{"id":"court_ctb_1917_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1917,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT | |--------------------------------|","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT |\n|--------------------------------|\n| DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT |\n| BRIDGEPORT DIVISION |\n\n| | _______________________________________________ | | | | | | |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------|--|--|\n| In re
Ho Wan Kwok, | | | | : Chapter 11 | | | |\n| | | | | :
: Case No. 22-50073
(JAM) | | | |\n| Debtor.1 | | | | : Jointly Administered
: | | | |\n| | ________________________________________________: | | | : | | | |\n| | | | FEE APPLICATION COVER SHEET | | | | |\n| First
Interim/Final
Fee application of: | | | Pullman & Comley, LLC | | | | |\n| Time Period:
From:
March 29, 2022
To:
April 30, 2023 | | | | | | | |\n| | Bankruptcy Petition Filed: | February 15, 2022 | | | | | |\n| | Date of Entry of Retention Order: | | April 29, 2022 | effective as of March 29, 2022 | | | |\n| Amount Requested | | | Reductions | | | | |\n| Fees: | \\$504,742.50__ | | Voluntary Fee Reductions:
\\$0 | | | | |\n| Expenses: | \\$709.53_____ | | Expenses: | \\$0 | | | |\n| Total: | \\$505,452.03__ | | | | | | |\n| Retainer Request: | | Expense Detail: | | | | | |\n| Retainer Received
__N/A___ | | | Retainer Received | | ___N/A_______ | | |\n| Prior award applied | | __N/A___ | Prior award applied
___N/A_______ | | | | |\n| | Balance before this request | __N/A___ | Balance before this request | | ___N/A_______ | | |\n| | | | Copies per page cost and total___N/A_______ | | | | |\n\n1 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#### **Hours and Rates per professional:**\n\n| Hours 487.9 | Rate | \\$565/\\$580* | Irve J. Goldman |\n|-------------|------|--------------|---------------------|\n| Hours 420.5 | Rate | \\$425/\\$440* | Jonathan A. Kaplan |\n| Hours 14.8 | Rate | \\$435 | Steven J. Stafstrom |\n| Hours 67.5 | Rate | \\$575 | Kristin B. Mayhew |\n| Hours 2.4 | Rate | \\$300 | Cynhia R. Arndt |\n| Hours .4 | Rate | \\$590 | David P. Atkins |\n| Hours 2.0 | Rate | \\$285 | Boris Greenspun |\n| Hours .8 | Rate | \\$510 | Marcy Tench Stoval |\n\n\\* Adjusted as of November 1, 2022.\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| _______________________________________________
In re | : Chapter 11 |\n|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|\n| | : |\n| Ho Wan Kwok, | : Case No. 22-50073 |\n| Debtor. | :
: |\n| | : |\n| ________________________________________________: | |\n\n# **FIRST INTERIM APPLICATION OF PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC, CONNECTICUT COUNSEL TO THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS, FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 29, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2019**\n\n| Name
of Applicant: | Pullman & Comley, LLC |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|\n| Authorized to provide
professional services to: | The Official
Committee of Unsecured Creditors |\n| Date of Retention: | April 29, 2022
effective as of
March 29, 2022 |\n| Period for which compensation
and reimbursement is sought: | March 29, 2022
through
April 30, 2022 |\n| Amount of Compensation sought
as actual,
reasonable and necessary: | \\$504,742.50________ |\n| Amount of Expense Reimbursement
sought as actual, reasonable
and
necessary: | \\$709.53________ |\n| Voluntary Reductions: | \\$0.00 |\n| | |\n\nThis is a(n): Interim Final application\n\n# **PRIOR APPLICATION HISTORY**\n\n| | | Requested | | Monthly
Statements | | Certificate | |\n|-----------------|------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|\n| Appl
ication | Date Filed | Period
Covered | Fees
100% | Expenses | Fees
80% | Expenses | of No Objection /
Signed Order |\n| | | | | | | | |\n\n# **SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONALS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS RENDERING SERVICES FROM MARCH 29, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022**\n\n| Timekeeper Name | Year
Admitted | Title/Department | Hours
Worked | Rate | Bill Amount |\n|--------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|\n| | | | | | |\n| Arndt, Cynthia R. | N/A | Paralegal | 2.4 | \\$300 | \\$720.00 |\n| Atkins, David P. | 1984 | Partner/Litigation | .4 | \\$590 | \\$236.00 |\n| Goldman, Irve J. | 1989 | Partner/Litigation
and Bankruptcy | 487.9 | \\$565/\\$580* | \\$275,795.00 |\n| Greenspun, Boris | N/A | Paralegal | 2.0 | \\$285 | \\$570.00 |\n| Kaplan, Jonathan A. | 2005 | Partner/Litigation
and Bankruptcy | 420.5 | \\$425/\\$450* | \\$180,635.50 |\n| Mayhew, Kristin B. | 1999 | Partner/Litigation
and Bankruptcy | 67.50 | \\$575 | \\$38,812.00 |\n| Stafstrom, Steven J. | 2008 | Partner/Litigation | 14.8 | \\$435 | \\$6,438.00 |\n| Tench Stoval, Marcy | 1993 | Counsel/Litigation | .8 | \\$510 | \\$408.00 |\n| TOTAL ALL TIMEKEEPERS | | | | \\$504,742.50 | |\n| Attorney Blended Rate | | | | \\$473.77 | |\n| * Rate adjusted as of November | 1, 2022. | | | | |\n\n# **SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION BY PROJECT CATEGORY FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 29, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022**\n\n| Task
Number | Task Description | Hours | Total |\n|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------|--------------|\n| 1 | Case Administration | 570.8 | 285,370.50 |\n| 2 | Meetings and
Communication with Creditors | 7.9 | 4,253.50 |\n| 3 | Fee/Employment Applications | 70.5 | 37,172.50 |\n| 4 | DIP Financing | 37.9 | 19,635.50 |\n| 5 | Asset Analysis and Recovery | 156.2 | 79,901.00 |\n| 6 | PAX Motion to
