{"id":"court_ctb_1924_1","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1924,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"RESPONSE","filed_date":"2023-06-22","title":"EXHIBIT A IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# EXHIBIT A\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 1924-1 Filed 06/22/23 Entered 06/22/23 10:58:36 Page 2 of\n\n**IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\n#### 21\n\n# HO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,\n\nDebtors.\n\nIn re:\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n# **G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC'S FIRST AMENDED RESPONSES AND OBJECTIONS TO SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS**\n\nPursuant to Rules 26, 34 and 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, made applicable here by Rules 7026, 7034 and 9016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and pursuant to the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure for the District of Connecticut (the \"**Local Rules**\"), non-party G Club Operations LLC (\"**G Club**\") hereby responds and objects to the Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination of G Club (the \"**Subpoena**\") and Requests for Production of Documents (the \"**Requests**\") issued by Luc Despins, in his capacity as chapter 11 trustee of the abovecaptioned Debtors' estate (the \"**Trustee**\"). These responses and objections are an amendment to G Club's initial Responses and Objections to Subpoena to Produce Documents timely served on January 9, 2023. As discovery in this matter is ongoing, G Club reserves the right to further amend, change or supplement its responses. G Club is willing and prepared to meet and confer with the Trustee in an effort to narrow or eliminate these objections.\n\n# **G CLUB'S GENERAL OBJECTIONS AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS**\n\nG Club hereby asserts the following General Objections on Scope or Form and Reservation of Rights (\"**General Objections**\") to the Trustee's Requests, which are incorporated in and made a part of each specific response set forth below. The assertion of the same, similar, or additional objections in the specific response to these Requests does not waive, limit or modify any of G Club's General Objections. G Club has undertaken good-faith and reasonable efforts to explain the specific factual or legal reasoning for each General Objection and is willing to meet and confer to discuss them.\n\n1. G Clubs objects to each Request as overbroad, not proportional, unduly burdensome, oppressive, vague and ambiguous, because each Request assumes relation or affiliation with the Debtor and more than 60 identified and unidentified entities with *non-party* G Club. All the Requests seek documents or information that are not proportional to the needs of the case, at least in part, because the documents or information should be available from others, including entities under the Trustee's control.1 *See* Local Rule 2004-1(a). *See* Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1); (b)(2)(C)(i); (g)(1)(B)(iii); *Tucker v. Am. Int'l Grp., Inc.*, 281 F.R.D. 85, 96 (D. Conn. 2012) (refraining to order broad and costly search because plaintiff failed to show that it \"either cannot obtain – or in fact *has not* obtained – ample discovery on the essential of her claim[s]\" without subpoenaing a third-party); *Breaking Media, Inc. v. Jowers*, Civ. 1:21-mc-00194-KPF, 2021 WL 1299108, at \\*5-6 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 7, 2021) (finding, among other things, that the subpoena was burdensome and respondent failed to establish that it could not reasonably obtain information from other available sources). The Requests further exceed the scope of Rule 2004.\n\n2. G Club further objects to each Request as overbroad, not proportional, unduly burdensome, oppressive, vague and ambiguous, because they request a single non-party to produce, for example, ten years of documents (February 5, 2012 – present) from persons and entities that are vaguely and ubiquitously defined (*see* below objections to definitions). The Trustee includes \"Associated Individuals\" and \"Associated Entities\" (including their affiliates)\n\n<sup>1</sup> Pursuant to the Court's Order, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 363, 521, 541, 1108, and 1505, (A) Confirming that Chapter 11 Trustee Holds all of the Debtor's Economic and Corporate Governance Rights in Debtor-Controlled Entities, (B) Authorizing Chapter 11 Trustee to Act in Any Foreign Country On Behalf Of Estate, (C) Granting Related Relief (Doc. No. 717), the Trustee effectively controls the entities or individuals which presumably would have documents responsive to the Requests.\n\n# Case 22-50073 Doc 1924-1 Filed 06/22/23 Entered 06/22/23 10:58:36 Page 4 of 21\n\nwithin the definitions of the \"Debtor's Son,\" \"Debtor's Daughter,\" \"Debtor's Purported Wife,\" and \"Debtor's Family,\" which includes but is not limited to their alleged respective employees, agents, counsel, advisors, or \"anyone\" acting on their behalf. The breadth of these definitions renders it impossible to know the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the Requests. *See* Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1); (b)(2)(C)(i); Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(1)(B)(iii).\n\n3. G Club objects to each Request that calls for \"all\" documents as unduly burdensome and overbroad because requests for \"all documents\" are inconsistent with G Club's discovery obligations – which are limited by principles of reasonableness and proportionality – and such requests do not align with the mandate of specificity of Rule 34. *See Lutes v. Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA*, Civ. No. 3:10CV1549 (WWE), 2014 WL 718546, at \\*7-8 (D. Conn. Dec. 16, 2014) (\"All documents regarding any warnings, instructions, restrictions, or other limitations related to the hazards of tow line or rope or safe handling or storage issues . . . is overbroad in both substantive and temporal scope . . . .