{"id":"court_ctb_1524_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1524,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT HO WAN KWOK, *et al.*, ) (Jointly Administered)","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*, ) (Jointly Administered)\n\n)\n\n)\n\n)\n\nDebtors.1\n\nIn re: ) Chapter 11 ) Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n) Re: ECF No. 1216\n\n## **ORDER SCHEDULING EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON MOTION TO MODIFY CONSENT ORDER ESTABLISHING REPAIR RESERVE AND REQUIRING MEI GUO AND HK INTERNATIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENTS (USA), LLC TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY AT HEARING**\n\nOn March 1, 2022, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (\"PAX\") filed a motion to either confirm inapplicability of the automatic stay or, alternatively, relief from the automatic stay. (ECF No. 57, the \"Motion for Relief from Stay.\") The Motion for Relief from Stay sought relief to continue proceedings before the Honorable Barry R. Ostrager, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, styled as *Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. v. Kwok Ho Wan*, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022) (the \"New York Action\"). (ECF No. 57.) PAX sought to pursue enforcement of prior rulings in the New York Action, including Justice Ostrager's Decision & Order, *Kwok Ho Wan*, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022), NYCEF No. 1181 (the \"Final Contempt Decision\"), and to compel the return of the Lady May to New York's navigable waters. (ECF No. 57.)\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\nOn April 11, 2022, HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (\"HK USA\") appeared in the case, consented to the jurisdiction of this Court, and agreed to return the Lady May to the navigable waters of Connecticut as a resolution of the Motion for Relief Stay. (ECF Nos. 201–02.) On April 29, 2022, the Court entered a stipulated order submitted by HK USA, PAX, and other parties, which, *inter alia*, compelled HK USA to deliver the Lady May to the navigable waters of Connecticut on or before July 15, 2022. (ECF No. 299, the \"Stipulated Delivery Order.\") As part of the underlying stipulation, HK USA placed \\$37 million into an escrow account (as drawn down in accordance with the Stipulated Delivery Order, further orders, and the escrow agreement, the \"Escrowed Funds\") to secure its delivery obligation. (*Id.*) The Escrowed Funds can only be transferred upon the Court's order and/or completion of a certification process (the \"Certification Process\") set forth in the Stipulated Delivery Order. (*Id.*)\n\nOn October 7, 2022, the Court entered a consent order establishing a \\$4 million repair reserve (the \"Repair Reserve\") for the Lady May (ECF No. 930, \"Repair Reserve Consent Order\"), which was established from the Escrowed Funds by the Court's Order (ECF No. 932). Mr. Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 trustee for the estate of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Trustee\"), holds the Repair Reserve in escrow, pending repair of the Lady May. (ECF Nos. 930, 932.)\n\nOn December 9, 2022, HK USA moved to modify the Repair Reserve Consent Order to allow for payment of upkeep and personnel costs from the Repair Reserve. (ECF No. 1216, the \"Motion.\") On January 2, 2023, the Trustee filed an objection to the Motion. (ECF No. 1276, the \"Motion.\") The Repair Reserve Consent Order has been twice modified, on December 20, 2022, and January 24, 2023, through further consent orders to allow certain payments of upkeep and personnel costs from the Repair Reserve. (ECF Nos. 1255, 1377.)\n\nOn February 28, 2023, the Trustee filed a supplemental objection to the Motion. (ECF No. 1490, the \"Supplemental Objection.\") The Supplemental Objection indicates that, on the basis of documents and deposition testimony produced during ongoing discovery, the Trustee is now unwilling to enter into further consent orders modifying the Repair Reserve Consent Order to provide for payment of upkeep and personnel costs from the Repair Reserve. On March 7, 2023, the Court held a status conference on the Motion and Supplemental Objection. The parties seek a hearing on the Motion.