{"id":"court_ctb_1667_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1667,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2023-04-14","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":"拟议同意令提交通知 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #1667（2023-04-14立案）。第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins 提交经 HK International Funds Investments (USA) LLC 与 Mei Guo 同意的拟议令，申请授权对「Lady May」号游艇进行船体阀门维护，并从已设立的 400 万美元维修储备金中拨付费用。","summary_en":"Notice of proposed consent order —— In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #1667 (filed 2023-04-14). Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins filed a notice of proposed consent order agreed by HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited and Mei Guo to authorize hull valve servicing for the yacht Lady May, with expenses to be funded from the established $4 million repair reserve.","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |             |                         |  |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |  |  |\n| HO WAN KWOK et al.,                                              | :<br>:      | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |  |  |\n| Debtors.1                                                        | :<br>:<br>: | Jointly Administered    |  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x           |                         |  |  |\n\n## **NOTICE OF FILING OF PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF VALVE SERVICE FOR LADY MAY AND FUNDING SUCH SERVICE FROM REPAIR RESERVE**\n\nPLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") for debtor Ho Wan Kwok (the\\ \"Debtor\") hereby submits a proposed order (the \"Consent Order\") *consented to* by HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC and Mei Guo: (i) authorizing the Trustee to have the Valve Service (as defined in the attached Consent Order) performed and (ii) funding the Valve Service out of the Repair Reserve (as defined in the *Consent Order Granting HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC's Motion for Order Establishing Repair Reserve for the Lady May* [Docket No. 930] (the \"Repair Reserve Order\").\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 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\nPLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the Consent Order is attached hereto\n\n### as **Exhibit A**.\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut\n\n#### Dated: April 14, 2023 LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nAvram E. Luft (admitted *pro hac vice*) G. Alexander Bongartz (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 aviluft@paulhastings.com alexbongartz@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **Exhibit A**\n\n**Consent Order**\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |             |                         |  |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|--|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |  |  |\n| HO WAN KWOK et al.,                                              | :<br>:      | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |  |  |\n| Debtors.1                                                        | :<br>:<br>: | Jointly Administered    |  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x           |                         |  |  |\n\n### **[PROPOSED] CONSENT ORDER REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF VALVE SERVICE FOR LADY MAY AND FUNDING SUCH SERVICE FROM REPAIR RESERVE**\n\nWHEREAS, on April 29, 2022, the Court entered its *Stipulated Order Compelling HK*\n\n*International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC to Transport and Deliver that Certain*\n\n*Yacht, the \"Lady May\"* [Docket No. 299] (the \"Stipulated Order\") setting forth the terms and\n\nconditions regarding the return of the Lady May to the navigable waters of Connecticut, and, in\n\naccordance with the Stipulated Order, HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC\n\n(\"HK USA\") deposited \\$37,000,000 (the \"Escrowed Funds\") into an escrow account with U.S.\n\nBank National Association;\n\nWHEREAS, on August 11, 2022, HK USA filed its *Motion for Order Establishing*\n\n*Repair Reserve for the Lady May* [Docket No. 728] (the \"Repair Reserve Motion\"), seeking to establish a reserve (the \"Repair Reserve\") to pay for certain repairs necessary to return the Lady May to good working order;\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 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\nWHEREAS, the Repair Reserve Motion states that among the repairs required to be performed on the Lady May is \"servicing the valves in the hull\" of the Lady May (the \"Valve Service\");\n\nWHEREAS, on October 7, 2022, upon the consent of the Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\"), HK USA, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (\"PAX\"), the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, and creditors Rui Ma and Zheng Wu, the Court entered an order granting the Repair Reserve Motion, with certain modifications [Docket No. 920] (the \"Repair Reserve Order\");\n\nWHEREAS, pursuant to the Repair Reserve Order, the Court (i) authorized the Trustee to hold a \\$4 million repair reserve (the \"Repair Reserve\") as escrow agent for the purpose of \"securing the completion of the service, maintenance and repairs required to be performed to restore the Lady May to good working order\" and (ii) allowed the Trustee to pay from the Repair Reserve the expenses incurred to perform required repairs for the Lady May;\n\nWHEREAS, in accordance with the Repair Reserve Order and the related disbursement order [Docket No. 932], \\$4 million of the Escrowed Funds were