\"); *Grigsby & Assocs., Inc. v. Rice Derivative Holdings, L.P.*, No. 00 Civ. 5056 (RO), 2001 WL 1135620, at \\*4 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2001) (plaintiffs' motion to compel production of documents by non-party denied as subpoena contained \"non-specific, overbroad production requests\").\n\n4. G Club objects to each Request that calls for identification of documents or information subject to or protected by the attorney-client privilege, the work product doctrine, any other applicable privileges or doctrines limiting discovery, and any applicable law or regulations. G Club does not intend to waive any privileges or claims of confidentiality associated with documents or information that are produced in response to the Subpoena. *See In re von Bulow*, 828 F.2d 94, 100 (2d Cir. 1987) (the attorney-client privilege \"belongs solely to the client, and may only be waived by [the client]. . . .\").\n\n# Case 22-50073 Doc 1924-1 Filed 06/22/23 Entered 06/22/23 10:58:36 Page 5 of 21\n\n5. G Club objects to each Request insofar as the Requests require G Club to comply with the Subpoena beyond the geographical limits specified in Rule 45(c)(2).\n\n6. Much of the information sought in the Requests is highly confidential and proprietary and consists of valuable commercial information, trade secrets, or business confidential materials, the disclosure of which would be highly prejudicial to G Club and the value of which cannot be calculated. G Club objects to each Request that seeks documents or information that are protected as trade secrets by applicable law or include proprietary or confidential commercial information. To the extent such documents or information are discoverable, production will be made pursuant to the confidentiality provisions of a Confidentiality or Protective Order applicable to this action and acceptable to G Club. *See Uniroyal Chem. Co. Inc. v. Syngenta Crop. Protection*, 224 F.R.D. 53, 56-58 (D. Conn. 2004) (granting protective order and limiting disclosure of proprietary information to counsel).\n\n7. G Club objects to each Request to the extent it seeks discovery of information that only tangentially implicates the Debtor without regard to relevance and proportionality. G Club further objects to each Request that is inconsistent with or enlarges the scope of permissible discovery under applicable law, including, but not limited to, the proportional scope of discovery mandated by the Federal and Local Rules, and the specificity requirements of Rule 34 and mandates of Rule 45(d)(1), made applicable by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7034 and 9016.\n\n8. G Club objects to each Request to the extent it seeks documents or information not within G Club's possession, custody, or control. *See* Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a)(1)(A)(iii). G Club also objects to each Request that seeks documents or information not kept by G Club in the ordinary course of business. *See* Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(1)(A). G Club has no obligation to create documents or information that do not exist simply for the purposes of discovery. *See, e.g.*, *Boudreau v. Smith*,\n\n# Case 22-50073 Doc 1924-1 Filed 06/22/23 Entered 06/22/23 10:58:36 Page 6 of 21\n\nCase No. 3:17-cv-589 (SRU), 2020 WL 532321, at 3 (D. Conn. Feb. 3, 2020) (finding that court cannot compel \"documents that do not exist.\"); *A & R Body Specialty and Collision Works, Inc. v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co.*, Civ. No. 3:07CV929 (WWE), 2014 WL 5859024, at \\*6 (D. Conn. Nov. 10, 2014) (\"As a general rule, non-parties are not required to create documents that do not exist, simply for the purposes of discovery\") (quoting *Gonzales v. Google, Inc.*, 234 F.R.D. 674, 683 (N.D. Cal. 2006)).\n\n9. Any response to a Request that indicates that non-privileged documents will be produced is in no way to be construed as a representation that such documents exist, that the Request seeks Documents and Communications within the scope of Rule 2004, or as an admission of any legal or factual contention contained in any Request.\n\n10. G Club does not waive or intend to waive, by reason of its Responses and Objections to the Subpoena, its right to:\n\na) revise, amend or supplement these Responses and Objections;\n\nb) object on any ground to the use of documents or information produced in response to the Subpoena for any purpose, in whole or in part, in this or any other proceeding, action, or matter;\n\nc) object on any ground, at any time, to other discovery procedures or the Subpoena;\n\nd) object on the grounds of admissibility of any documents or information produced in response to the Subpoena; and\n\ne) file any appropriate motions with the court.\n\n11. In addition, to the extent that objections are resolved via a meet and confer, G Club will not produce any documents until a protective order is entered into by the parties and so ordered by the Court.\n\n5\n\n# **OBJECTIONS TO DEFINITIONS**\n\nG Club objects to any \"definition\" that attempts to expand or alter its obligations in responding to discovery pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**You**\" or \"**Your**\" or \"**Yourself**\" to the extent that it seeks information beyond G Club.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Debtor**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Debtor' Son**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Debtor's Daughter**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Debtor's Purported Wife**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Debtor's Family**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Associated Individuals**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Associated Entities**\" because it is vague, overbroad, unduly burdensome, and that it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definition, including affiliates of the Associated Entities because, among other things, the definition includes vague and ubiquitous qualifiers.