tüxen, LL.M. (American University / WCL)
Partner
Berlin
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Partner
Munich
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Cologne
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Partner
Cologne
Dr Thomas Willaschek
Partner
Berlin
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Cornelia Yzer
Of Counsel
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Counsel
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Counsel
Berlin
Ricarda Maria Essel
Counsel
Berlin
Johannes Klausch, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Berlin
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Counsel
Berlin
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Counsel
Cologne
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Partner
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Michelle Petruzzelli
Senior Associate
Cologne
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
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Counsel
Essen
Oliver Köhler
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
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Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Karina Wojtowicz
Senior Associate
Hanover
Anne Biebler
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
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Counsel
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
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Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
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Associate
Stuttgart
Simon Magers
Associate
Hanover
Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Laura Skibinski
Associate
Berlin
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
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Associate
Dusseldorf