\n\nTherefore, for the reasons stated on the record during hearings held on March 7, 2023, it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED:** An evidentiary hearing on the Motion shall be held at 11:00 a.m. on March 23, 2023, at the United States Bankruptcy Court, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** Ms. Mei Guo shall personally appear and testify at the hearing scheduled to be held at 11:00 a.m. on March 23, 2023. An Officer, Director, Member, or Manager of HK USA shall personally appear and testify at the hearing scheduled to be held at 11:00 a.m. on March 23, 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, HK USA's corporate representative may be Ms. Mei Guo; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** Ms. Mei Guo and HK USA shall file any reply to the Objection and Supplemental Objection on or before March 17, 2023; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** Ms. Mei Guo and HK USA shall serve this Order on all parties requiring notice on or before 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, because of the representations made by counsel to Ms. Mei Guo and HK USA on the record during the March\n\n3\n\n7th hearings, Ms. Mei Guo and HK USA shall also serve Lamp Capital LLC with this Order at or before 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2023; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** Ms. Mei Guo and HK USA are to file a certificate of service indicating compliance with this Order on or before 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2023, and shall state with specificity in the certificate of service the manner of and location at which Lamp Capital LLC was served with this Order, so that the Court is assured Lamp Capital LLC was served with this Order.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 8th day of March, 2023.","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等， )（合并审理）\n\n)\n\n)\n\n)\n\n债务人。1\n\n关于： ) 第 11 章 ) 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n) 涉及：ECF No. 1216\n关于就修改设立维修准备金的同意裁定之动议排定证据听证会并要求 MEI GUO（郭美）及 HK INTERNATIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENTS (USA), LLC 出庭作证的裁定\n\n2022年3月1日，Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙，简称“PAX”）提交了一份动议，请求确认自动中止不适用，或作为备选方案，请求免除自动中止。（ECF No. 57，“免除中止动议”。）该免除中止动议旨在寻求救济，以便在 Supreme Court of New York（纽约州最高法院）法官 Barry R. Ostrager 阁下面前继续进行案名为 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. v. Kwok Ho Wan, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022) 的诉讼程序（“纽约诉讼”）。（ECF No. 57。）PAX 寻求执行纽约诉讼中先前的裁决，包括 Ostrager 法官的《决定与裁定》（Kwok Ho Wan, Index No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022), NYCEF No. 1181，“最终藐视法庭决定”），并强制将 Lady May（梅号）游艇送回纽约通航水域。（ECF No. 57。）\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知和联络）。\n\n2022年4月11日，HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（“HK USA”）在本案中应诉，同意接受本法院管辖，并同意将 Lady May 号送回康涅狄格州通航水域，以此作为免除中止动议的解决方式。（ECF Nos. 201–02。）2022年4月29日，本法院作出一项由 HK USA、PAX 及其他当事方提交的约定裁定，除其他事项外，该裁定强制 HK USA 于2022年7月15日或之前将 Lady May 号交付至康涅狄格州通航水域。（ECF No. 299，“约定交付裁定”。）作为基础约定的一部分，HK USA 将3700万美元存入第三方托管账户（根据《约定交付裁定》、后续裁定及托管协议进行提取，统称“托管资金”），以担保其履行交付义务。（同上。）托管资金只能根据法院裁定和/或完成《约定交付裁定》中规定的认证程序（“认证程序”）方可转移。（同上。）\n\n2022年10月7日，本法院作出同意裁定，为 Lady May 号设立了400万美元的维修准备金（“维修准备金”）（ECF No. 930，“维修准备金同意裁定”），该准备金系根据法院裁定（ECF No. 932）从托管资金中设立。Luc A. Despins 先生以 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）的身份托管该笔维修准备金，直至 Lady May 号完成维修。（ECF Nos. 930, 932。）\n\n2022年12月9日，HK USA 提出动议，请求修改《维修准备金同意裁定》，以允许从维修准备金中支付维护和人员费用。（ECF No. 1216，“该动议”。）2023年1月2日，受托人对该动议提出了异议。（ECF No. 1276，“异议”。）《维修准备金同意裁定》已于2022年12月20日和2023年1月24日通过后续同意裁定两次被修改，以允许从维修准备金中支付某些维护和人员费用。（ECF Nos. 1255, 1377。）\n\n2023年2月28日，受托人针对该动议提交了补充异议。（ECF No. 1490，“补充异议”。）补充异议指出，根据正在进行的证据开示过程中产生的文件和宣誓证词，受托人目前不愿达成进一步的同意裁定以修改《维修准备金同意裁定》用于从维修准备金中支付维护和人员费用。2023年3月7日，本法院就该动议和补充异议举行了现状会议。各当事方请求就该动议举行听证会。\n\n因此，基于2023年3月7日举行的听证会期间记录在案的理由，特此\n\n裁定如下：关于该动议的证据听证会定于2023年3月23日上午11:00在 United States Bankruptcy Court（美国破产法院，地址：915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604）举行；并且进一步\n\n裁定如下：Mei Guo 女士应亲自出庭，并在定于2023年3月23日上午11:00举行的听证会上作证。HK USA 的一名高级职员、董事、成员或经理应亲自出庭，并在定于2023年3月23日上午11:00举行的听证会上作证。为免生疑问，HK USA 的公司法人代表可以是 Mei Guo 女士；并且进一步\n\n裁定如下：Mei Guo 女士和 HK USA 应在2023年3月17日或之前对异议和补充异议提交任何答复意见；并且进一步\n\n裁定如下：Mei Guo 女士和 HK USA 应在2023年3月10日下午5:00或之前将本裁定送达给所有需要获得通知的当事方。为免生疑问，鉴于 Mei Guo 女士和 HK USA 的代理律师在3月7日的听证会期间记录在案的陈述，Mei Guo 女士和 HK USA 还应在2023年3月10日下午5:00或之前将本裁定送达给 Lamp Capital LLC；并且进一步\n\n裁定如下：Mei Guo 女士和 HK USA 应在2023年3月13日下午5:00或之前提交证明符合本裁定要求的送达证明书，并应在送达证明书中具体说明向 Lamp Capital LLC 送达本裁定的方式和地点，以确保法院确信本裁定已送达给 Lamp Capital LLC。\n\n2023年3月8日订于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Guo","Kwok","Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":57,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":299,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":930,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":932,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1216,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1276,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1490,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1035,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:39:04"}