\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Regarding**\" because it is vague, overbroad and ambiguous as to the terms \"supporting, favoring, opposing, bolstering, detracting from, located in, considered in connection with . . . .\"\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Communication(s)**\" because it is vague, overbroad and ambiguous as to the phrase \"internally or with third parties.\"\n\nG Club objects to the definition \"**Asset(s)**\" because it is vague, overbroad and ambiguous as to the phrase \"any item that can be used to produce positive economic value.\"\n\n#### **OBJECTIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS**\n\nG Club objects to any \"instruction\" that attempts to expand or alter its obligations in responding to discovery pursuant to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 2** as overbroad, disproportionate and burdensome insofar as it seeks all documents in its \"possession, custody, or control\" or \"in the possession, custody, or control of anyone acting on [G Club's] behalf including [G Club's] counsel or other representatives and advisors,\" and \"[e]ach Document shall be produced in its entirety.\" G Club will only produce, once objections are resolved, either by agreement or a final court order, nonprivileged documents in its possession, custody, or control that can be located after a good faith and reasonable search and with reasonable diligence.\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 6** as overbroad, disproportionate and burdensome insofar as it seeks information beyond that required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Local Rules, and because it is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence about documents that are no longer within G Club's custody and control.\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 8** as overbroad, disproportionate and burdensome insofar as it seeks to impose on G Club obligations to identify \"each Person who received or saw the original or any draft, copy, or reproduction of the [privileged information]\" and \"whether [the privileged information] itself, or any information contained or referred to in the [privileged information] is in the possession, custody, or control of any other Persons, and if so, the identity of such Persons, as well as a statement addressing how the information came into their possession.\"\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 10** as incomplete, disproportionate and overbroad insofar as it seeks supplemental information beyond that required by Rule 26(e) and the Local Rules.\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 12** as overbroad, disproportionate and burdensome insofar as \"all references to Entities includes all affiliates thereof\" when it is not possible to know all of the entities and affiliates that the Trustee purports to include within the term \"Entities.\"\n\nG Club objects to **Instruction No. 14** as overbroad, disproportionate and burdensome insofar as it seeks information from February 5, 2012 to present, in excess of ten years with no effort to tailor the Requests to be proportional in nature.\n\n**OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES TO REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION REQUEST NO. 1:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any income or Asset of the Debtor, the Debtor's estate, or an Associated Entity.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 1:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 1 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, Objections to Definitions and Objections to Instructions (collectively, the \"**Overarching Objections**\"), which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects that the term \"Associated Entity,\" which refers to G Club itself, among other entities, is overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects on the grounds that, upon information and belief, there are ongoing, unresolved disputes regarding what constitutes Assets of the Debtor's estate, and thus the request is vague, insufficiently defined or circumscribed, disproportionate and unduly burdensome requiring G Club to guess whether documents are responsive.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents regarding any income paid to, or an Asset of the Debtor.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 2:**\n\nAll Documents related to the Debtor's financial condition and obligations to his creditors, including without limitation all Documents related to any effort to avoid paying such obligations and All Documents related to this or any other actual or potential bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 2:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 2 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 2 because it is vague and ambiguous as to the phrases \"All Documents related to the Debtor's . . . obligations to his creditors\"; \"any efforts to avoid paying such obligations\"; \"the Debtor's financial condition\"; and \"any other actual or potential bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding.\"\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 2, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 2.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 3:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any balance sheet, bank statement, account statement, financial statement, statement of account, wire transfer instructions and/or confirmation, proof of funds, certificate of deposit, certificate of holdings, investment portfolio summary, or similar document relating to the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, an Associated Entity, or an Associated Individual, including without limitation all Documents sufficient to show all Transfers to any of the foregoing.