Caroline Ackermann

Caroline Ackermann is one of Germany's most prominent specialist lawyers for public procurement law.

She advises public contracting authorities, state authorities, local authorities, churches and companies on all issues relating to the legally compliant, transparent and economically efficient design of procurement procedures.

She specialises in the design and implementation of complex IT procurement, construction and planning procurement (HOAI, architectural and engineering services), the integration of sustainability and ESG criteria in tenders, and representation in review proceedings before the public procurement tribunals and higher regional courts.

Before joining Luther, Caroline Ackermann was head of a procurement office for the City of Munich, an experience that gives her exceptional skills in combining legal requirements with practical administrative processes. She understands the perspective of public contracting authorities from her own experience and designs solutions that are legally compliant, practical and politically viable.

Based in Munich, Caroline Ackermann, together with Tobias Osseforth and their joint team, shapes public procurement law throughout Germany.

Tobias Osseforth is responsible for the legal policy and economic strategy of complex proceedings, while Caroline Ackermann contributes her many years of experience as a former head of a municipal procurement office to ensure that procurement processes are legally compliant, practical and efficient. This combination of strategy, administrative experience and procedural strength is unique in Germany and ensures that clients from politics, administration and business receive advice of the highest standard.

Caroline Ackermann stands for legal precision, solution-oriented thinking and excellent communication, qualities that are equally valued by clients such as public authorities, ministries and companies.

The LEGAL 500 Germany 2024 praises the cooperation with the Munich procurement team with the words:

‘The cooperation with the procurement team from Munich is very trusting, professional and of the highest quality! The internal coordination with other teams within the firm also works wonderfully and you get a coherent result!’

With seminars and practice-oriented workshops tailored specifically to the questions and requirements of clients, Caroline Ackermann trains public contracting authorities and companies in the entire spectrum of public procurement law (e.g. market research, national public procurement law, Europe-wide procurement procedures, IT procurement, AI procurement). In doing so, she attaches great importance to the individual needs of the participants. The aim is not only to explain public procurement law in an understandable way, but also to bring it to life for participants through her own experiences and anecdotes, making learning enjoyable for everyone involved.

Caroline Ackermann is a lecturer at:

• DVNW – Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk GmbH
• vhw – Bundesverband für Wohnen und Stadtentwicklung e. V.
• FORUM VERLAG HERKERT GMBH
• KommunalplusBildung e.K.
• VFV – Verband der Fachanwälte für Vergaberecht e.V.