Dismiss or Appointment of Trustee | 150.5 | 77,024.50 |\n| 7 | Plan & Disclosure
Statement | 2.4 | 1,300.00 |\n| | Total Fees Rendered This Statement | | \\$504,742.50 |\n\n### **EXPENSE SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 29, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2022**\n\n| Express Mail | \\$140.25 |\n|------------------------------|----------|\n| External Phone Charges | 16.29 |\n| Travel and related expenses | 513.74 |\n| Business Lunch | 8.00 |\n| Certificate of Good Standing | 31.25 |\n| Total Disbursements | \\$709.53 |\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nDebtor.1\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\nIn re : Chapter 11 Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073\n\n:\n\n:\n\n: :\n\n# **FIRST INTERIM APPLICATION OF PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC, AS COUNSEL TO THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH 29, 2022 THROUGH APRIL 30, 2023**\n\nPursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331, Rule 2016(a) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Local Bankruptcy Rule 2016-1, Pullman & Comley, LLC (\"P&C\"), as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Debtor's Chapter 11 Case (the \"Committee\"), appointed in the chapter 11 case of the Debtor, Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), submits its first interim application (the \"Application\") for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the period of March 29, 2022 through April 30, 2023 (the \"Fee Period\"). By this Application, P&C seeks an interim allowance of compensation in the amount of \\$504,742.00 and expense reimbursement in the amount of \\$709.53. In support of this Application, P&C respectfully states as follows:\n\n1 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#### **BACKGROUND**\n\n1. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, thereby commencing this Chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\").\n\n2. The Debtor remained a debtor in possession under sections 1101(1) and 1106(a) until a chapter 11 trustee, Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\"), was appointed by the United States trustee (\"UST\") on July 7, 2022 and approved by the Court on July 8, 2022.\n\n3. On March 21, 2022, the UST appointed the Committee pursuant to section 1102(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n4. Shortly after its appointment, the Committee selected P&C as its counsel and on April 5, 2022, filed its Application to Employ Pullman & Comely, LLC as Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.\n\n5. On April 29, 2022, the Court entered the *Order Authorizing Retention and Employment of Pullman & Comley, LLC as Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors*, which was made effective as of March 29, 2022 (\"Retention Order\"). The Retention Order authorizes P&C to be compensated in accordance with the procedures set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331, the applicable Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the rules of this Court and any Order entered by this Court with respect to the compensation of professionals.\n\n6. Through the Application, P&C seeks allowance of compensation for professional services rendered for and on behalf of the Committee during the Fee Period. A detailed description of services rendered during the Fee Period in the form of P&C's monthly invoices, which also contain the disbursements it incurred in connection with the rendition of P&C's services, is annexed hereto as Exhibit \"A**\"**.\n\n- 2 -\n\n#### **BRIEF CASE HISTORY**\n\n7. The Debtor commenced the Chapter 11 Case one day before the date by which he was ordered to pay a \\$134,000,000 contempt fine (the \"Contempt Order\") to Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. (\"PAX\") in the action, PAX v. Kwok, Index No. 652077/2017, pending in New York Supreme Court (the \"New York Action\").\n\n8. Give the long-standing and acrimonious litigation history between PAX and the Debtor, on March 1, 2022 PAX promptly moved for relief from the automatic stay to return to the New York Action for purposes of enforcing the Contempt Order (the \"PAX Lift Stay Motion\").\n\n9. On March 19, 2022, the UST filed a Motion for Order Directing Appointment of an Examiner, or in the Alternative, Motion for Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee (\"UST 1104 Motion\").\n\n10. On April 6, 2022, PAX filed a Motion to Dismiss Chapter 11 Case or, in the Alternative, Partial Joinder to United States Trustee's Motion for Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee (\"PAX Motion to Dismiss\").\n\n11. While the UST 1104 Motion and PAX Motion to Dismiss remained pending, the PAX Lift Stay Motion was resolved by a Stipulated Order Compelling HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC to Transport and Deliver That Certain Yacht, The \"Lady May,\" entered on April 29, 2022. The focus of the Chapter 11 Case then turned to whether it should be dismissed, which was the principal form of relief requested in the PAX Motion to Dismiss, or converted, or whether a Chapter 11 trustee should be appointed. The Committee was the principal party opposing the PAX Motion to Dismiss, which was scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on May 25, 2022.\n\n12. Prior to and while pretrial proceedings relating to the PAX Motion to Dismiss were proceeding, the parties and the Court were dealing with a number of early case motions filed by the Debtor and opposed by the Committee or other parties in interest, in whole or in part, including (i) applications to retain Brown Rudnick LLP as Debtor's counsel, Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. as Debtor's financial advisor, and Stretto, Inc. as its claims and noticing agent (all filed on March 16, 2022), (ii) Debtor's for Entry of an Order Authorizing (I) Employment and Payment of Professionals Utilized in the Ordinary Course, (II) Payment of Prepetition Claims, and (III) Granting Related Relief, filed on March 22, 2022 (the \"OCP Motion\"), and (iii) Debtor's Motion for Entry of Interim and Final DIP Orders (I) Authorizing the Debtor to Obtain Unsecured, Subordinated Postpetition Financing and (II) Scheduling Interim and Final Hearings, and (III) Granting Related Relief, filed on March 22, 2022 (the \"DIP Motion\"), which proposed an \\$8 million unsecured, subordinated loan to the estate, \\$4 million of which would be dedicated to payment of professional fees of the Committee and/or and examiner to conduct an investigation into the Debtor's assets and financial affairs.\n\n12. While the Committee was able to negotiate further concessions from the proposed DIP lender, Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. (\"Golden Spring\"), including preservation of alter ego claims against Golden Spring notwithstanding its proposed financing, the Court was having reservations with the proposed loan and was proceeding incrementally by requiring fee budgets from the parties for more defined periods of time and scheduled a hearing on the DIP Motion and other matters, including the applications to retain Brown Rudnick and Verdolino & Lowey, for April 27, 2022. At that hearing, the DIP Motion was continued for hearing on May 4, 2022, after which the Court took the matter under advisement.\n\n13. On May 11, 2022, however, before the Court could issue its decision on the DIP Motion, the Debtor filed a Consent to the Dismissal of the Chapter 11 Case and a Notice of Withdrawal of the DIP Motion.\n\n14. The Committee vigorously opposed the PAX Motion to Dismiss, which was the subject of an evidentiary hearing on May 25, 2022 after substantial briefing by the parties, exchange of trial exhibits and other pretrial proceedings. On June 15, 2022, the Court issued its Memorandum of Decision and Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice and Granting Joinder to Motion for Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee.\n\n13. On July 7, 2022, the UST appointed the Trustee as the chapter 11 trustee of the Debtor's estate and his appointment was approved by the Court on July 8, 2022.\n\n14. Litigation almost immediately ensued by the Debtor's filing of an objection to the Trustee's appointment, a motion for relief from the order appointing the Trustee, and an objection to the Trustee's application to retain his firm, Paul Hastings LLP, as his counsel. All of these attempts by the Debtor to oust the Trustee2 and prevent his retention of counsel were denied by the Court by orders entered on August 2, 2022.\n\n15. Since the Trustee's appointment, the Committee has taken a supportive role in the administration of the Chapter 11 Case, consulting with the Trustee as necessary in the administration of the Chapter 11 Case, 11 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1), and serving a \"watchdog\" function. *See e.g. In re Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co.*, 414 B.R. 389, 400 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2009) (recognizing that \"creditor committees often serve a 'watchdog' function\").\n\n#### **SUMMARY OF SERVICES BY PROJECT CATEGORY**\n\n16. The services rendered by P&C during the Fee Period are itemized as set forth in Exhibit \"A\" and summarized by project category as follows:\n\n2 The Debtor later filed a motion to remove the Trustee on December 30, 2022, which was opposed by the Committee and, of course, the Trustee, and was withdrawn by the Debtor on April 5, 2023.\n\n#### A. Case Administration: Fees: \\$285,455.00 Hours: 570.80\n\n17. Among the myriad services performed by the Committee in this project category were: (i) convening the first and additional Committee meetings throughout the Chapter 11 Case to discuss case issues and strategies and otherwise communicating with the Committee to keep it abreast of case developments, (ii) preparing Committee bylaws, (iii) reviewing and analyzing the Debtor's schedules and statements and attending the first and continued section 341 meetings, (iii) attending and propounding questions at the deposition of Yvette Wang, (iv) reviewing the Debtor's early case motions as identified in ¶11 hereof and preparing and filing objections or positions statements in response thereto, (v) preparing for and attending the initial hearings on April 13, 2023 on PAX's Lift Stay Motion, the UST 1104 Motion and other motions and applications of the Debtor, (vi) negotiating and finalizing a stipulation for the extension of the section 523(c) deadline for filing nondischargeability complaints, (vii) interviewing and giving consideration to potential candidates for chapter 11 trustee, (viii) conducting periodic discussions with counsel for PAX and the Debtor and continued communications with the Committee concerning a possible global resolution of the Chapter 11 Case and, in connection therewith, researching and otherwise obtaining information from creditors' attorneys and other sources on the unsecured claims pool in the Chapter 11 Case, (ix) reviewing the Debtor's Rule 9024 motion to reconsider the appointment of the Trustee (the \"9024 Motion\"), conducting research and preparing an objection thereto, (x) reviewing and preparing responsive papers to Brown Rudnick's motion to withdraw, (xi) reviewing the Trustee's Motion for Order Confirming That Chapter 11 Trustee Holds All of Debtor's Economic and Corporate Governance Rights in Debtor-Controlled Entities; Authorizing Chapter 11 Trustee to Act in Any Foreign Country on Behalf of Estate; and Granting Related Relief (\"Corporate Rights Motion\"), and Debtor's objection thereto, (xii) preparing for and attending the August 1, 2022 hearings on matters\n\n- 6 -\n\nidentified in (ix), (x) and (xi) above, (xiii) preparing for and attending the continued hearing on the Trustee's Corporate Rights Motion and the hearing on the Debtor's motion for stay pending appeal of the denial of his Rule 9024 Motion, (xiv) reviewing and providing input on competing orders on the Corporate Rights Motion, (xv) considering and discussing with Trustee's counsel a section 105(a) injunction against securities fraud actions against nondebtors believed to be affiliated with the Debtor, (xvi) review of and engage in discussions and negotiations with counsel concerning HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC's (\"HK USA\") Motion for Order Establishing a Repair Reserve for the Lady May (the \"Repair Reserve Motion\"), and PAX's objection thereto, preparation of the Committee's joinder in the PAX objection, attend the status conference on the Repair Reserve Motion and discussions with counsel for PAX and HK USA to reach a Consent Order resolving the Repair Reserve Motion, (xvii) review of and support Trustee's Motion for Order Providing that Control of Privileges Passed to Trustee Upon Appointment, and for Related Relief (the \"Privilege Motion\"), consider and weigh in on competing orders submitted on the Privilege Motion and attend the hearing to resolve the competing orders, (xviii) review of the Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order Holding Debtor in Civil Contempt for Failure to Comply with Corporate Governance Rights Order, the Trustee's motion to authorize production from Brown Rudnick and Verdolino & Lowey, the Trustee's adversary proceeding against Bravo Luck Limited and Qiang Guo to determine the Sherry Netherland apartment property of the estate and for related relief, and the Trustee's motion for joint administration in anticipation of the transfer of the Chapter 11 case of Genever Holdings LLC to this Court, and attend the hearing on the motions, (xix) review of Trustee motion to compel compliance with Rule 2004 subpoenas against the Debtor, HK USA and other related persons and entities and attend the hearing thereon, (xx) review of the Trustee's motion for a bar order, provided comments and attended the hearing on the motion, (xxi) review\n\n- 7 -\n\nof the papers and attend the hearings held in the injunctive proceedings commenced to enjoin the Debtor's campaign of harassment against the Trustee, his law firm and PAX and its counsel's law firm and certain of its attorneys, and related motions and applications of PAX and the Trustee for contempt and to compel compliance with the Court's preliminary injunction, (xxii) review of and conduct discussions with counsel for the parties involved relating to HK's motion to modify the repair reserve, (xxiii) review of, conduct legal research on, and prepare an objection to, the Debtor's motion to remove the Trustee, (xxiv) prepare for, communicate with the Committee on, and engage in mediation sessions conducted by Judge Tancredi, (xxv) finalize a common interest agreement with the Trustee, (xxvi) attend the proceedings on the continued involvement of Epiq as claims agent, (xxvii) review the motions and other papers and attend the hearings on March 7, 2023 relating to important case administration matters, (xxviii) review of the SEC complaint and federal indictment against the Debtor, (xxix) review of the Trustee's motion to hire the Yachtzoo crew, enter into a dock and insurance agreement and expend monies from the repair reserve therefor, review of the Trustee's application to employ a yacht broker and to move the Lady May to Newport, RI and attend the hearings thereon.\n\nB. Communications with Creditors3 Fees: \\$4,253.50 Hours: 7.90\n\n18. Services within this project category included telephone conferences with members of the Committee and other creditors concerning case issues, strategy, and creditor claims, and email communications and Zoom meetings with the Committee regarding the outcome of hearings, the appointment of and process of selecting a trustee, the status of Lady May and attempts at a global settlement of the Chapter 11 case.\n\nC. Fee and Employment Applications Fees: \\$37,172.50 Hours: 70.50\n\n3 Most of the time entries which included communications with creditors and the Committee are contained within the project category, Case Administration.\n\n19. Services included within this project category included: (i) identifying and interviewing prospective professionals for the Committee, (ii) preparing retention applications for the employment of professionals for the Committee, which were P&C as counsel, Dundon Advisors as financial advisors and Gregory Coleman as special fraud investigator, addressing potential conflicts of P&C and other retention issues identified by the UST and resolving them, and attending the hearings on the applications, (iii) preparing objections to the retention application of the Brown Rudnick, the OCP Motion and the Debtor's application to retain a claim agent and attending the hearings on the objected to applications and motion, (iii) attending the deposition of Craig Jalbert of Verdolino and Lowey at the offices of O'Melveny & Myers and propounding questions at the deposition, and (iv) reviewing and addressing the Debtor's interim compensation procedures motion.\n\n#### D. DIP Motion Fees: \\$19,635.50 Hours: 37.90\n\n20. Services in this project category included: (i) reviewing the DIP Motion, identifying objectionable provisions and drafting an objection to the DIP Motion, (ii) reviewing the Debtor's responses to the Committee objection and other objections to the DIP Motion, (iii) reviewing the hearing exhibits for the hearing on the DIP Motion and preparing for the initial hearing on April 27, 2022, (iv) preparing for the contested hearing on the DIP Motion, conducting settlement negotiations with Debtor's counsel and Golden Spring's counsel and working out an interim DIP order, and attending the May 4, 2022 hearing on the DIP Motion. Shortly after the hearing, on May 11, 2022, the Debtor withdrew the DIP Motion and consented to the dismissal of the Chapter 11 Case.\n\nE. Asset Analysis and Recovery Fees: \\$79,901.00 Hours: 156.20\n\n21. Services in this project category included: (i) reviewing the extensive PAX Lift Stay Motion and preparing the Committee's statement of position on it, which included\n\n- 9 -\n\nresearching and citing authorities on the issues of preclusion and the Rooker-Feldman doctrine relative to Judge Ostrager's findings in the New York Action as to ownership of the Lady May, (ii) engaging counsel for HK USA and PAX in discussions concerning the consent order for the delivery of the Lady May to the navigable waters of Connecticut and the related escrow agreement with US Bank, and reaching agreement on terms, (iii) drafting Rule 2004 motions and document requests for persons and entities believed to have knowledge about or to possess assets of the Debtor, including Golden Spring, Lamp Capital, HK USA, Mei Guo, Greenwich Land, the Debtor's spouse, and Gettr, (iv) researching the Debtor's involvement in litigation in state and federal court and his association and connections with various organizations used by the Debtor for raising funds, (v) receiving and reviewing document production from HK USA and Mei Guo, (vi) engaging in discussions and other communications with counsel for HK USA and PAX and the Trustee and his counsel concerning the establishment of a repair reserve for the Lady May and reaching agreement on the terms of a consent order therefor, (vii) reviewing the Trustee's answer and counterclaims to HK USA's adversary proceeding seeking declaratory relief as to the ownership of the Lady May (the \"Lady May Adversary Proceeding\") and attending the status conferences and hearings held in the Lady May Adversary Proceeding, (viii) reviewing HK USA's motion to modify the repair reserve to pay for operating and maintenance expenses for the Lady May and work out a consensual order for same with counsel for HK USA, the Trustee and PAX, (ix) review of and provide input on the Trustee's motion to extend the sale process for the Debtor's Sherry Netherland apartment, (x) review of and attend the hearing on the Trustee's motion for summary judgment to declare the Lady May property of the estate, (xi) consider and obtain the Committee's position on the Trustee's motion to enter into a yacht maintenance agreement and related agreements for the Lady May, including the retention of a yacht broker, and consider and work out a consent order for conducting and paying for valve service repairs on the Lady May, (xii) review of the Trustee's papers and opposition papers relative to his motion for summary judgment to declare HK USA the Debtor's alter ego and its assets property of the estate and attend oral argument on the motion, and (xiii) review of and attend the hearings on the Trustee's motion to relocate the Lady May to Newport, RI, motion to approve the settlement with Clark Hill settling the Debtor's malpractice action, and the Trustee's motion for contempt against the Debtor, HK USA and Mei Guo for non-compliance with Rule 2004 subpoenas.\n\nF. PAX Motion to Dismiss or for the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee Fees: \\$77,024.50 Hours: 150.50\n\n22. The services in this project category were directed to determining the fate of the Chapter 11 Case, in terms of whether it would be dismissed as requested by PAX, converted to a Chapter 7 case, or whether the Chapter 11 Case would be retained with the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee. In summary, P&C's services in this project category consisted of reviewing the PAX Motion to Dismiss and cases cited therein, performing legal research to support the Committee's opposing position, preparing an opposition memorandum to the PAX Motion to Dismiss, engaging in written discovery and attending depositions, preparing witness and exhibit lists and reviewing PAX's witness and exhibit list in preparation for the hearing on the PAX Motion to Dismiss, preparing a supplemental memorandum of law on the alternatives of dismissal, conversion or the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee, preparing for and attending the May 25, 2022 hearing on the PAX Motion to Dismiss, and reviewing the Court's Memorandum of Decision issued on June 15, 2022.\n\nG. Plan and Disclosure Statement Fees: \\$1,300.00 Hours: 2.40 23. The services in this project category consisted of reviewing and preparing an outline of the issues identified with the Debtor's proposed plan of reorganization.\n\n#### **DISBURSEMENTS**\n\n24. P&C incurred reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses in the sum of \\$709.53 in connection with rendering legal services to the Committee during the Fee Period. These disbursements consisted of necessary filing fees and were necessary to effectively render legal services in these cases.\n\n#### **VALUATION OF SERVICES & RELIEF REQUESTED**\n\n25. Attorneys and paraprofessionals employed by P&C have expended a total of 996.3 hours in connection with this matter during the Fee Period detailed below. The nature of the work performed by these persons is fully set forth in the detail attached hereto as Exhibit \"A\". The hourly rates set forth above were P&C's current hourly rates for work of this nature at the time the services were rendered. The reasonable value of the services rendered by P&C for the Fee Period as counsel to the Committee is \\$504,742.50.\n\n26. In accordance with the factors enumerated in section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount requested is fair and reasonable given (a) the complexity of these Chapter 11 Cases, (b) the time expended, (c) the nature and extent of the services rendered, (d) the value of such services, and (e) the cost of comparable services other than in a case under this title.\n\n27. This is P&C's first interim application. P&C has received no payment and no promises for payment from any source for services rendered or to be rendered in any capacity whatsoever in connection with these cases, and there is no agreement or understanding between P&C and any other person, other than members of P&C, for the sharing of compensation to be received for services rendered in these cases. No prior application has been made to this or any other Court for this Fee Period or for the allowance of fees and disbursements sought herein.\n\nThis Application covers the period of March 29, 2022 through April 30, 2023. P&C has and will continue to perform additional necessary services subsequent to April 30, 2023, for which P&C will file subsequent fee applications.\n\n28. Annexed hereto as Exhibit \"B\", and made part hereof, is a Certification of Irve J. Goldman, Esq, a member of P&C, submitted pursuant to section 504 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, P&C respectfully requests the Court enter an order, substantially in the form attached hereto, providing: (a) that an interim allowance be made to P&C for the period from March 29, 2022 through April 30, 2023 in the amount of (i) \\$504,742.50 as compensation for necessary professional services rendered, and (ii) \\$709.53 for actual and necessary expenses incurred, for a total of \\$505,451.53; (b) that the Trustee be authorized and directed to pay P&C the outstanding amount of such sums; and (c) for such other and further relief as may be just and proper.\n\nDated: Bridgeport, Connecticut June 20, 2023 Respectfully submitted,\n\n# **PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC**\n\n*/s/Irve J. Goldman* Irve J. Goldman, Esq. (ct02404) 850 Main Street, 8th Floor P.O. Box 7006 Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006 Telephone: (203) 330-2213 Facsimile: (203) 576-8888 E-mail: [jgoldman@pullman.com](mailto:jgoldman@pullman.com)\n\n*Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors*","body_zh":"美国破产法院\n\n康涅狄格州联邦地区\n布里奇波特分院\n\n关于\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：第11章\n\n：案号：22-50073\n(JAM)\n债务人。1：合并管理\n\n________________________________________________：：\n费用申请封面\n首次\n中期/最终\n费用申请人：Pullman & Comley, LLC（普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司）\n期间：\n自：\nMarch 29, 2022\n至：\nApril 30, 2023\n破产申请提交日期：February 15, 2022\n受聘命令作出日期：April 29, 2022，自 March 29, 2022 起生效\n请求金额 减免\n费用：$504,742.50__ 自愿费用减免：\n$0\n开支：$709.53_____ 开支：$0\n合计：$505,452.03__\n预付款请求： 开支明细：\n已收预付款\n__N/A___ 已收预付款 ___N/A_______\n已适用先前裁定金额 __N/A___ 已适用先前裁定金额\n___N/A_______\n本次请求前余额 __N/A___ 本次请求前余额 ___N/A_______\n每页复制费用及总额___N/A_______\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（吉尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation（吉尼弗控股公司）。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 Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）财产的受托人（仅用于通知和通信目的）。\n\n各专业人员的工时及费率：\n\n工时 487.9 费率 $565/$580＊ Irve J. Goldman（欧文·J·戈德曼）\n\n工时 420.5 费率 $425/$440＊ Jonathan A. Kaplan（乔纳森·A·卡普兰）\n\n工时 14.8 费率 $435 Steven J. Stafstrom（史蒂文·J·斯塔夫斯特罗姆）\n\n工时 67.5 费率 $575 Kristin B. Mayhew（克里斯汀·B·梅休）\n\n工时 2.4 费率 $300 Cynthia R. Arndt（辛西娅·R·阿恩特）\n\n工时 .4 费率 $590 David P. Atkins（大卫·P·阿特金斯）\n\n工时 2.0 费率 $285 Boris Greenspun（鲍里斯·格林斯彭）\n\n工时 .8 费率 $510 Marcy Tench Stoval（玛茜·滕奇·斯托瓦尔）\n\n＊费率自 November 1, 2022 起调整。\n美国破产法院 康涅狄格州联邦地区 布里奇波特分院\n\n关于 ：第11章\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：案号：22-50073\n债务人。 ：\n\n________________________________________________：\n\n普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司作为无担保债权人官方委员会的康涅狄格州法律顾问，就 March 29, 2022 至 April 30, 2019 期间已提供服务的报酬及已发生开支的偿还提出的首次中期申请\n\n申请人\n名称：Pullman & Comley, LLC（普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司）\n\n获授权向下列主体提供\n专业服务：无担保债权人\n官方委员会\n受聘日期：April 29, 2022\n自\nMarch 29, 2022\n起生效\n请求报酬及\n偿还的期间：March 29, 2022\n至\nApril 30, 2022\n请求作为实际、\n合理及必要报酬的\n金额：$504,742.50________\n请求作为实际、合理\n及\n必要开支偿还的\n金额：$709.53________\n自愿减免：$0.00\n\n本申请为：中期 最终申请\n先前申请历史\n\n请求 每月\n报表 证明\n\n申请 提交日期 涵盖\n期间 费用\n100% 开支 费用\n80% 开支 无异议证明/\n已签署命令\n\n自 MARCH 29, 2022 至 APRIL 30, 2022 提供服务的专业人员及辅助专业人员摘要\n\n计时人员姓名 获准\n执业年份 职称/部门 工作\n工时 费率 计费金额\n\n阿恩特，辛西娅·R. N/A 律师助理 2.4 $300 $720.00\n\n阿特金斯，大卫·P. 1984 合伙人/诉讼 .4 $590 $236.00\n\n戈德曼，欧文·J. 1989 合伙人/诉讼\n及破产 487.9 $565/$580＊ $275,795.00\n\n格林斯彭，鲍里斯 N/A 律师助理 2.0 $285 $570.00\n\n卡普兰，乔纳森·A. 2005 合伙人/诉讼\n及破产 420.5 $425/$450＊ $180,635.50\n\n梅休，克里斯汀·B. 1999 合伙人/诉讼\n及破产 67.50 $575 $38,812.00\n\n斯塔夫斯特罗姆，史蒂文·J. 2008 合伙人/诉讼 14.8 $435 $6,438.00\n\n滕奇·斯托瓦尔，玛茜 1993 法律顾问/诉讼 .8 $510 $408.00\n\n全体计时人员合计 $504,742.50\n\n律师综合费率 $473.77\n\n＊费率自 November 1, 2022 起调整。\n自 MARCH 29, 2022 至 APRIL 30, 2022 期间按项目类别列示的报酬摘要\n\n任务\n编号 任务说明 工时 总额\n\n1 案件管理 570.8 285,370.50\n\n2 与债权人的会议及\n沟通 7.9 4,253.50\n\n3 费用/聘用申请 70.5 37,172.50\n\n4 债务人持有资产融资 37.9 19,635.50\n\n5 资产分析与追回 156.2 79,901.00\n\n6 PAX 要求驳回或任命受托人的\n动议 150.5 77,024.50\n\n7 计划及披露\n声明 2.4 1,300.00\n\n本报表所列已提供服务费用合计 $504,742.50\n自 MARCH 29, 2022 至 APRIL 30, 2022 期间开支摘要\n\n特快邮件 $140.25\n\n外部电话费用 16.29\n\n差旅及相关开支 513.74\n\n商务午餐 8.00\n\n良好存续证明 31.25\n\n支出总额 $709.53\n美国破产法院 康涅狄格州联邦地区 布里奇波特分院\n\n债务人。1\n\n_________________________________________________________________\n\n_________________________________________________________________：\n\n关于：第11章 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：案号：22-50073\n\n普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司作为无担保债权人官方委员会法律顾问，就 March 29, 2022 至 April 30, 2023 期间已提供服务的报酬及已发生开支的偿还提出的首次中期申请\n\n根据 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 和 331、《联邦破产程序规则》第 2016(a) 条、当地破产规则 2016-1，Pullman & Comley, LLC（“P&C”）作为在债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）第11章案件中获任命的无担保债权人官方委员会（“委员会”）的法律顾问，就 March 29, 2022 至 April 30, 2023 期间（“费用期间”）提出其首次中期申请（“本申请”），请求准许报酬及偿还开支。P&C 通过本申请请求中期准许 $504,742.00 的报酬及 $709.53 的开支偿还。为支持本申请，P&C 谨陈述如下：\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（吉尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation（吉尼弗控股公司）。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 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）财产的受托人（仅用于通知和通信目的）。\n\n背景\n\n1. 于 February 15, 2022（“申请日”），债务人在 United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（康涅狄格州联邦地区美国破产法院）根据《美国法典》第11编（“破产法典”）第11章提交了自愿破产救济申请，由此启动本第11章案件（“第11章案件”）。\n\n2. 债务人根据第 1101(1) 条及第 1106(a) 条一直作为占有中的债务人，直至 United States trustee（“UST”，美国受托人）于 July 7, 2022 任命第11章受托人 Luc A. Despins（“受托人”），并于 July 8, 2022 获法院批准为止。\n\n3. 于 March 21, 2022，UST 根据破产法典第 1102(a)(1) 条任命了委员会。\n\n4. 委员会获任命后不久，选定 P&C 担任其法律顾问，并于 April 5, 2022 提交了申请聘用 Pullman & Comley, LLC 作为无担保债权人官方委员会法律顾问的申请。\n\n5. 于 April 29, 2022，法院作出《授权聘任及雇用普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司作为无担保债权人官方委员会法律顾问的命令》，该命令自 March 29, 2022 起生效（“受聘命令”）。受聘命令授权 P&C 按照 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 和 331、《联邦破产程序规则》、本法院规则以及本法院就专业人员报酬作出的任何命令所规定的程序取得报酬。\n\n6. P&C 通过本申请，请求准许其在费用期间为委员会并代表委员会提供的专业服务之报酬。P&C 在费用期间提供服务的详细说明，以 P&C 的月度发票形式附于本申请后作为附件“A”；该等发票亦载明其就提供 P&C 服务而发生的支出。\n\n- 2 -\n\n简要案件经过\n\n7. 债务人在其被命令向 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P.（“PAX”，太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金，L.P.）支付 $134,000,000 藐视法庭罚款（“藐视法庭命令”）的期限届满前一日，启动了第11章案件。该命令作于 PAX v. Kwok, Index No. 652077/2017 一案，该案正在 New York Supreme Court（纽约州最高法院）（“纽约诉讼”）审理。\n\n8. 鉴于 PAX 与债务人之间长期且充满敌意的诉讼历史，PAX 于 March 1, 2022 迅速提出动议，请求解除自动中止，以返回纽约诉讼执行藐视法庭命令（“PAX 解除中止动议”）。\n\n9. 于 March 19, 2022，UST 提交了请求作出命令指示任命审查员的动议，或备选地，请求作出命令指示任命第11章受托人的动议（“UST 1104 动议”）。\n\n10. 于 April 6, 2022，PAX 提交了请求驳回第11章案件的动议，或备选地，部分加入美国受托人请求作出命令指示任命第11章受托人的动议（“PAX 驳回动议”）。\n\n11. 在 UST 1104 动议和 PAX 驳回动议尚待裁决期间，PAX 解除中止动议通过于 April 29, 2022 作出的《强制 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（HK International Funds Investments（美国）有限责任公司）转运并交付该游艇“Lady May”的协议命令》获得解决。此后，第11章案件的重点转向应否予以驳回——这是 PAX 驳回动议所请求的主要救济形式——或转换程序，或者是否应任命第11章受托人。委员会是反对 PAX 驳回动议的主要当事方，该动议原定于 May 25, 2022 进行证据听证。\n\n12. 在与 PAX 驳回动议有关的审前程序进行之前及期间，各方当事人和法院审理了债务人提出并由委员会或其他利害关系方全部或部分反对的若干早期案件动议，包括：(i) 聘用 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所）作为债务人法律顾问、Verdolino & Lowey, P.C.（维尔多利诺与洛伊专业公司）作为债务人财务顾问以及 Stretto, Inc.（斯特雷托公司）作为其债权及通知代理人的申请（均于 March 16, 2022 提交）；(ii) 债务人于 March 22, 2022 提交的请求作出命令以授权：(I) 聘用并支付在正常经营过程中使用的专业人员；(II) 支付申请前债权；及 (III) 授予相关救济的动议（“OCP 动议”）；以及 (iii) 债务人于 March 22, 2022 提交的请求作出中期及最终债务人持有资产融资命令的动议，以：(I) 授权债务人取得无担保、次级申请后融资；(II) 安排中期及最终听证；及 (III) 授予相关救济（“DIP 动议”）。该动议拟向财产提供一笔 $8 million 的无担保、次级贷款，其中 $4 million 将专门用于支付委员会和/或为调查债务人资产及财务事项而进行调查的审查员的专业费用。\n\n12. 尽管委员会能够就拟议的 DIP 贷款人与 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.（Golden Spring）进一步协商取得让步，包括尽管其拟议融资仍保留针对 Golden Spring 的另我人格索赔，但法院对拟议贷款存有保留意见，并正逐步推进，要求各方就更明确的期间提交费用预算，并将 DIP 动议及其他事项（包括聘用 Brown Rudnick（布朗·鲁德尼克律师事务所）和 Verdolino & Lowey（韦尔多利诺与洛伊律师事务所）的申请）的听证会排期至 April 27, 2022。在该听证会上，DIP 动议被延期至 May 4, 2022 审理，此后法院将该事项留待裁决。\n\n13. 然而，在 May 11, 2022，即法院尚未来得及就 DIP 动议作出裁决之前，债务人提交了同意驳回 Chapter 11 案件的文件以及撤回 DIP 动议的通知。\n\n14. 委员会强烈反对 PAX 的驳回动议；在各方进行了大量书面陈述、交换审判证物及其他审前程序后，该动议于 May 25, 2022 进行了证据听证。June 15, 2022，法院作出《驳回无偏见驳回动议并准许加入任命 Chapter 11 受托人动议的裁决备忘录及命令》。\n\n13. July 7, 2022，UST 任命受托人为债务人财产的 chapter 11 受托人，其任命于 July 8, 2022 获法院批准。\n\n14. 债务人几乎立即提起诉讼，提交了反对任命受托人的异议、请求解除任命受托人命令的动议，以及反对受托人申请聘用其所在律师事务所 Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所）担任其律师的异议。债务人为罢免受托人2并阻止其聘用律师所作的一切尝试，均被法院于 August 2, 2022 登记的命令驳回。\n\n15. 自受托人获任命以来，委员会在 Chapter 11 案件的管理中一直发挥支持性作用，在必要时就 Chapter 11 案件的管理与受托人协商，11 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1)，并发挥“监督者”职能。参见，例如，In re Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., 414 B.R. 389, 400 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2009)（承认“债权人委员会经常发挥‘监督者’职能”）。\n按项目类别汇总的服务\n\n16. P&C 在费用期间提供的服务详列于附件“A”，并按项目类别汇总如下：\n\n2 债务人后来于 December 30, 2022 提交了罢免受托人的动议，该动议遭到委员会以及当然也遭到受托人的反对，并于 April 5, 2023 由债务人撤回。\n\nA. 案件管理：费用：\\$285,455.00 小时：570.80\n\n17. 