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 3:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 3 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 3 because it is vague and ambiguous to the extent it seeks \"all Documents sufficient to show all Transfers to any of the foregoing.\" G Club further objects to Request No. 3 insofar as it seeks information that is publicly available. G Club further objects that the terms \"Associated Individual\" and \"Associated Entity,\" which refers to G Club itself, among other entities, are overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce any balance sheet, bank statement, account statement, financial statement, statement of account, wire transfer instructions and/or confirmation, proof of funds, certificate of deposit, certificate of holdings, investment portfolio summary, or similar document showing a Transfer relating to the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, or the Debtor's Family.\n\n21\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 4:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any investment, business dealing or transactions made by, with, or on behalf of the Debtor.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 4:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 4 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. Subject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 4.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 5:**\n\nAll Communications with the Debtor, and Documents related to Communications with the Debtor, related to the operation, management, or decision-making of any Entity, including without limitation the Associated Entities.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 5:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 5 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects that the term \"Associated Entity,\" which refers to G Club itself, among other entities, is overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all communications with the Debtor and documents related to communications with the Debtor.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 6:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any Transfer, investment, or other transaction or business dealing made to, by, or with the Debtor, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 6:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 6 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 6 as overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 6 because it is duplicative of Request No. 4 to the extent it seeks documents relating to G Club and the Debtor's business dealings and transactions made to, by, or with the Debtor. G Club further objects to Request No. 6 because it is vague and ambiguous as to the meaning of the phrase \"other transaction.\"\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents regarding any Transfer, investment, or other transaction or business dealing made to, by, or with the Debtor or Debtor's Family or an Associated Entity.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 7:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any property ever occupied or used by the Debtor, including without limitation the *Lady May*; the Sherry Netherland Hotel / Condominium; the residential property located in Greenwich, Connecticut at 373 Taconic Rd.; the residential property located in Greenwich, Connecticut at 33 Ferncliff Rd.; and the residential property located in Wilton, Connecticut at 354 Nod Hill Rd.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 7:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 7 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 7 because it is vague and ambiguous as to the phrase \"All Documents regarding any property ever occupied or used by the Debtor.\"\n\n Subject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 7, except for a few documents relating to the *Lady May* which G Club will produce. G Club agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 7.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 8:**\n\nAll Documents related to any investments or trading by the Debtor, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity, in or around July 2020, or at any other time, in crude oil futures or any similar commodity, including without limitation Communications with Jiang Yunfu Be regarding any such investments or trading.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 8:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 8 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. Subject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 8 as G Club was not created until October 2020, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 8.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 9:**\n\nAll Documents related to any aircraft owned, controlled, or used by the Debtor, including without limitation the aircraft bearing tail number T7-GQM and any other aircraft registered in San Marino, including without limitation copies of all registration documents and flight manifests showing flights taken by such aircraft and the individuals onboard such flights.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 9:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 9 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. Subject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 9.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 10:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any gifts, benefits or loans, to, from or on behalf of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or the Associated Entities, including without limitation Documents sufficient to show the amounts of such gifts, benefits, or loans; the purposes for which such gifts, benefits, or loans were used; when the gifts, benefits, or loans were provided; and the terms of any loans, all representations and warranties made in connection with any loans, the interest rate on any loans, and all evidence of payments of any loans.