transferred into the Repair Reserve;\n\nWHEREAS, the Repair Reserve Order provides that the Valve Service would be performed by HK USA at a later date to be determined, but no later than on or before seven (7) months after the entry of the Repair Reserve Order (which date is May 7, 2023), subject to further order of the Court;\n\nWHEREAS, on March 27, 2023, the Court issued an order [Docket No. 172 in Adv. Proc. No. 22-5003] (the \"Lady May Order\") finding that (i) the Debtor is the beneficial owner of,\n\n2\n\nand controls, the Lady May, and (ii) effective as of 2:55 p.m. on March 27, 2023, the Lady May is property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate (the \"Estate\") to be administered by the Trustee;\n\nWHEREAS, the Trustee, HK USA, and Mei Guo stipulate and consent to the entry of this Order; and\n\nWHEREAS, there appears good and sufficient cause to enter this Order;\n\nNOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby:\n\n**ORDERED** that the Trustee is authorized to have the Valve Service performed at a time and location to be determined by the Trustee in his reasonable discretion; *provided*, *however*, that any transfer of the Lady May outside Connecticut waters shall be subject to further order of this Court; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that the Trustee is authorized to fund the cost of the Valve Service from the Repair Reserve; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that, except as set forth in this Order, the Repair Reserve Order (as modified by the *Order Approving Emergency Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order Modifying Repair Reserve Order* [Docket No. 1608]) shall remain in full force and effect; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that the Trustee is authorized and empowered to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted in this Order; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that the terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that this Court retains exclusive jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this Order.\n\n3","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\nx\n\n相关案件：　:\n:　第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，　:\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1　:\n:\n:　合并审理\n-----------------------------------------------------------　x\n关于为 LADY MAY（梅号）进行阀门检修及从维修准备金中支付该检修费用的拟议同意裁定书提交通知\n\n请注意，Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯宾斯）以债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（下称“债务人”）的第 11 章受托人（下称“受托人”）的身份，特此提交一份经 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）及 Mei Guo（郭美）同意的拟议裁定书（下称“同意裁定”）：(i) 授权受托人进行阀门检修（定义见附呈同意裁定）；以及 (ii) 从维修准备金（定义见《准许香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司关于设立梅号维修准备金裁定的动议的同意裁定》[Docket No. 930]（下称“维修准备金裁定”））中支付阀门检修费用。\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 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, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n请进一步注意，同意裁定的副本作为附件 A 附于本通知后。\n\n康涅狄格州纽黑文\n日期：2023年4月14日 LUC A. DESPINS，第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（特许出庭律师） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n及\n\nAvram E. Luft（特许出庭律师） G. Alexander Bongartz（特许出庭律师） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 aviluft@paulhastings.com alexbongartz@paulhastings.com\n\n第 11 章受托人代理律师\n附件 A\n\n同意裁定\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\nx\n\n相关案件：　:\n:　第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，　:\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1　:\n:\n:　合并审理\n-----------------------------------------------------------　x\n关于为 LADY MAY（梅号）进行阀门检修及从维修准备金中支付该检修费用的[拟议]同意裁定\n\n鉴于，2022年4月29日，本法院作出了《强制香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司运输并交付该特定游艇“梅号”的约定裁定》[Docket No. 299]（下称“约定裁定”），其中载明了有关将梅号归还至康涅狄格州通航水域的条款与条件，并且依据约定裁定，HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限公司，下称“香港美国公司”）已将 \\$37,000,000（下称“托管资金”）存入 U.S. Bank National Association（美国合众银行全国协会）的托管账户；\n\n鉴于，2022年8月11日，香港美国公司提交了《关于设立梅号维修准备金裁定的动议》[Docket No. 728]（下称“维修准备金动议”），请求设立一项准备金（下称“维修准备金”），用于支付使梅号恢复良好运行状态所需的特定维修费用；\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 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, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n鉴于，维修准备金动议述明，对梅号需进行的维修工作包括对梅号“船体内的阀门进行检修”（下称“阀门检修”）；\n\n鉴于，2022年10月7日，在经 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯宾斯）以第 11 章受托人（下称“受托人”）身份、香港美国公司、Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限公司，下称“PAX”）、无担保债权人官方委员会以及债权人 Rui Ma（马蕊）和 Zheng Wu（吴征）同意后，本法院作出了一项裁定，在做出特定修改的情况下准许了维修准备金动议 [Docket No. 920]（下称“维修准备金裁定”）；\n\n鉴于，依据维修准备金裁定，本法院 (i) 授权受托人作为托管代理人持有 400 万美元的维修准备金（下称“维修准备金”），用于“确保完成为使梅号恢复良好运行状态而需进行的检修、维护和修理”；以及 (ii) 允许受托人从维修准备金中支付为梅号进行所需维修所产生的费用；\n\n鉴于，依据维修准备金裁定及相关的款项支付裁定 [Docket No. 932]，托管资金中的 400 万美元已被划入维修准备金；\n\n鉴于，维修准备金裁定规定，阀门检修应由香港美国公司在待定的较晚日期进行，但除非本法院另有裁定，最迟不得晚于维修准备金裁定作出后的七 (7) 个月内（该日期为2023年5月7日）；\n\n鉴于，2023年3月27日，本法院作出了一项裁定 [Adv. Proc. No. 22-5003 中的 Docket No. 172]（下称“梅号裁定”），认定 (i) 债务人是梅号的实际受益所有人并控制梅号，以及 (ii) 自2023年3月27日下午2点55分起，梅号属于债务人第 11 章破产财产（下称“破产财产”），由受托人负责管理；\n\n鉴于，受托人、香港美国公司以及 Mei Guo（郭美）约定并同意作出本裁定；以及\n\n鉴于，作出本裁定具备充分且正当的理由；\n\n因此，现特此：\n\n裁定：授权受托人在受托人合理自行决定的时间和地点进行阀门检修；但前提是，将梅号移出康涅狄格州水域的任何转移均须经本法院进一步裁定；并且进一步\n\n裁定：授权受托人从维修准备金中支付阀门检修的费用；并且进一步\n\n裁定：除本裁定另有规定外，维修准备金裁定（经《准许第 11 章受托人关于作出修改维修准备金裁定的紧急动议的裁定》[Docket No. 1608] 所修改）应继续保持完全有效；并且进一步\n\n裁定：授权并赋权受托人采取一切必要行动以落实本裁定所准予的救济；并且进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定的条款和条件自作出之日起立即生效并具有执行力；并且进一步\n\n裁定：对于因执行、解释和强制执行本裁定而引起的或与之相关的所有事项，本法院保留专属管辖权。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1269,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-04-14 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-04-14","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:50:50"}