委员会在本项目类别中提供的众多服务包括：(i) 在整个 Chapter 11 案件期间召开首次及后续委员会会议，以讨论案件问题和策略，并以其他方式与委员会沟通，使其了解案件进展；(ii) 起草委员会章程；(iii) 审阅和分析债务人的清单和陈述，并出席首次及续行的第 341 条会议；(iii) 出席 Yvette Wang（伊薇特·王）的证言录取并提出问题；(iv) 审阅本文件第 ¶11 段所列明的债务人案件初期动议，并针对该等动议编制和提交异议或立场陈述；(v) 为 April 13, 2023 就 PAX 的解除自动停止动议、UST 1104 动议以及债务人的其他动议和申请举行的首次听证作准备并出席该听证；(vi) 就延长依据第 523(c) 条提交不可免责申诉的期限协商并最终确定一项协议；(vii) 面谈并考量 chapter 11 受托人的潜在候选人；(viii) 定期与 PAX 和债务人的律师进行讨论，并持续与委员会沟通 Chapter 11 案件可能的全面解决方案；并就此对 Chapter 11 案件中的无担保债权池进行研究，且从债权人律师及其他来源取得相关信息；(ix) 审阅债务人根据规则 9024 提出的请求重新考虑任命受托人的动议（“9024 动议”），进行研究并准备对此的异议；(x) 审阅并准备回应 Brown Rudnick 撤回代理动议的文件；(xi) 审阅受托人提出的《确认 Chapter 11 受托人持有债务人在其控制实体中的全部经济权利和公司治理权利；授权 Chapter 11 受托人代表财产在任何外国行事；并给予相关救济的命令动议》（“公司权利动议”）及债务人对此的异议；(xii) 为 August 1, 2022 就上述 (ix)、(x) 和 (xi) 所列事项举行的听证作准备并出席该等听证；(xiii) 为受托人公司权利动议的续行听证，以及债务人就其规则 9024 动议被驳回而提出的上诉待决期间中止执行动议的听证作准备并出席该等听证；(xiv) 审阅并就公司权利动议的相互竞争命令提供意见；(xv) 考虑并与受托人律师讨论针对被认为与债务人有关联的非债务人的证券欺诈诉讼所申请的第 105(a) 条禁令；(xvi) 审阅并就 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（HK USA）提出的《关于为 Lady May 设立维修准备金的命令动议》（“维修准备金动议”）及 PAX 对该动议的异议，与律师进行讨论和协商，准备委员会加入 PAX 异议的文件，出席维修准备金动议的状态会议，并与 PAX 及 HK USA 的律师讨论，以达成解决维修准备金动议的同意命令；(xvii) 审阅并支持受托人提出的《关于控制特权于任命时转移给受托人及给予相关救济的命令动议》（“特权动议”），考虑并就特权动议所提交的相互竞争命令发表意见，并出席解决该等相互竞争命令的听证；(xviii) 审阅 Chapter 11 受托人提出的《关于因债务人未遵守公司治理权利命令而认定债务人民事藐视法庭的命令动议》、受托人请求授权 Brown Rudnick 和 Verdolino & Lowey 提供材料的动议、受托人针对 Bravo Luck Limited（布拉沃·拉克有限公司）和 Qiang Guo（郭强）提起的对抗程序，以确定 Sherry Netherland（谢里·内瑟兰）公寓为财产并请求相关救济，以及受托人为预期 Genever Holdings LLC（杰尼弗控股有限责任公司）的 Chapter 11 案件将移送本院而提出的联合管理动议，并出席关于该等动议的听证；(xix) 审阅受托人请求强制债务人、HK USA 及其他相关个人和实体遵守规则 2004 传票的动议，并出席相关听证；(xx) 审阅受托人的禁止令动议，提供意见并出席该动议的听证；(xxi) 审阅在为禁止债务人对受托人、其律师事务所、PAX 及其律师事务所和若干律师进行骚扰的活动而启动的禁令程序中提交的文件，并出席所举行的听证，以及审阅并出席 PAX 和受托人提出的相关藐视法庭及请求强制遵守法院初步禁令的动议和申请的听证；(xxii) 审阅并就 HK 修改维修准备金的动议与涉案各方律师进行讨论；(xxiii) 审阅、进行法律研究并准备针对债务人罢免受托人动议的异议；(xxiv) 为 Tancredi 法官（坦克雷迪法官）主持的调解会议作准备、就此与委员会沟通并参加该等调解会议；(xxv) 与受托人最终确定共同利益协议；(xxvi) 出席关于 Epiq（埃皮克）继续担任债权代理人的程序；(xxvii) 审阅动议及其他文件，并出席 March 7, 2023 就重要案件管理事项举行的听证；(xxviii) 审阅 SEC 对债务人提出的申诉以及针对债务人的联邦起诉书；(xxix) 审阅受托人请求聘用 Yachtzoo（游艇动物园）的船员、订立码头及保险协议并为此从维修准备金中支出款项的动议，审阅受托人聘用游艇经纪人并将 Lady May 移至 Newport, RI 的申请，并出席相关听证。\n\nB. 与债权人的沟通3 费用：\\$4,253.50 小时：7.90\n\n18. 本项目类别内的服务包括：与委员会成员及其他债权人就案件问题、策略及债权人债权进行电话会议，以及与委员会通过电子邮件沟通和举行 Zoom 会议，内容涉及听证结果、受托人的任命及遴选程序、Lady May 的状况，以及就 Chapter 11 案件达成全面和解的尝试。\n\nC. 费用及聘用申请 费用：\\$37,172.50 小时：70.50\n\n3 包含与债权人及委员会沟通的大部分工时记录，均载于案件管理项目类别内。\n\n19. 本项目类别内的服务包括：(i) 识别并面谈委员会拟聘专业人士；(ii) 编制委员会聘用专业人士的聘用申请，该等专业人士包括担任律师的 P&C、担任财务顾问的 Dundon Advisors（邓登顾问公司）以及担任特别欺诈调查员的 Gregory Coleman（格雷戈里·科尔曼），处理 UST 指出的 P&C 潜在利益冲突及其他聘用问题并予以解决，以及出席有关申请的听证；(iii) 准备对 Brown Rudnick 的聘用申请、OCP 动议以及债务人聘用债权代理人的申请提出异议，并出席就被提出异议的申请和动议举行的听证；(iii) 在 O'Melveny & Myers（奥美律师事务所）的办公室出席对 Verdolino and Lowey 的 Craig Jalbert（克雷格·贾尔伯特）的证言录取，并在该证言录取中提出问题；以及 (iv) 审阅并处理债务人的临时报酬程序动议。\n\nD. DIP 动议 费用：\\$19,635.50 小时：37.90\n\n20. 本项目类别内的服务包括：(i) 审阅 DIP 动议，识别可提出异议的条款并起草对 DIP 动议的异议；(ii) 审阅债务人对委员会异议及对 DIP 动议的其他异议所作的回应；(iii) 审阅 DIP 动议听证的听证证物，并为 April 27, 2022 的首次听证作准备；(iv) 为 DIP 动议的争议性听证作准备，与债务人律师及 Golden Spring 律师进行和解谈判并拟定一项临时 DIP 命令，以及出席 May 4, 2022 就 DIP 动议举行的听证。听证后不久，即 May 11, 2022，债务人撤回了 DIP 动议，并同意驳回 Chapter 11 案件。\n\nE. 资产分析和追偿 费用：\\$79,901.00 小时：156.20\n\n21. 本项目类别内的服务包括：(i) 审阅篇幅广泛的 PAX 解除自动停止动议，并准备委员会就该动议提交的立场陈述，其中包括\n\n就Ostrager法官（奥斯特拉格法官）在New York Action（纽约诉讼）中关于Lady May（Lady May号游艇）所有权所作认定涉及的排除效力及Rooker-Feldman doctrine（鲁克-费尔德曼原则）进行法律依据检索和援引；(ii) 与HK USA（HK USA公司）和PAX（PAX公司）的律师就将Lady May交付至Connecticut（康涅狄格州）通航水域的同意命令以及与US Bank（美国合众银行）相关的托管协议进行讨论，并就条款达成一致；(iii) 起草针对被认为知悉债务人资产或持有债务人资产的个人及实体的Rule 2004动议和文件请求，包括Golden Spring（Golden Spring公司）、Lamp Capital（Lamp Capital公司）、HK USA、Mei Guo（Mei Guo）、Greenwich Land（Greenwich Land公司）、债务人的配偶及Gettr（Gettr公司）；(iv) 调查债务人参与州法院及联邦法院诉讼的情况，以及其与债务人用于筹集资金的各类组织之间的关联及联系；(v) 接收并审阅HK USA和Mei Guo提交的文件；(vi) 与HK USA、PAX的律师以及受托人及其律师进行讨论及其他沟通，涉及为Lady May设立维修准备金，并就相关同意命令的条款达成一致；(vii) 审阅受托人就HK USA提起的、寻求就Lady May所有权获得宣告性救济的对抗程序（“Lady May对抗程序”）所提交的答辩及反诉，并出席Lady May对抗程序中举行的状态会议和听证会；(viii) 审阅HK USA关于修改维修准备金以支付Lady May运营和维护费用的动议，并与HK USA、受托人及PAX的律师就此拟定一项合意命令；(ix) 审阅并就受托人延长出售债务人Sherry Netherland（Sherry Netherland公寓）公寓出售程序的动议提供意见；(x) 审阅并出席关于受托人请求作出即决判决、宣告Lady May属于破产财产的动议的听证会；(xi) 审议并取得委员会对受托人就Lady May订立游艇维护协议及相关协议（包括聘请游艇经纪人）的动议的立场，并审议及拟定一项同意命令，以进行并支付Lady May阀门维修服务费用；(xii) 审阅受托人就其请求作出即决判决、宣告HK USA为债务人的另一个自我且其资产属于破产财产的动议所提交的文件及反对文件，并出席该动议的口头辩论；以及(xiii) 审阅并出席关于受托人将Lady May迁往Newport, RI的动议、批准与Clark Hill（克拉克·希尔律师事务所）和解以解决债务人过失执业诉讼的动议，以及受托人针对债务人、HK USA和Mei Guo因未遵守Rule 2004传票而提出的藐视法庭动议的听证会。\n\nF. PAX提出的驳回动议或指定第11章受托人的动议 费用：$77,024.50 工时：150.50\n\n22. 本项目类别中的服务旨在确定第11章案件的命运，即该案件是否将按PAX的请求被驳回、转换为第7章案件，或者第11章案件是否将通过指定第11章受托人而得以保留。概言之，P&C（Pullman & Comley, LLC）在本项目类别中的服务包括：审阅PAX驳回动议及其中援引的案例；进行法律研究以支持委员会的反对立场；准备对PAX驳回动议的反对备忘录；进行书面证据开示并出席证言录取；为PAX驳回动议听证会准备证人和证据清单，并审阅PAX的证人和证据清单；就驳回、转换或指定第11章受托人的替代方案准备补充法律备忘录；准备并出席2022年5月25日关于PAX驳回动议的听证会；以及审阅法院于2022年6月15日发布的决定备忘录。\n\nG. 重整计划和披露声明 费用：$1,300.00 工时：2.40\n\n23. 本项目类别中的服务包括审阅债务人拟议重整计划中所识别问题并准备其纲要。\n\n支出\n\n24. 在费用期间，P&C就向委员会提供法律服务产生了金额为$709.53的合理且必要的实付费用。这些支出包括必要的立案费，并且为在本案中有效提供法律服务所必需。\n\n服务估值及所请求的救济\n\n25. 在下文详述的费用期间，P&C聘用的律师和辅助专业人员就本事项共投入996.3小时。该等人员所完成工作的性质，已在随附的附件“A”中详尽列明。上述小时费率为提供服务时P&C就此类工作适用的现行小时费率。P&C在费用期间作为委员会律师所提供服务的合理价值为$504,742.50。\n\n26. 根据《破产法典》第330条所列因素，鉴于(a)该等第11章案件的复杂性，(b)所投入的时间，(c)所提供服务的性质和范围，(d)该等服务的价值，以及(e)除本编项下案件以外可比服务的成本，所请求的金额公平且合理。\n\n27. 这是P&C的首次中期申请。P&C未曾就本案已提供或将以任何身份提供的服务，从任何来源收取任何付款或获得任何付款承诺；除P&C成员外，P&C与任何其他人之间不存在关于分享本案所提供服务应收报酬的协议或谅解。此前未曾就本费用期间或就本申请请求核准的费用及支出，向本法院或任何其他法院提出申请。\n\n本申请涵盖2022年3月29日至2023年4月30日期间。P&C在2023年4月30日后已经并将继续提供其他必要服务，P&C将就该等服务提交后续费用申请。\n\n28. 随附并构成本申请一部分的附件“B”为P&C成员Irve J. Goldman, Esq（欧文·J·戈德曼律师）根据《破产法典》第504条提交的证明书。\n\n因此，P&C谨请求法院作出一项与随附文本实质相同的命令，规定：(a) 就2022年3月29日至2023年4月30日期间，向P&C作出中期核准，包括(i) 就已提供的必要专业服务支付$504,742.50作为报酬，以及(ii) 支付已发生的实际且必要费用$709.53，合计$505,451.53；(b) 授权并指示受托人向P&C支付该等款项的未付金额；以及(c) 法院认为公正和适当的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：Bridgeport, Connecticut（康涅狄格州布里奇波特） June 20, 2023 谨此提交，\nPULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC（普尔曼与科姆利律师事务所）\n\n/s/Irve J. Goldman\nIrve J. Goldman, Esq. (ct02404)\n850 Main Street, 8th Floor\nP.O. Box 7006\nBridgeport, CT 06601-7006\n电话：(203) 330-2213\n传真：(203) 576-8888\n电子邮箱：[jgoldman@pullman.com]\n\n无担保债权人正式委员会律师","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Paul Hastings","CIPA","Miles Guo","GETTR"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":5107,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 19:14:25"}