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 10:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 10 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 10 because it is vague, disproportionate, overbroad, and unduly burdensome to the extent that it seeks \"All Documents regarding any gifts, benefits or loans, to, from or on behalf of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or the Associated Entities . . . .\" G Club further objects to Request No. 10 because it is vague and ambiguous as to the meaning of the phrase \"other transaction.\" G Club further objects to Request No. 10 because it is duplicative of Request No. 6.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 10.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 11:**\n\nAll Documents concerning any trust or similar instrument set up by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity, including without limitation Documents sufficient to show when the trust(s) was created, by whom it was created, for whose benefit it was created, and the corpus of the trust.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 11:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 11 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 11 because it is vague, overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome to the extent that it seeks \"All Documents concerning any trust or similar instrument set up by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of the Debtor, the Debtor's Estate, the Debtor's Family, or an Associated Entity . . . .\"\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 11, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 11.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 12:**\n\nAll Documents related to any obligation, claim, liability, or debt associated with any legal dispute involving the Debtor, including but not limited to those relating to any litigation before any local, state, federal, or international body, whether an administrative body, court, panel, or alternative dispute resolution entity.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 12:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 12 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 12 because it is vague, overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome to the extent that it seeks \"All Documents related to any obligation, claim, liability, or debt associated with any legal dispute involving the Debtor . . . [including] any litigation before any local, state, federal, or international body, whether an administrative body, court, panel, or alternative dispute resolution entity.\" G Club further objects to Request No. 12 insofar as it seeks information that is publicly available.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 12, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 12.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 13:**\n\nAll Documents and communications between any of your outside counsel or other advisors and the Debtor.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 13:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 13 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club also objects to Request No. 13 because it is vague, overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 13 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004. G Club further objects to Request No. 13 because it is duplicative of Request No. 5.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club will produce documents responsive to Request No. 13.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 14:**\n\nDocuments sufficient to show all of Your Assets and sources of income or funding.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 14:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 14 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching\n\nObjections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club also objects to Request No. 14 because it is overly broad, vague, disproportionate and ambiguous. G Club also objects to Request No. 14 because it is beyond the scope of a Rule 2004 request to ask all \"[d]ocuments 'sufficient to show all Your [non-party G Club's] Assets and sources of income and funding\"). G Club further objects to Request No. 14 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004. G Club is amenable to meet and confer to narrow this request.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 15:**\n\nFor all Assets identified in response to Request 14 having a value of more than \\$50,000, all (i) Documents related to Your acquisition of such Asset and (ii) Communications with the Debtor or the Debtor's Family regarding such Asset.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 15:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 15 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club also objects to Request No. 15 because it is overly broad, disproportionate, vague, ambiguous, and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 15 to the extent production of \"Asset\" includes the phrase \"any item that can be used to produce positive economic value\" and \"Communications with the Debtor or the Debtor's Family regarding such Asset\" when it is not possible to know all of the persons and entities that the Trustee purports to include within the definitions of \"Debtor\" or \"Debtor's Family.\" G Club further objects to Request No. 15 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club incorporates its response to Request No. 14.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 16:**\n\nCopies of Your tax returns.