Silvio Höfer

Offices:
Braunschweig, Hannover

Phone:
+49 (0)511 353 955-0

Fax:
+49 (0)511 353 955-11

email:
silvio.hoefer@anchor.eu

Area of activity

• Debtor-in-possession management
• Insolvency administration
• Insolvency monitoring
• Reorganisation employment law
• protective shield proceedings
• Reorganisation options and preventive restructuring (StaRUG)

Mentions

• Handelsblatt “Germany’s Best Lawyers”: Silvio Höfer was named “Lawyer of the Year” in the field of insolvency law in 2024. He has been recognized as “Best Lawyers in Germany” for restructuring and insolvency law since 2022. Most recently for 2025.
• WirtschaftsWoche: Top lawyer 2025 in insolvency law.
• The Legal 500: recommended lawyer in the area of insolvency
• JUVE Handbook 2025/2026: frequently recommended lawyer in the field of insolvency and restructuring.
• Porträt INDat Report

Studies / career

• Studied jurisprudence in Kiel
• Legal clerkship in Lower Saxony
• Lawyer at Wellensiek Rechtsanwälte in Hildesheim

Memberships

• Advisory board New German Insolvency Administrators’ Association (Neue Insolvenzverwaltervereinigung Deutschlands e.V., NIVD)
• Institute for Insolvency Law (Institut für Insolvenzrecht e.V.)
• Hildesheim Bar Association (Hildesheimer Anwaltsverein e.V., HIAV)
• Forum 270 – Quality and responsibility in debtor-in-possession management (Qualität und Verantwortung in der Eigenverwaltung e.V.)
• North German Insolvency Forum Hamburg (Norddeutsches Insolvenzforum Hamburg e.V.)