Franziska Niehaus advises clients on public commercial law and public procurement law. She has been with orka since 2024.

Franziska Niehaus studied law at the University of Hamburg, where she completed her doctorate on United Nations peacekeeping operations. During this time, she worked as a research assistant at the Institute for International Affairs at the University of Hamburg.

This was followed by her legal clerkship at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court with stages at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, the European Commission in Brussels and the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. in Berlin. She completed her legal clerkship at a Hamburg boutique in arbitration law.