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 16:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 16 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 16 because it is overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 16 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004. G Club is amenable to meet and confer to narrow this request.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 17:**\n\nDocuments sufficient to show all bank accounts and investment accounts within Your possession or control, including the balances of and transfers to and from each such account.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 17:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 17 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 17 because it is overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 17 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004. G Club is amenable to meet and confer to narrow this request.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 18:**\n\nAll Documents regarding any credit cards used by You, including without limitation monthly statements or other procurements sufficient to show all purchases related thereto for the benefit of the Debtor or an Associated Entity.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 18:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 18 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects that the term \"Associated Entity,\" which refers to G Club itself, among other entities, is overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 18 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 18, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 18.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 19:**\n\nAll corporate governance and organizational Documents, including without limitation bylaws and certificates of incorporation and other Documents sufficient to show Your corporate structure, names of officers and directors, business purpose, and relationship to the Debtor or to any member of the Debtor's Family.\n\n#### **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 19:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 19 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 19 as overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 19 on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous as to the phrase \"other Documents . . . sufficient to show [its] . . . relationship to the Debtor or to any member of the Debtor's Family.\"\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, G Club agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 19.\n\n#### **REQUEST NO. 20:**\n\nAll Documents related to any pledge(s) of Your Assets to any other Entity.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 20:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 20 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein. G Club further objects to Request No. 20 as neither relevant to, nor discoverable in, the Debtor's chapter 11 case. G Club further objects to Request No. 20 as overbroad, disproportionate and unduly burdensome. G Club further objects to Request No. 20 because it is vague and ambiguous as to the meaning of the term \"any pledge(s)\" of its assets to any other entity. G Club further objects to Request No. 20 because it exceeds the scope of Rule 2004.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 20, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 20.\n\n# **REQUEST NO. 21:**\n\nAll Documents related to Transfer(s) you made in January 2015 to Bravo Luck Limited in the approximate amount of \\$520 million.\n\n# **RESPONSE TO REQUEST NO. 21:**\n\nG Club objects to Request No. 20 on each of the grounds stated in its Overarching Objections, which are incorporated by reference herein.\n\nSubject to the foregoing objections, and although its search is still ongoing, G Club does not believe it has possession, custody, or control of documents responsive to Request No. 21, but agrees to produce all documents responsive to Request No. 21. As previously noted, G Club was created in October 2020.\n\nDated: June 21, 2023 New York, New York\n\n> By: */s/ Carolina A. Fornos*  PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP Carolina A. Fornos 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-858-1558 carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com\n\n*Attorney for G Club Operations LLC*\n\n21\n\n# **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on June 21, 2023, I caused a copy of the foregoing to be served via\n\nFirst Class Mail to the addresses listed below. In addition, courtesy copies were sent via email to\n\nthe email addresses listed below.\n\nMr. Patrick R. Linsey Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\nMr. Avram E. Luft Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 aviluft@paulhastings.com\n\nMr. Jonathon Kosciewicz Paul Hastings LLP 71 South Wacker Drive Suite 4500 Chicago, IL 60606 jonathonkosciewicz@paulhastings.com\n\n> */s/Carolina A. Fornos*  Carolina A. Fornos","body_zh":"附件A\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 1924-1 提交日期 06/22/23 录入日期 06/22/23 10:58:36 第 2 页，共\n\n美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。\n\n关于：\n\n第11章\n\n案件编号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n（联合管理）\nG CLUB OPERATIONS LLC（G CLUB运营有限责任公司）对要求出示文件的传票提出的第一次修订答复及异议\n\n根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第26、34和45条（经《联邦破产程序规则》第7026、7034和9016条适用于本案），以及《康涅狄格州破产程序地方法则》（以下简称“地方法则”），非当事人 G Club Operations LLC（以下简称“G Club”）特此就卢克·德斯平斯（Luc Despins）以本案所列债务人财产第11章受托人（以下简称“受托人”）身份发出的对 G Club 进行规则2004审查的传票（以下简称“传票”）及文件出示请求（以下简称“请求”）作出答复并提出异议。本答复及异议系对G Club于 January 9, 2023及时送达的最初《对要求出示文件的传票提出的答复及异议》的修订。由于本案中的证据开示仍在进行中，G Club保留进一步修订、变更或补充其答复的权利。G Club愿意并准备与受托人进行会谈协商，以努力缩小或消除这些异议。\n\nG CLUB的一般异议及权利保留\n\nG Club特此就受托人的请求提出以下关于范围或形式的一般异议及权利保留（以下简称“一般异议”）；该等一般异议被纳入下文所列的每一项具体答复并构成其一部分。在对该等请求的具体答复中提出相同、类似或额外的异议，并不放弃、限制或修改G Club的任何一般异议。G Club已本着诚信并作出合理努力，说明各项一般异议所依据的具体事实或法律理由，并愿意进行会谈协商以讨论该等异议。