{"id":"court_ctb_1673_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1673,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION |                     | Chapter 11","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\n|                     | Chapter 11                                |\n|---------------------|-------------------------------------------|\n| In re:              | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)                   |\n| HO WAN KWOK et al., | Jointly Administered                      |\n| Debtors.4           | : Re: ECF No. 299, 930, 1255, 1377, 1608. |\n|                     |                                           |\n\n## 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\nInternational Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC to Transport and Deliver that Certain\n\nYacht, 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\nRepair 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\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 17th day of April, 2023.\n\n![](_page_2_Picture_12.jpeg)","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n第 11 章\n\n关于：案号 22-50073 (JAM)\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，合并审理\n债务人。4 ：关于：ECF No. 299, 930, 1255, 1377, 1608。\n\n关于对 LADY MAY（梅号）进行阀门维修以及从维修准备金中拨付该项维修费用的合意裁定\n\n鉴于，2022年4月29日，法院作出了其《关于强令 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC 运输并交付特定游艇“Lady May”号的约定裁定》[Docket No. 299]（简称“《约定裁定》”），其中规定了有关将 Lady May 号归还至康涅狄格州通航水域的条款与条件；且根据《约定裁定》，HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（简称“HK USA”）已向 U.S. Bank National Association（美国合众银行全国协会）开立的托管账户中存入了 \\$37,000,000（简称“托管资金”）；\n\n鉴于，2022年8月11日，HK USA 提交了其《关于设立 Lady May 号维修准备金裁定的动议》[Docket No. 728]（简称“《维修准备金动议》”），请求设立一项准备金（简称“维修准备金”），用于支付将 Lady May 号恢复至良好运转状态所必需的特定维修费用；\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok，以及其他众多别名）（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（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n鉴于，《维修准备金动议》载明，Lady May 号所需进行的各项维修中包括对其“船体内的阀门进行检修”（简称“阀门维修”）；\n\n鉴于，2022年10月7日，在经第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（以受托人身份，简称“受托人”）、HK USA、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”）、无担保债权人官方委员会以及债权人 Rui Ma（马蕊）和 Zheng Wu（武振）同意后，法院作出了一项裁定，在做出特定修改的前提下准予了《维修准备金动议》[Docket No. 728/920]（简称“《维修准备金裁定》”）；\n\n鉴于，根据《维修准备金裁定》，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（简称“维修准备金”），用于“确保完成为恢复 Lady May 号至良好运转状态而所需进行的检修、维护及修理”，以及 (ii) 允许受托人从维修准备金中支付为 Lady May 号进行必要维修所产生的费用；\n\n鉴于，根据《维修准备金裁定》及相关款项拨付裁定 [Docket No. 932]，托管资金中的 400 万美元已被划转至维修准备金中；\n\n鉴于，《维修准备金裁定》规定，在受制于法院进一步命令的前提下，阀门维修应由 HK USA 在待确定的较晚日期进行，但不得迟于《维修准备金裁定》作出后七 (7) 个月当天或之前（该日期为2023年5月7日）；\n\n鉴于，2023年3月27日，法院作出裁定 [Adv. Proc. No. 22-5003 中的 Docket No. 172]（简称“《Lady May 裁定》”），认定 (i) 债务人是 Lady May 号的实益拥有人并对其拥有控制权，且 (ii) 自2023年3月27日下午 2:55 起生效，Lady May 号属于由受托人管理的债务人第 11 章破产财产（简称“破产财产”）；\n\n鉴于，受托人、HK USA 及 Mei Guo（郭美）约定并同意作出本裁定；且\n\n鉴于，作出本裁定理由正当且充分；\n\n据此，现特此：\n\n裁定：授权受托人在受托人自行合理决定的时间及地点进行阀门维修；但前提是，将 Lady May 号转移至康涅狄格州水域之外的任何行为均须服从本法院的进一步命令；并进一步\n\n裁定：授权受托人从维修准备金中拨付阀门维修的费用；并进一步\n\n裁定：除本裁定另有规定外，《维修准备金裁定》（经《关于批准第 11 章受托人请求作出修改维修准备金裁定的紧急动议的裁定》[Docket No. 1608] 修改后的版本）应保持完全有效；并进一步\n\n裁定：受托人获得授权并赋权采取一切必要行动，以落实本裁定所准予的救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定的各项条款及条件应自作出之日起立即生效并具有可执行力；并进一步\n\n裁定：对于因本裁定的执行、解释和强制执行所引起的或与之相关的所有事项，本法院保留专属管辖权。\n\n日期：2023年4月17日 于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Je","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":299,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":856,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:34:41"}