Ulf-Dieter Pape
Areas of practice
Ulf-Dieter Pape mainly advises public authorities and private companies on all aspects of public procurement law. He has extensive experience in accompanying procedures for procurement by tender and in structuring privatisation proceedings on both the side of the contractor and the bidder. Additionally, he is active in review proceedings for both public contractors and bidders.
Vita
After completing his vocational education as a Graduate in Public Management, Ulf-Dieter Pape studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1998. He joined Luther’s predecessor firm in 1999 and has remained with the firm since.
Honors and distinctions
- JUVE Guide 2024/2025: Listed under "Frequently Recommended" in "Public Law – Public Procurement Law" (first listed in 2022/2023, "hands-on and solution-oriented", client) and in “State Aid Law” (first listed in 2016/2017)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2025: Recommendations in the categories "Public Law - Public Procurement Law" (first recommendation in 2015, "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. Mr Ulf-Dieter Pape's high level of expertise in public procurement law and commitment.") and "Public Law - State Aid Law" (first recommendation in 2019) and mentions in "City Focus Hannover" (first recommendation in 2023)
- The Legal 500 Germany 2023: Recommendation in the category "Transport - Advice to the transport sector" (first recommendation in 2021, "Ulf-Dieter Pape has a high level of expertise and industry knowledge")
- The Legal 500 Germany 2019: Mention in the category "Public Law - PPP" (first mention in 2018)
- kanzleimonitor.de 2018/2019: Recommended in "Public Law" (first recommended in 2017/2018)
- Best Lawyers 2026: Recommended in "Public Private Partnership" (first recommended in 2021) and "Public Law" (first recommended in 2022)
- WirtschaftsWoche 2018: Recommendation "Top Lawyer" in "Public Procurement Law"
Clients
- Legal counsel of the State of Lower Saxony, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the DB Regio AG (German Railways) in the privatisation of the Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG
- Legal counsel of the County of Unna in public procurement law in implementing the redevelopment of the county seat according to a PPP model
- Counsel in public procurement law in the privatisation of maintenance logistics for the German Armed Forces
- Legal counsel of the Federal Ministry of the Interior in the planning, establishment, and operation of a nationally standardised voice and data radio transmission system (Digitalfunk BOS)
- Legal counsel of various local authorities in awarding contracts to service providers for waste management
- Accompaniment of numerous review proceedings for public contractors and bidders
Publications
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Vergaberecht", in: Handbuch Künstliche Intelligenz, herausgegeben von Dr. Kuuya J. Chibanguza, LL.B. & Christian Kuß, LL.M, Nomos Verlag, 2021
- Verluste beim ÖPNV auffangen, in: Der Gemeinderat Spezial, Heft 9/2020, S. 35-36
- Konzessionen für Strom- und Gasversorger: OLG Düsseldorf zu Kooperationsmodellen im Energiebereich
- Vorsorge treffen Die Verpflichtung des Aufsichtsrats auf das Interesse der Gesellschafterkommune in der Eigengesellschaft
- Bearbeitung des Kapitels "Public Procurement", in: Business Law in Germany, herausgegeben von Hans-Christian Ackermann & Dr. Michael Rath, German Law Publishers, 2012
- Die Rückforderung von Zuwendungen bei Vergabeverstößen in der behördlichen Praxis
- Vergaberecht bei Rechtsdienstleistungen - Ausschreibungspflicht für Mandate der öffentlichen Hand?
- Zulässigkeit der Inhouse-Vergabe an eine Stadtwerke AG? (Anmerkung zu EuGH, 10.09.2009 "Setco")
- Vergaberecht in Bewegung
- Anschlusszwang und Risiko - Das Wagnis Dienstleistungskonzession
- Formale Hürden im Vergabeverfahren – Kleine Fehler, große Wirkung
- Möglichkeiten und Grenzen kommunalwirtschaftlicher Betätigung im Bereich der Abfallwirtschaft
- Die Voraussetzungen vergabefreier In-house-Geschäfte
- Die Beistellungen bei privat-öffentlichen Kapitalgesellschaften, in: Verwaltung & Management, Heft 01/2003 (gemeinsam mit Peter Schilling, Martin Schellenberg & Sebastian Fedder)
- Die Beistellungen bei privat-öffentlichen Kapitalgesellschaften, in: Verwaltung & Management, Heft 01/2003 (gemeinsam mit Peter Schilling, Martin Schellenberg & Sebastian Fedder)
- Die Beistellungen bei privat-öffentlichen Kapitalgesellschaften, in: Verwaltung & Management, Heft 01/2003 (gemeinsam mit Peter Schilling, Martin Schellenberg & Sebastian Fedder)
- Die Realisierung einer Public Private Partnership durch Gründung eines Kooperationsunternehmens, in: Sonderbeilage zu Verwaltung & Management, Heft 4/2002 (gemeinsam mit Dr. Moos, Schellenberg, Lepique & Fedder)
Blog posts
Lectures
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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.
