Katharina Stefanie Franke
Areas of practice
Katharina Franke positions herself as a strategic partner, specialising in providing comprehensive advice and support to both contracting authorities and bidders in EU procurement procedures, national invitations to tender and structured bidding procedures.
She regularly represents the interests of contracting authorities in her role as an external procurement office and legal project manager in complex procedures. Katharina Franke contributes her expertise to the preparation of tender documents, but also reviews requests to participate and tenders with the utmost attention to detail. Her ability to efficiently organise and conduct bidder presentations and negotiation meetings underlines her competence as a reliable advisor.
Vita
Over the course of her academic and professional career, Katharina Franke has developed into an expert in the field of public procurement law. Her university education laid a sound foundation for this specialisation, as she focused on economic administration, environmental law and infrastructure planning, an area that also included the multifaceted field of privatisation and public procurement law.
During her legal training, in particular whilst working at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Katharina Franke deepened her knowledge of public procurement law. This experience enabled her to translate legal theories into practice and gave her valuable insights into state regulation, procurement and financing mechanisms. In addition, she also improved her knowledge and skills by working for one of the leading international consulting and audit firms in Germany, where she gained significant insights into international business structures and legal practices. This part of her legal training helped her develop a deeper understanding of the interplay between national and international law.
Since being admitted to the German Bar in 2018, Katharina Franke has not only applied her knowledge of public procurement law in practice, but has also consistently expanded and refined it.
Clients
- Ongoing public procurement law advice on large-scale projects (in particular in the planning and construction sectors and in the field of information technology) for a large number of contracting authorities, including ministries, police authorities, government agencies, municipalities, university hospitals, universities and student welfare organisations, as well as for companies
- RAG Aktiengesellschaft – ongoing advice in connection with large-scale EU-wide sectoral procurement procedures, for example, shaft conversion measures (around EUR 120 million), tunnel project (around EUR 200 million), treatment plant for mine water management (around EUR 45 million)
- International chemicals company – advice on an investment project regarding electrolysis of water in the three-digit million euro range using public funding (IPCEI project)
- International glass manufacturer – advice on an investment project regarding decarbonisation in the three-digit million euro range using public funding (CEEAG project)
- Bidder representation – advice to an IT service provider on its participation in an EU-wide invitation to tender for the development of telemedicine in Bavaria, double-digit million euro range
- Town of Herne – advice on EU state aid and public procurement law aspects of large projects, among other things
Senior Associate
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Henrike Sophie Tröger
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Magers
Associate
Hanover
Daniel Stracke
Associate
Berlin
Vivienne Blank
Associate
Stuttgart
Niklas Roth
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Johannes Kugler
Associate
Munich
Lars Bollensen
Partner
Hamburg
Elisa Röhr
Associate
Dusseldorf
Georg Scherpf
Partner
Hamburg
Benedict Tobias Tiemann
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Julian Pöhler
Counsel
Hamburg
Nina Klünker, LL.M. (KCL)
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Alexander F. Liebing, LL.M.
Partner
Leipzig
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Kati Gütschow
Associate
Dusseldorf
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Hannah-Laura Schütte
Senior Associate
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Kevin Oestreich
Senior Consultant
Essen
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
Leonie Herwarth von Bittenfeld, LL.B., M.A.
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Joanna Rupa-Sträßer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Essen
Ahmed Zoughbi
Associate
Dusseldorf
Katharina Foede
Associate
Berlin
Jakob Gauly
Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Grünenthal, MLE
Associate
Berlin
Oliver Glasen-Nitschke
Associate
Essen
Christoph Kolb
Associate
Leipzig
Mathar Ahmed Bajwa, LL.M.
Associate
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Vera Wechsler, LL.M. (Tulane)
Associate
Dusseldorf
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Marius Merfeld
Associate
Dusseldorf
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
Frederike Peters
Senior Consultant
Berlin
Caroline Ackermann
Partner
Munich
Nina Hahnke
Senior Associate
Essen
Nurolhaq Rostamzada
Senior Associate
Cologne
Maria Marinez
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Charlotte Jodocy
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Melanie Verstege
Counsel
Essen
Magnus Wessels
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Lea Franken
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Susanne Burkert-Vavilova
Counsel
Essen
Nina Eckardt
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Oliver Maaz
Partner, Principal Consultant
Cologne
Marco-Marcel Niebuhr
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Zacharias-Alexis Schneider, LL.B., LL.M.
Partner
Hanover
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Bela Jansen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Anna-Sophia Riebeling
Senior Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Nicole Bittlingmayer
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Paul Herter
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Dr Rut Herten-Koch, M.A.
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Mager
Partner
Essen
Katharina Stefanie Franke
Senior Associate
Essen
Matthias Mehlwitz, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Jan Lachhein
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Matthias Wagner
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Lisa Niesen
Senior Associate
Essen
Doreen König
Partner
Berlin
Jens Bock
Partner
Berlin
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Dr Frank Seidel
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Elena Recklin
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Katharina Klenk-Wernitzki, Dipl. Reg.-Wiss
Partner
Berlin, Cologne
Prof. Christian Zanner
Partner
Berlin
Dr Gerd-Ulrich Kapteina
Partner
Essen
Patrick Gocht
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Daniel Naumann
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Franziska Klaß-Dingeldey, MLE
Senior Associate
Hanover
Dr Martin Fleckenstein
Partner
Berlin
Prof. Dr Tobias Leidinger
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Ulrich Siegemund
Of Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf