Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Areas of practice
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.
Vita
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.
Honors and distinctions
- 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)
Clients
- 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
Publications
Lectures
Memberships
- Deutsches Vergabenetzwerk (DVNW). Has been chairing the Hanover Regional Group since 2022.
- forum vergabe e.V.
- German Bar Association (DAV)
- Rechtsanwalts- und Notarverein Hannover e.V.
- Forum Junge Anwaltschaft Hannover
Senior Associate
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Counsel
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Caroline Ackermann
Counsel
Munich
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Clara von Wolffersdorff
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Frederic Tewes
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Jade Timmermann, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Leipzig
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Jan Spiering, LL.M. Taxation
Associate
Hanover
Dr Jan-David Jäger
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Tsynn
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Lara Zölck
Associate
Berlin
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Magnus Wessels
Associate
Essen
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Dr Marco Arteaga
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Marielle Lorraine
Associate
Munich
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Nina Hahnke
Associate
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Peter Holan
Associate
Hamburg
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Sabrina Behbehani
Associate
Munich
Dr Sandra Bausch
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Sophie Schulz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf