{"id":"court_ctb_1525_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1525,"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## **AMENDED2 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\n<sup>2</sup> This Order is amended to include the deadline for the submissions of lists of exhibits and witnesses ordered on the record during the March 7th hearing.\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:** Any party submitting testimony and exhibits at the March 23, 2023, evidentiary hearing shall submit a list of exhibits and witnesses on or before 12:00 p.m. (noon) on March 17, 2023. Document exhibits must be filed on the docket in PDF format in numerical sequence on or before 12:00 p.m. (noon) on March 17, 2023; and it is further\n\n3\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 7th 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":"美国破产法院 康涅狄格区\n\n案件关联：\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，（合并审理）\n债务人。1\n\n第11章\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n涉及：ECF No. 1216\n\n修改后2裁定：就修改设立维修准备金之同意裁定之动议排定证据听证会，并要求郭美与 HK INTERNATIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENTS (USA), LLC 出庭作证\n\n2022年3月1日，Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限公司，「PAX」）提交了一项动议，要求确认自动中止不适用，或者作为备选方案，请求解除自动中止。（ECF No. 57，「解除中止动议」。）解除中止动议请求获得许可，以继续在纽约州最高法院法官 Barry R. Ostrager 阁下面前进行的诉讼程序，案名为 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. v. Kwok Ho Wan，案卷号 Index No. 652077/2017（N.Y. Sup. Ct. Feb. 9, 2022）（「纽约州诉讼」）。（ECF No. 57。）PAX 寻求执行纽约州诉讼中先前的裁决，包括 Ostrager 法官的《决定与裁定》（Decision & Order, 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」），并强令将「Lady May」号游艇归还至纽约州可通航水域。（ECF No. 57。）\n\n1 这些第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称为郭浩云、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及诸多其他化名）（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, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交 Luc A. Despins（作为郭文贵破产财产的受托人，仅用于通知和联络目的）。\n\n2 修改本裁定系为纳入在3月7日听证会期间记录在案所命令的提交物证及证人名单的截止日期。\n\n2022年4月11日，HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（「HK USA」）在本案中出庭，同意接受本法院的管辖权，并同意将「Lady May」号归还至康涅狄格州可通航水域，以此作为解决解除中止动议的方案。（ECF Nos. 201–02。）2022年4月29日，本法院作出了由 HK USA、PAX 及其他各方提交的约定裁定，除其他事项外，该裁定强令 HK USA 于2022年7月15日或之前将「Lady May」号运抵康涅狄格州可通航水域。（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，「托管资金」），以担保其交付义务。（同上。）托管资金仅能依据本法院的裁定和/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，本法院作出了一项同意裁定，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」），该准备金是根据本法院裁定（ECF No. 932）从托管资金中设立的。Luc A. Despins 先生以郭文贵破产财产的第11章受托人（「受托人」）身份在托管账户中持有该维修准备金，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及人员费用。（ECF No. 1216，「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日通过进一步的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及人员费用。（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出庭宣誓作证证词，受托人目前不愿达成进一步修改维修准备金同意裁定的同意裁定以用于从维修准备金中支付维护及人员费用。2023年3月7日，本法院就该动议和补充异议举行了案件进展会议。各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：本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）举行，地址为 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604；并进一步\n\n裁定：郭美（Mei Guo）女士应亲自出庭，并在排定于2023年3月23日上午11:00举行的听证会上作证。HK USA 的一名高管、董事、成员或经理应亲自出庭，并在排定于2023年3月23日上午11:00举行的听证会上作证。为免生疑义，HK USA 的法人代表可以为郭美女士；并进一步\n\n裁定：郭美女士及 HK USA 应在2023年3月17日或之前提交针对异议及补充异议的任何答辩；并进一步\n\n裁定：在2023年3月23日的证据听证会上提交证词和物证的任何一方，均应在2023年3月17日中午12:00（正午）或之前提交物证及证人名单。书证物证必须在2023年3月17日中午12:00（正午）或之前以 PDF 格式按数字顺序提交至案件卷宗；并进一步\n\n裁定：郭美女士及 HK USA 应在2023年3月10日下午5:00或之前向所有需要通知的各方送达本裁定。为免生疑义，鉴于郭美女士及 HK USA 的法律顾问在3月7日听证会期间记录在案的陈述，郭美女士及 HK USA 还应在2023年3月10日下午5:00或之前向 Lamp Capital LLC 送达本裁定；并进一步\n\n裁定：郭美女士及 HK USA 须在2023年3月13日下午5:00或之前提交表明遵守本裁定的送达证明书，并应在送达证明书中具体说明向 Lamp Capital LLC 送达本裁定的方式及地点，以使本法院确信 Lamp Capital LLC 已获送达本裁定。\n\n于2023年3月8日签署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":1123,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:42:06"}