\n\n1. G Club反对每一项请求，理由是该等请求范围过宽、不符合比例原则、过度负担、苛刻、含糊且模棱两可，因为每一项请求均假定债务人与非当事人G Club之间存在关联或隶属关系，并假定存在超过60个已识别及未识别实体。所有请求均寻求与本案需要不相称的文件或信息，至少部分原因是，该等文件或信息应可从其他人处获得，包括受托人控制下的实体。1 见 Local Rule 2004-1(a)。见 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1); (b)(2)(C)(i); (g)(1)(B)(iii); Tucker v. Am. Int'l Grp., Inc., 281 F.R.D. 85, 96 (D. Conn. 2012)（因原告未能证明其在未向第三方发出传票的情况下“无法获得——或事实上尚未获得——关于其诉求要件的充分证据开示”，故未下令进行范围广泛且成本高昂的检索）；Breaking Media, Inc. v. Jowers, Civ. 1:21-mc-00194-KPF, 2021 WL 1299108, at *5-6 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 7, 2021)（除其他事项外，认定该传票构成负担，且答复方未能证明其无法从其他可用来源合理取得信息）。该等请求还超出了规则2004的范围。\n\n2. G Club进一步反对每一项请求，理由是该等请求范围过宽、不符合比例原则、过度负担、苛刻、含糊且模棱两可，因为该等请求要求单一非当事人出示，例如，来自定义含糊且无所不包的人员和实体的十年文件（February 5, 2012 – present）（见下文对定义的异议）。受托人在“债务人的儿子”、“债务人的女儿”、“债务人所谓的妻子”和“债务人的家庭”的定义中纳入“关联个人”和“关联实体”（包括其关联方）\n\n1 根据法院作出的《根据〈破产法〉第363、521、541、1108和1505条作出的命令：（A）确认第11章受托人持有债务人控制实体中债务人的全部经济及公司治理权利；（B）授权第11章受托人代表财产在任何外国行事；（C）给予相关救济》（Doc. No. 717），受托人实际上控制了推定将持有对请求作出回应的文件的实体或个人。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 1924-1 提交日期 06/22/23 录入日期 06/22/23 10:58:36 第 4 页，共 21\n\n，其中包括但不限于其各自被指称的雇员、代理人、律师、顾问，或代表其行事的“任何人”。这些定义的广泛性使得无法知悉受托人声称纳入该等请求的人员和实体。见 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1); (b)(2)(C)(i); Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(1)(B)(iii)。\n\n3. G Club反对每一项要求提供“所有”文件的请求，理由是其构成过度负担且范围过宽，因为要求提供“所有文件”的请求不符合G Club的证据开示义务——该等义务受合理性和比例原则限制——并且此类请求不符合规则34的明确性要求。见 Lutes v. Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA, Civ. No. 3:10CV1549 (WWE), 2014 WL 718546, at *7-8 (D. Conn. Dec. 16, 2014)（“有关牵引绳或索具的危险，或安全操作或储存问题的任何警告、说明、限制或其他限制的所有文件……在实体及时间范围上均过于宽泛……”）；Grigsby & Assocs., Inc. v. Rice Derivative Holdings, L.P., No. 00 Civ. 5056 (RO), 2001 WL 1135620, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 26, 2001)（驳回原告要求非当事人出示文件的强制动议，因传票载有“非具体、范围过宽的出示请求”）。\n\n4. G Club反对每一项要求识别受律师—当事人保密特权、工作成果原则、任何其他适用的限制证据开示的特权或原则，以及任何适用法律或法规约束或保护的文件或信息的请求。G Club无意放弃与为回应传票而出示的文件或信息有关的任何特权或保密主张。见 In re von Bulow, 828 F.2d 94, 100 (2d Cir. 1987)（律师—当事人保密特权“仅属于当事人，并且仅可由[该当事人]放弃……”。）。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 1924-1 提交日期 06/22/23 录入日期 06/22/23 10:58:36 第 5 页，共 21\n\n5. 在该等请求要求G Club在规则45(c)(2)规定的地域限制之外遵守传票的范围内，G Club反对每一项请求。\n\n6. 请求所寻求的大部分信息均属高度保密及专有信息，并由具有价值的商业信息、商业秘密或商业保密材料构成；披露该等信息将对G Club造成严重不利影响，且其价值无法计算。G Club反对每一项寻求受适用法律作为商业秘密保护的文件或信息，或包含专有或保密商业信息的请求。在该等文件或信息可予证据开示的范围内，其出示将根据适用于本案且为G Club所接受的保密令或保护令中的保密规定进行。见 Uniroyal Chem. Co. Inc. v. Syngenta Crop. Protection, 224 F.R.D. 53, 56-58 (D. Conn. 2004)（作出保护令并将专有信息的披露限制于律师）。\n\n7. 在每一项请求寻求对仅间接涉及债务人、而未考虑相关性和比例性的资料进行证据开示的范围内，G Club反对该等请求。G Club还反对每一项与适用法律下允许的证据开示范围不一致或扩大该范围的请求，包括但不限于联邦规则和地方法则所规定的合比例证据开示范围，以及由 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7034 and 9016 适用的规则34的明确性要求和规则45(d)(1)的要求。\n\n8. 在每一项请求寻求不在G Club占有、保管或控制范围内的文件或信息的范围内，G Club反对该等请求。见 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a)(1)(A)(iii)。G Club还反对每一项寻求并非由G Club在正常营业过程中保存的文件或信息的请求。见 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(1)(A)。G Club没有义务仅为证据开示目的而制作不存在的文件或信息。见，例如，Boudreau v. Smith，\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 1924-1 提交日期 06/22/23 录入日期 06/22/23 10:58:36 第 6 页，共 21\n\nCase No. 3:17-cv-589 (SRU), 2020 WL 532321, at 3 (D. Conn. Feb. 3, 2020)（认定法院不能强制提供“不存在的文件”）；A & R Body Specialty and Collision Works, Inc. v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co., Civ. No. 3:07CV929 (WWE), 2014 WL 5859024, at *6 (D. Conn. Nov. 10, 2014)（“一般而言，非当事人无需仅为证据开示目的而制作不存在的文件”）（引自 Gonzales v. Google, Inc., 234 F.R.D. 674, 683 (N.D. Cal. 2006)）。\n\n9. 对某项请求作出的任何答复，如表明将出示非特权文件，绝不应被解释为表示该等文件存在、该请求所寻求的文件和通信属于规则2004的范围，或承认任何请求中所载的任何法律或事实主张。\n\n10. G Club并不因其对传票作出的答复及异议而放弃或意图放弃其以下权利：\n\na) 修订、修改或补充本答复及异议；\n\nb) 对于将为回应传票而出示的文件或信息，全部或部分地用于本案或任何其他程序、诉讼或事项中的任何目的，基于任何理由提出异议；\n\nc) 在任何时间，就其他证据开示程序或传票基于任何理由提出异议；\n\nd) 就为回应传票而出示的任何文件或信息的可采性提出异议；以及\n\ne) 向法院提出任何适当动议。\n\n11. 此外，如异议通过会谈协商得到解决，G Club在当事人达成保护令并由法院据此作出命令之前，不会出示任何文件。\n\n对定义的异议\n\nG Club反对任何试图扩大或改变其根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》回应证据开示时所负义务的“定义”。\n\nG Club反对“You”或“Your”或“Yourself”的定义，前提是该定义寻求超出G Club范围的信息。\n\nG Club反对“Debtor”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、过度负担，并且无法知悉受托人声称纳入该定义的全部人员和实体，因为除其他事项外，该定义包括含糊且无所不包的限定语。\n\nG Club反对“Debtor' Son”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、过度负担，并且无法知悉受托人声称纳入该定义的全部人员和实体，因为除其他事项外，该定义包括含糊且无所不包的限定语。\n\nG Club反对“Debtor's Daughter”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、过度负担，并且无法知悉受托人声称纳入该定义的全部人员和实体，因为除其他事项外，该定义包括含糊且无所不包的限定语。\n\nG Club反对“Debtor's Purported Wife”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、过度负担，并且无法知悉受托人声称纳入该定义的全部人员和实体，因为除其他事项外，该定义包括含糊且无所不包的限定语。\n\nG Club（G俱乐部）反对“债务人家属”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、造成不当负担，并且由于该定义包括含糊且普遍适用的限定语等原因，无法知晓受托人拟纳入该定义的所有个人和实体。\n\nG Club反对“关联个人”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、造成不当负担，并且由于该定义包括含糊且普遍适用的限定语等原因，无法知晓受托人拟纳入该定义的所有个人和实体。\n\nG Club反对“关联实体”的定义，理由是该定义含糊、范围过宽、造成不当负担，并且由于该定义包括含糊且普遍适用的限定语等原因，无法知晓受托人拟纳入该定义的所有个人和实体，包括关联实体的关联方。\n\nG Club反对“关于”的定义，理由是其对于“支持、有利于、反对、加强、减损、位于、与……相关联地考虑”等术语含糊、范围过宽且存在歧义。\n\nG Club反对“通信”的定义，理由是其对于“内部或与第三方之间”这一短语含糊、范围过宽且存在歧义。\n\nG Club反对“资产”的定义，理由是其对于“任何可用于产生正经济价值的项目”这一短语含糊、范围过宽且存在歧义。\n\n对指示的异议\n\nG Club反对任何试图扩大或变更其根据《联邦破产程序规则》和《联邦民事诉讼规则》就证据开示作出回应义务的“指示”。\n\nG Club反对第2号指示，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成负担，因为该指示要求提供其“占有、保管或控制”的所有文件，或者“由代表[G Club]行事的任何人，包括[G Club]的律师或其他代表和顾问占有、保管或控制”的所有文件，并且“[每]份文件均应完整提供。”G Club仅将在异议通过协议或法院终局命令得到解决后，提供其占有、保管或控制之中，经善意、合理搜索并以合理勤勉能够找到的非特权文件。\n\nG Club反对第6号指示，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成负担，因为该指示寻求超出《联邦民事诉讼规则》、《联邦破产程序规则》和地方法规要求的信息，并且其并非旨在合理地发现关于已不再由G Club保管和控制的文件的可采证据。\n\nG Club反对第8号指示，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成负担，因为该指示试图向G Club施加义务，要求其识别“收到或看过[特权信息]原件或任何草稿、复制件或再制件的每一人”，并识别“[特权信息]本身，或[特权信息]中所含或提及的任何信息，是否由任何其他人占有、保管或控制；如是，则识别该等人员的身份，并说明该信息如何进入其占有”。\n\nG Club反对第10号指示，理由是其不完整、不成比例且范围过宽，因为该指示寻求超出规则26(e)和地方法规要求的补充信息。\n\nG Club反对第12号指示，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成负担，因为其规定“对实体的所有提及均包括其所有关联方”，而无法知晓受托人拟纳入“实体”一词的所有实体及关联方。