Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE

Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey advises on public procurement and public business law issues. She specialises in providing advice and assistance to contracting authorities when developing concepts for contract award procedures and implementing them electronically, with a special emphasis on the adequate implementation of technical and economic requirements in complex invitations to tender. Where necessary, she also advises and represents contracting authorities in review procedures before the public procurement tribunals and in appeal proceedings before the competent higher regional court. Moreover, she advises bidders when participating in contract award procedures and when carrying out review procedures.

Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey further specialises in preparing expert opinions on diverse public procurement issues, from the options for awarding contracts directly, including by way of inhouse awards, to questions regarding variation orders.

Her fields of interest additionally include public business law, in particular municipal business law and subsidy and state aid law.

Public Procurement Law
State, Administration, Public Undertakings
Public Subsidies/State Aid Law

Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey studied law and European legal practice at Leibniz University in Hanover (Germany) and at the University of Nottingham (England). Her legal training, which she carried out at the Higher Regional Court of Celle (Germany), included working for Luther’s Hanover office, the Ministry of the Interior of the German state of Lower Saxony, and the German Embassy in Switzerland.

Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey worked at the Chair of Public Law and Administrative Sciences at Leibniz University in Hanover, from which she also earned her doctorate for a thesis on a civil-service and European law topic. She has since been a visiting lecturer for public law at Leibniz University in Hanover.

Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey was admitted to the German Bar in 2015 and joined Luther the same year. She has been a certified specialist in public procurement law since 2019.

• The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Award "Leading Association" in the category "Public Procurement Law" ("We work primarily with Ulf-Dieter Pape and occasionally with Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey. We particularly appreciate the competent and courteous way we are treated and the timely manner in which our enquiries and other support services are handled.")
• Best Lawyers 2025: Recommended in "Ones to Watch" in "Public Law" ("does excellent work, even on weekends or holidays if necessary, and is available for urgent issues", first recommendation in 2023)

• Advised various contracting authorities on public procurement law issues when carrying out EU procurement procedures for the procurement of new rail vehicles, including vehicles with new drive technologies, and of further services in connection with the provision of transport services
• Advised transport companies on invitations to tender for advertising rights
• Provides ongoing advice to an energy supply company on procurement law issues
• Advised a waste disposal company on the formation of PPPs and on invitations to tender for diverse supply and service contracts
• Provides ongoing advice to a municipal maximum care clinic on various procurement procedures in connection with a comprehensive reorganisation and new build project, including handling the procedures via an e-procurement platform
• Advised various hospitals on procurement law issues when procuring medical equipment and awarding contracts under the German Future of Hospitals Act (KHZG)
• Advised a state tourism marketing company on the preparation and implementation of national invitations to tender and EU-wide procurement procedures, in particular for the procurement of marketing services
• Drafted procurement guidelines and developed procurement concepts for contracting authorities
• Represented bidders and contracting authorities in various review procedures before public procurement tribunals and appellate courts and before ordinary courts of law with regard to procurement procedures at the national level
• Represented a bidder before the competent regional court in several disputes regarding the award of contracts under Section 46 of the German Energy Industry Act (EnWG)
• Carried out procurement audits in the course of large construction projects benefitting from state and EU funding
• Advised on state aid issues, in particular with regard to the provision of services of general economic interest (SGEI) and in connection with the preparation of entrustment

• Kommentierung zur wirtschaftlichen Betätigung von Kommunen, §§ 136 - 152 Nds. KommunalverfassungsG Unternehmen und Einrichtungen

• Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW). Has been chairing the Hanover Regional Group since 2022.
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• German Bar Association (DAV)
• Rechtsanwalts- und Notarverein Hannover e.V.
• Forum Junge Anwaltschaft Hannover

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