Insolvency administrator Philipp Hackländer secured the power supply for the insolvent Innowatio
Biography
As an experienced insolvency and restructuring lawyer, Philipp is regularly appointed as an insolvency administrator by local courts in Berlin, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Bavaria.
Approximately 750 companies have benefited from his representation during their insolvencies. Such companies include numerous owners of large construction projects, as well as a number of companies in the “Christoph Gröner Group” and the “Belle Epoche Group” - in these cases due to filings by creditors and therefore involving a multitude of obstacles - and also special-purpose real estate such as that of the property developer Wohnen in Prora GmbH & Co. KG, owner of 300 listed holiday apartments on the island Ruegen, NK2 WSA München Nord with a senior citizens' residential home (350 flats) in Munich-Feldmoching, the Schloss-Strassen-Center GmbH, running a shopping mall in Berlin-Steglitz with a sales area of approx. 17,000 sqm, Blue Gate Aachen GmbH, owner of a mixed-use property with a rental area of approx. 25,000 sqm at Aachen's main station; Plastic Recycling Zeitz GmbH & Co. KG, owner of an innovative recycling-plant for bottles made of PET; GOAZ Energy GmbH, a "biopower" station company in Northern Saxony; furthermore the large adult learning provider GFBM Berlin; the German subsidiaries of the Scottish Brewdog brewery group; construction companies such as Herold Ingenieurgesellschaft für Garten- und Landschaftsbau GmbH; Kofler & Kompanie GmbH, provider of globally operating hospitality services; the fashion-retailer Tayler Bekleidungshandelsgesellschaft mbH; Innowatio Clean Energy Sourcing, an affiliated group of energy providing companies with an overall yearly turnover of more than € 500M, handling a portfolio of around 2.6 GW "green energy" from windparks and biogas plants; Citeecar GmbH, a carsharing provider that operated vehicles for 20,000 users in Germany; and many start-ups such as InstaFreight (Logistics), Watchmaster (pre-owned luxury watches), DaVinci Kitchen (kitchen robotics), inventicsDx (sensor technology), FromAtoB (mobility) and Fonpit (android technology); finally, e-commerce retailers such as Mandrops AG, as well as several companies affiliated with the solar park developer Greenrock Energy AG.
Philipp is part of the Firm's global team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers, a recognized leader in complex, cross-border insolvencies and workouts. Clients seek his advice for his proven ability to set out a coherent restructuring strategy, both by selling companies and through insolvency plans, after the business has continued to operate for several months. Committed to developing a sound strategic understanding of each company's circumstances, he works creatively and tenaciously on their behalf.
From 2008 to 2019 he was active as vice-chairman of the committee of certified lawyers for banking and capital markets law of the Berlin Bar Association.
Philipp writes regularly on legal matters, and is an active member of a number of professional associations, including the German Bar Association, the Working Group for Insolvency Law of the German Bar Association, the DACH European Bar Association, the Wustrauer Working Circle for Insolvency Law, the Insolvency Law Forum of Leipzig and the Berlin-Brandenburg Working Circle for Insolvency Law.
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Experience
Spark Networks GmbH, 2026
Acting as custodian for a worldwide operating provider for dating apps and websites. The restructuring was carried out by selling assets to an US-based investor.
BrewDog GmbH, 2026
Acting as custodian for a brewery and 3 bars with overall 150 employees in Berlin and Hamburg. The restructuring was achieved by selling assets to different investors.
Herold Ingenieurgesellschaft für Garten- und Landschaftsbau GmbH Berlin, 2025
Acting as custodian for a construction company with 130 employees. The restructuring was carried out by selling the company to a local investor.
Belle Epoche Group / BE Group Berlin, 2025
Acting as custodian for parts of an affiliated group of project-developing companies with unfinished real estate projects in Berlin.
Gröner Group GmbH, 2025
Acting as custodian for parts of an affiliated group of project-developing companies with mostly unfinished real estate projects in Leipzig, Berlin, Frankfurt, Mannheim and Cologne and overall debt of EUR 1 billion.
Mandrops AG, 2025
Acting as custodian (debtor-in-possesssion-proceedings) for a north-bavarian e-commerce retailer (B2B and B2C) with EUR 12 M. yearly turnover. The business had to be liquidated.
Blue Gate Aachen GmbH, 2024
Acting as custodian for an unfinished real estate project in Aachen with a rental area of 25,000 sqm. The restructuring was achieved by selling the project to an international investor.
Einkaufszentrum Schloss-Strassen-Center GmbH, 2024
Acting as custodian for a shopping mall in Berlin with 17,000 sqm sales-area. The restructuring was achieved by selling the mall to a local investor.
Greenrock Energy AG, 2024
Acting as custodian for parts of an affiliated, international group of companies for solar park projects and related services.
Spark Networks SE, 2023
Acting as restructuring officer (StaRUG-proceedings) for a worldwide operating provider for dating apps and websites.
InstaFreight GmbH, 2023
Acting as custodian for a Logistics-Startup with overall 150 employees in Berlin, Poland and the US. The restructuring was achieved by selling assets to different investors.
Sachsenring Bike Manufaktur GmbH, 2020
Acting as custodian for a bicycle manufacturing company in Sangerhausen/Saxony-Anhalt with 150 employees. The restructuring was carried out by selling the company to an international investor.
Kofler & Kompanie GmbH, 2019
Acting as custodian (debtor-in-possession-proceedings) for a Catering-Company with overall 140 employees in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Duesseldorf and Munich. The restructuring was achieved by selling the company to a local investor.
Tayler Bekleidungshandelsgesellschaft mbH, 2019
Acting as custodian (debtor-in-possession-proceedings) for a fashion retailer in Leipzig with 10 branches in Saxonia, Saxonia-Anhalt and Thuringia and 110 employees. The restructuring was achieved by a financial haircut (insolvency plan).
Wohnen in Prora Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG, 2018
Acting as custodian for the owner of 300 listed holiday apartments on the island Ruegen. The restructuring was achieved by selling assets to different investors.
Innowatio / Clean Energy Sourcing Group, 2017
Acting as custodian of an affiliated group of energy providing companies, handling a portfolio of around 2.6 GW "green energy" from windparks and biogas plants. With about 70 employees and an overall yearly turnover of more than € 500M, the group was one of the largest companies in Saxony. Only three weeks after the insolvency application Philipp succeeded in selling the unrestrictedly continued business to a company of the BayWa group. The complex supply relationships with grid operators and plant owners survived a
Professional Highlights
Best Lawyer Germany in Restructuring and Insolvency Law, Handelsblatt 2020-2026
Highly Recommended Lawyer: Restructuring and Insolvency, Best Lawyers/Handelsblatt 2019
The admissibility of a petition to open insolvency proceedings if the petitioning creditor's claims are fulfilled. Current discussion, solution approach and procedure, ZInsO, No. 21, pp. 901-910, 2012, (co-author with Wolfgang Schur)
3 year waiting period for repeat applications for residual debt discharge on the grounds of violation of duties to cooperate in earlier proceedings, EWiR, pp. 681 et seq., 2009
Legal consequences of revocation in cases of consumer loans and residual debt insurance in insolvency proceedings, ZInsO, pp. 497-503, 2009
The limitations applicable to a second request for residual debt discharge, ZInsO, p.1308 et seq., 2008, (Die Schranken für den zweiten Antrag auf Restschuldbefreiung)
Self-employed professionals in insolvency, KSI, p.149 et seq., 2006