Carla Witte
Counsel
Dusseldorf, Essen
Dr Jana Karras
Associate
Leipzig
Lukas Erdmann
Associate
Berlin
Selin Sahin
Associate
Dusseldorf
Luca Thönes, LL.M. (Miami)
Senior Legal Consultant
Hamburg
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
Jonathan Wrede
Associate
Berlin
Dr David von Saucken, MJur (Oxon)
Partner
Berlin, London
Tobias Jedermann
Associate
Leipzig
Julian Günniker
Essen
Julian Plötz
Associate
Leipzig
Dr Jan-Lukas Henkst
Associate
Dusseldorf
Małgorzata Albe, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Leipzig
Tillmann Kamp
Associate
Cologne
Aurélien Latouche
Partner
Luxembourg
Andrea Heim
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Lisa Jennifer Schmölz
Counsel
Munich
Andy Schaal, LL.M.
Counsel
Berlin
Arne Stumpe
Associate
Hamburg
Marie Hoster, LL.B.
Associate
Essen, Dusseldorf
Julian Wantzen, LL.M. (Wellington)
Associate
Frankfurt a.M.
Max H. Becker
Associate
Essen
Sophia Meyer, Maître en Droit
Associate
Berlin
Marx Dauth, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Oliver Köhler
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Morten Steimann
Associate
Essen
Ngoc Nhu Nguyen
Associate
Leipzig
Julia Walther
Associate
Leipzig
Yelena Bade
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Ann-Kristin Freiheit
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Leif Dustin Schneider
Counsel
Ho Chi Minh City
Sabrina Behbehani
Senior Associate
Munich
David Nückel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Meyer-Landrut
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Florian Hensel, LL.M.
Associate
Munich
Quirin Wedel, LL.M. (London)
Associate
Hamburg
Jacqueline Dutz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Valerie Blettenberg
Associate
Munich
Tarik Bilici, LL.M.
Junior Consultant
Dusseldorf
Susanne Winkler, LL.M.
Associate
Stuttgart
Eric Doyé
Associate
Leipzig
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
Prof. Dr Christian Burholt, LL.M.
Partner
Berlin
Lara Zölck
Senior Associate
Berlin
Alina Moers
Associate
Cologne
Dr Andreas Vath
Partner
Munich
Dennis Gerdes
Senior Consultant
Hamburg
Prof. Dr Johannes Beermann
Of Counsel
Berlin
Dr Clara Schulze Velmede
Associate
Leipzig
Dr.iur. Andreas Knaul, LL.M. diap (ENA)
Berlin
Dr Johannes Teichmann
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Henrik Fischer
Associate
Leipzig
Simon Wickel
Associate
Dusseldorf
Theresa Oesch
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Lilith Boos
Associate
Dusseldorf
Sarah Peuser
Associate
Leipzig
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
Mee Foo Moh
Of Counsel
Singapore
Annkathrin Egerer-Tratt
Senior Associate
Stuttgart
Iris Glönkler
Partner
Stuttgart
Sophie Schulz
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Vanessa Meireles Schilling, LL.M. (Geneva MIDS)
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Jenny Schindler
Senior Associate
Munich
Dr Stephen Lampert
Counsel
Munich
Tobias Osseforth, Mag. rer. publ.
Partner
Munich
Dr Konrad Adenauer
Partner
Cologne
Martin Lawall, LL.M. (University of Glasgow)
Senior Associate
Brussels
Darja Amelcenko, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Berlin
Sarah Hossenfelder
Senior Associate
Essen
Annkatrin Merzig
Senior Associate
Essen
Pauline Müller
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Lisa Marie Siewer, LL.M.
Senior Associate
Cologne
Dr jur Stephan Götze
Partner
Berlin
Dr Johannes Becker
Partner
Cologne
Jens Kaiser
Senior Associate
Leipzig
Dr Björn Simon
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stephan Rippert LL.M.
