{"id":"court_ctb_1845_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1845,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"MOTION","filed_date":null,"title":"IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,\n\nDebtors.<sup>1</sup>\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)\n\nJune 1, 2023\n\n## **G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC'S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2004 SUBPOENA AND CONTINUE HEARING DATE**\n\nBy this motion (the \"**Motion**\"), G Club Operations LLC (\"**G Club**\"), by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby moves for an extension of time to respond to the Trustee's Motion to Compel Compliance (the \"**Motion to Compel**\") [Dkt. No. 1805] with the Rule 2004 Subpoena (\"**Subpoena**\") served upon it by the Chapter 11 Trustee, Luc Despins (\"**Trustee**\") pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 1109(b), Rule 9016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \"**Bankruptcy Rules**\"), Bankruptcy Rule 2004, and Local Bankruptcy Rule 2004-1. In addition, G Club hereby requests that the Court continue the hearing on the Motion to Compelset for June 6, 2023 to August 7, 2023, due to the need for G Club management to provide meaningful input with respect to the Subpoena and scheduling conflicts of lead counsel for G Club. In support of its Motion, G Club states as follows:\n\n1. G Club was served with the Subpoena, containing 21 requests, on December 7,\n\n2022.\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) (the \"Debtor\"), 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\n2. The Trustee has demanded that G Club produce \"all documents\" related to all G Club's assets, tax returns, bank accounts, and financial information, among other documents, which, among other things unrelated to the Debtors, would require the disclosure of financial and other information about G Club's members.\n\n3. G Club has been in regular communication with the Trustee regarding, among other things, the overbreadth of the Subpoena. Undersigned counsel met and conferred with the Trustee's counsel on February 9, 2023 and March 7, 2023 to negotiate in good faith as to the scope of the Subpoena.\n\n4. As the Trustee is well aware, however, on April 11, 2023, undersigned counsel informed the Trustee that it was not able to respond further to the Subpoena or advance efforts to narrow the scope of the Subpoena because G Club's Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel, and Associate General Counsel, all resigned following the indictment of Debtor in the Southern District of New York on March 15, 2023.\n\n5. The resignations of G Club's executives have constrained undersigned counsel's ability to act on behalf of G Club until an independent manager is retained who could direct the undersigned counsel on behalf of G Club.\n\n6. An independent manager has been appointed effective today, June 1, 2023 and, accordingly, a reasonable extension of time to discuss this matter with the independent manager is requested, and then either to negotiate a consensual resolution of the Trustee's discovery requests or to object to them. Until then, we must, on behalf of G Club, reserve all rights to object to the Subpoena.\n\n7. Moreover, Carolina A. Fornos (lead undersigned counsel), begins a two-week jury trial in the Western District of Texas (No. 5:17-CV-01122-FB) the week of June 5, 2023.\n\n8. Although it is not possible to predict how long it will take for the independent manager to come up to speed and be able to provide instructions, undersigned counsel has been told that addressing the Subpoena will be a priority. Accordingly, undersigned counsel requests that the deadline to respond to the Motion to Compel be extended to August 7, 2023, with a hearing scheduled shortly thereafter, subject to the Court's availability.\n\n9. Undersigned counsel has advised the Trustee of the requested extension for time to respond to the Motion to Compel, as well as to continue the corresponding hearing set for June 6, 2023. The Trustee has advised that he does not consent.\n\nWHEREFORE, G Club respectfully requests that the Court extend G Club's time to respond to the Motion to Compel to August 7, 2023 and to continue the corresponding hearing set for June 6, 2023 to a date shortly thereafter, subject to the Court's availability, to enable the undersigned to work with G Club's independent manager to appropriately address and respond to the Trustee's Subpoena.\n\n## **G|CLUB OPERATIONS, LLC**\n\nBy: /s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz GREEN & SKLARZ LLC Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) One Audubon St, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 Tel: 203-285-8545 jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n\n> PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP Carolina A. Fornos (*pro hac vice* forthcoming) 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-858-1558 carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com\n\n*Attorneys for G Club Operations LLC*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on June 1, 2023, a copy of the foregoing was served via CMECF on the parties entitled to service as set forth thereon.\n\nDate: June 1, 2023 /s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz","body_zh":"IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美利坚合众国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。1\n\n第 11 章\n\n案号 22-50073 (JAM)（合并审理）\n\n2023年6月1日\nG CLUB OPERATIONS LLC 延长答复受托人关于强制作出《破产程序规则》第 2004 条传票合规反应之动议期限及延期听证日期的动议\n\n通过本动议（下称「本动议」），G Club Operations LLC（G 俱乐部运营有限责任公司，下称「G Club」）经由其下述签字律师，特此依据 11 U.S.C. § 1109(b)、《Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure（联邦破产程序规则）》（下称「《破产规则》」）第 9016 条、《破产规则》第 2004 条以及《Local Bankruptcy Rule（本地破产规则）》第 2004-1 条，申请延长对第 11 章受托人 Luc Despins（卢克·德斯宾斯，下称「受托人」）向其送达的依据《破产规则》第 2004 条作出的传票（下称「传票」）所提出的受托人强制合规动议（下称「强制动议」）[Dkt. No. 1805] 进行答复的期限。此外，由于 G Club 管理层需要就传票提供实质性意见，且 G Club 首席律师存在排期冲突，G Club 特此请求法院将定于 2023年6月6日 就强制动议举行的听证会延期至 2023年8月7日。为支持其动议，G Club 阐述如下：\n\n1. G Club 于 2022年12月7日 收到送达的传票，其中包含 21 项请求。\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）（下称「债务人」）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 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（仅用于通知与通讯之目的）。\n\n2. 受托人要求 G Club 提交与 G Club 的所有资产、纳税申报表、银行账户及财务信息相关的「所有文件」等，除与债务人无关的其他事项外，这还将要求披露有关 G Club 成员的财务及其他信息。\n\n3. G Club 一直就传票范围过宽等问题与受托人保持经常性沟通。下述签字律师曾于 2023年2月9日 和 2023年3月7日 与受托人律师会面并磋商，以就传票范围进行善意谈判。\n\n4. 然而，受托人十分清楚，在 2023年3月15日 债务人于 Southern District of New York（纽约南区）被起诉后，G Club 的首席执行官、总法律顾问及副总法律顾问均已辞职，因此下述签字律师于 2023年4月11日 告知受托人，其无法进一步答复传票或推进缩小传票范围的工作。\n\n5. G Club 高管的辞职限制了下述签字律师代表 G Club 行事的能力，直至聘请到能够代表 G Club 指导下述签字律师的独立管理人。\n\n6. 一名独立管理人已获任命，自今日 2023年6月1日 起生效；因此，特申请给予合理的宽展期限，以便与该独立管理人讨论此事项，随后要么就受托人的证据开示请求协商达成一致解决方案，要么对此提出异议。在此之前，我们必须代表 G Club 保留对传票提出异议的所有权利。\n\n7. 此外，Carolina A. Fornos（下述签字首席律师）将于 2023年6月5日 所在周在 Western District of Texas（德克萨斯西区）开始为期两周的陪审团审判（案号：No. 5:17-CV-01122-FB）。\n\n8. 尽管无法预测独立管理人需要多长时间熟悉情况并能够给出指示，但下述签字律师获悉，处理传票将是一项优先事项。因此，下述签字律师请求将答复强制动议的截止日期延长至 2023年8月7日，并在法院有空档的前提下安排在紧随其后的时间举行听证会。\n\n9. 下述签字律师已将所请求的答复强制动议的延期时间，以及将原定于 2023年6月6日 举行的相应听证会延期的请求告知受托人。受托人已表示其不同意。\n\n为此，G Club 谨请法院将 G Club 答复强制动议的期限延长至 2023年8月7日，并在法院有空档的前提下将原定于 2023年6月6日 举行的相应听证会顺延至紧随其后的日期，以使下述签字人能够与 G Club 的独立管理人合作，妥善处理并答复受托人的传票。\n\nG CLUB OPERATIONS, LLC\n\n签署人：/s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz\nGREEN & SKLARZ LLC\nJeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938)\nKellianne Baranowsky (ct26684)\nOne Audubon St, 3rd Floor\nNew Haven, CT 06511\n电话：203-285-8545\njsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com\nkbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n\nPILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP\nCarolina A. Fornos（即将申请特许出庭）\n31 West 52nd Street\nNew York, NY 10019\n电话：212-858-1558\ncarolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com\n\nG Club Operations LLC 的代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n我特此证明，于 2023年6月1日，上述文书的一份副本已通过 CMECF 系统送达给其中所列有权接受送达的各方。\n\n日期：2023年6月1日 /s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Luc Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":1805,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":869,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:34:18"}