Partner
Munich
Laura-Jane Williams
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dianusch Nazari
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Philipp Kropatscheck Nguyen, LL.M.
Of Counsel
Singapore
Gerd Stuhlmacher
Partner
Munich
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
Volkan Top
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Ruth-Maria Thomsen
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Piotr Kwiatkowski, LL.M.
Counsel
Essen
Cosima Flock
Counsel
Dusseldorf
David Wölting
Senior Associate
Dusseldorf
Christoph Schnoor
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Philipp Kersting
Partner
Jakarta
Alexander Masson, LL.B.
Counsel
Essen
Dr Daniela Salm
Counsel
Brussels
Nils Kramer
Senior Associate
Essen
Dr Borbála Dux-Wenzel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Hannah Aigner
Senior Associate
Munich
Marc Urlichs
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Michael Bormann
Partner
Dusseldorf
Christian Brauns
Counsel
Stuttgart
Benedikt Rechner
Counsel
Berlin
Prof. Dr Herbert Willems
Partner
Essen
Dr Frederic Tewes
Partner
Dusseldorf
Stephanie Quaß
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Christian Horn, LL.M. (Tulane)
Partner
Berlin
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
Ramona Hubracht, LL.M. Taxation
Counsel
Frankfurt a.M.
Ekkehard Hübel
Counsel
Hamburg
Tim Rauschning
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Sabrina Desens
Partner
Leipzig
Lena-Annika Kauer
Senior Associate
Hamburg
Rolf Corsten
Of Counsel
Dusseldorf
Michael Kunkel, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Ole-Jochen Melchior
Partner
Essen
Dr Cédric Müller, LL.M. (Bristol)
Partner
Essen
Achim Meier
Partner
Essen
Andreas Mally
Counsel
Leipzig
Dr Mathias Mailänder
Counsel
Hamburg
Ulf-Dieter Pape
Partner
Hanover
Elisabeth Lepique
Managing Partner
Cologne
Christian Kuß, LL.M.
Partner
Cologne
Henner M. Puppel
Partner
Essen
Christiane Kühn, LL.M. (Hong Kong)
Partner
Munich
Dr Michael Rath
Partner
Cologne
Jens Röhrbein
Partner
Hanover
Karsten Köhler
Partner
Leipzig
Christoph Schauenburg, LL.M. (London)
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Dr Stefan Kobes
Partner
Berlin
Dr Rolf Kobabe
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Barbara Schmidt
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Helmut Janssen, LL.M. (King's College London)
Partner
Brussels, Dusseldorf
Dr Guido Jansen
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Henning Holz, LL.M.
Counsel
Hanover
Jens-Uwe Heuer-James
Partner
Hanover
Dr Manuel Heide
Partner
Berlin
Dr Richard Happ
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Thomas Halberkamp
Partner
Hanover
Steffen Häberer
Partner
Leipzig
Frank Gutsche
Partner
Stuttgart
Franz-Rudolf Groß, LL.M. (London)
Counsel
Dusseldorf
Dr Thomas Gohrke
Partner
Hanover, Leipzig
Prof Dr Florian Schulz M.B.A. (Nimbas)
Partner
Hamburg
Dr Stefan Galla
Partner
Essen
Dr Markus Sengpiel
Managing Partner
Cologne
Nicole Fröhlich
Partner
Frankfurt a.M.
Stephan Finck
Partner
Leipzig
Dr Holger Stappert
Partner
Dusseldorf
Ingo Erberich
Partner
Cologne
Martin Steuber, LL.M.
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Gernot-Rüdiger Engel
Partner
Hamburg
Christiane Frye
Counsel
Essen
Philipp Dietz, LL.M. (Edinburgh)
Partner
Cologne
Dr Kuuya Josef Chibanguza, LL.B.
Partner
Hanover
Dr Angelo Vallone
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Christoph von Burgsdorff, LL.M. (Essex)
Partner
Hamburg
Bernhard Burkert, LL.M. (Stellenbosch)
Partner
Berlin
Dr Jürgen Bremer
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Andreas Blunk, MLE
Partner
Hanover
Dr Carsten E. Beisheim
Partner
Dusseldorf
Dr Arndt Begemann
Of Counsel
Essen
Jutta Wittler
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stephan Bausch, D.U.
Partner
Cologne
Dr Stefan Altenschmidt, LL.M. (Nottingham)
Partner
Dusseldorf
Hans-Christian Ackermann
Partner
Dusseldorf