\n\nG Club反对第14号指示，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成负担，因为该指示寻求自February 5, 2012至今、超过十年的信息，却未作任何努力使请求在性质上符合比例原则。\n\n对文件提供请求的异议及答复\n第1号请求：\n\n关于债务人、债务人的破产财产或关联实体的任何收入或资产的所有文件。\n\n对第1号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议、对定义的异议及对指示的异议中所述的各项理由（统称“总体异议”）反对第1号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步反对，因为“关联实体”一词除其他实体外还指G Club本身，范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club还反对，理由是据其所知并确信，对于何者构成债务人破产财产的资产存在持续未决的争议，因此该请求含糊、定义或界定不足、不成比例且造成不当负担，要求G Club猜测文件是否具有响应性。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提供关于支付给债务人的任何收入或债务人任何资产的所有文件。\n\n第2号请求：\n\n与债务人的财务状况及其对债权人的义务有关的所有文件，包括但不限于与任何避免支付该等义务的努力有关的所有文件，以及与本次或任何其他实际或潜在破产程序或类似无力偿债程序有关的所有文件。\n\n对第2号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第2号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club还反对第2号请求，因为其对于“与债务人……对债权人的义务有关的所有文件”、“任何避免支付该等义务的努力”、“债务人的财务状况”以及“任何其他实际或潜在破产程序或类似无力偿债程序”等短语含糊且存在歧义。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其搜索仍在进行中，G Club认为其并未占有、保管或控制对第2号请求具有响应性的文件，但同意提供对第2号请求具有响应性的所有文件。\n\n第3号请求：\n\n关于债务人、债务人的破产财产、债务人家属、关联实体或关联个人的任何资产负债表、银行对账单、账户对账单、财务报表、账户结单、电汇指示和/或确认书、资金证明、存款证、持仓证明、投资组合摘要或类似文件的所有文件，包括但不限于足以显示向前述任何一方作出的所有转移的所有文件。\n\n对第3号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第3号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步反对第3号请求，因为就其寻求“足以显示向前述任何一方作出的所有转移的所有文件”而言，该请求含糊且存在歧义。G Club还反对第3号请求，因为其寻求公开可得的信息。G Club还反对，因为“关联个人”和“关联实体”两个术语除其他实体外还指G Club本身，范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提供显示与债务人、债务人的破产财产或债务人家属有关的转移的任何资产负债表、银行对账单、账户对账单、财务报表、账户结单、电汇指示和/或确认书、资金证明、存款证、持仓证明、投资组合摘要或类似文件。\n\n第4号请求：\n\n关于债务人作出、与债务人进行或代表债务人作出的任何投资、商业交易或交易的所有文件。\n\n对第4号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第4号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提供对第4号请求具有响应性的所有文件。\n\n第5号请求：\n\n与债务人的所有通信，以及与债务人的通信有关、涉及任何实体（包括但不限于关联实体）的运营、管理或决策的文件。\n\n对第5号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第5号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步反对，因为“关联实体”一词除其他实体外还指G Club本身，范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提供与债务人的所有通信及与该等通信有关的文件。\n\n第6号请求：\n\n关于向债务人、债务人家属或关联实体作出、由其作出或与其进行的任何转移、投资或其他交易或商业往来的所有文件。\n\n对第6号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第6号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步反对第6号请求，理由是其范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club还反对第6号请求，理由是就其寻求与G Club和债务人向债务人作出、由债务人作出或与债务人进行的商业往来和交易有关的文件而言，该请求与第4号请求重复。G Club还反对第6号请求，因为其对于“其他交易”这一短语的含义含糊且存在歧义。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提供关于向债务人、债务人家属或关联实体作出、由其作出或与其进行的任何转移、投资或其他交易或商业往来的所有文件。\n\n第7号请求：\n\n关于债务人曾经占用或使用的任何财产的所有文件，包括但不限于Lady May（“Lady May”号游艇）；Sherry Netherland Hotel / Condominium（雪梨荷兰人酒店/公寓）；位于Connecticut（康涅狄格州）Greenwich（格林尼治）373 Taconic Rd.的住宅物业；位于Connecticut Greenwich 33 Ferncliff Rd.的住宅物业；以及位于Connecticut Wilton（威尔顿）354 Nod Hill Rd.的住宅物业。\n\n对第7号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第7号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步反对第7号请求，因为其对于“关于债务人曾经占用或使用的任何财产的所有文件”这一短语含糊且存在歧义。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其搜索仍在进行中，除与Lady May有关的少数文件（G Club将予提供）外，G Club认为其并未占有、保管或控制对第7号请求具有响应性的文件。G Club同意提供对第7号请求具有响应性的所有文件。\n\n第8号请求：\n\n关于债务人、债务人家属或关联实体在July 2020前后或任何其他时间就原油期货或任何类似商品进行的任何投资或交易的所有文件，包括但不限于与Jiang Yunfu Be（江云甫·贝）就任何该等投资或交易进行的通信。\n\n对第8号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由反对第8号请求，该等异议通过援引纳入本文。在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其搜索仍在进行中，G Club认为其并未占有、保管或控制对第8号请求具有响应性的文件，因为G Club直至October 2020才成立，但同意提供对第8号请求具有响应性的所有文件。\n\n第9号请求：\n\n与债务人拥有、控制或使用的任何航空器有关的所有文件，包括但不限于尾号为T7-GQM的航空器以及在圣马力诺注册的任何其他航空器，包括但不限于所有登记文件副本，以及显示该等航空器所执行航班及该等航班上乘坐人员的飞行舱单。\n\n对第9号请求的答复：\n\nG Club（G Club）基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第9号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提交对第9号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第10号请求：\n\n有关向债务人、债务人遗产、债务人家属或关联实体提供、由其提供或代表其提供的任何赠与、利益或贷款的所有文件，包括但不限于足以显示该等赠与、利益或贷款金额的文件；该等赠与、利益或贷款的使用目的；提供该等赠与、利益或贷款的时间；以及任何贷款的条款、就任何贷款作出的所有陈述与保证、任何贷款的利率，以及任何贷款付款的所有证据。\n\n对第10号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第10号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第10号请求提出异议，因为其在寻求“有关向债务人、债务人遗产、债务人家属或关联实体提供、由其提供或代表其提供的任何赠与、利益或贷款的所有文件……”的范围内，表述模糊、不成比例、范围过宽且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第10号请求提出异议，因为“其他交易”一语的含义模糊且不明确。G Club进一步对第10号请求提出异议，因为其与第6号请求重复。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提交对第10号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第11号请求：\n\n有关由债务人、债务人遗产、债务人家属或关联实体设立、代表其设立或为其利益而设立的任何信托或类似文书的所有文件，包括但不限于足以显示该等信托的设立时间、设立人、受益人及信托本金的文件。\n\n对第11号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第11号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第11号请求提出异议，因为其在寻求“有关由债务人、债务人遗产、债务人家属或关联实体设立、代表其设立或为其利益而设立的任何信托或类似文书的所有文件……”的范围内，表述模糊、范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其检索工作仍在进行中，G Club不认为其占有、保管或控制对第11号请求作出回应的文件，但同意提交对第11号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第12号请求：\n\n与涉及债务人的任何法律争议相关的任何义务、请求权、责任或债务有关的所有文件，包括但不限于与在任何地方、州、联邦或国际机构——无论是行政机构、法院、审裁小组或替代性争议解决实体——进行的任何诉讼有关的文件。\n\n对第12号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第12号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第12号请求提出异议，因为其在寻求“与涉及债务人的任何法律争议相关的任何义务、请求权、责任或债务有关的所有文件……[包括]在任何地方、州、联邦或国际机构——无论是行政机构、法院、审裁小组或替代性争议解决实体——进行的任何诉讼”的范围内，表述模糊、范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第12号请求提出异议，就其寻求公开可得的信息而言。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其检索工作仍在进行中，G Club不认为其占有、保管或控制对第12号请求作出回应的文件，但同意提交对第12号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第13号请求：\n\n贵方任何外聘律师或其他顾问与债务人之间的所有文件和通信。\n\n对第13号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第13号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club还对第13号请求提出异议，因为其表述模糊、范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第13号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。G Club进一步对第13号请求提出异议，因为其与第5号请求重复。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club将提交对第13号请求作出回应的文件。\n\n第14号请求：\n\n足以显示贵方所有资产以及收入或资金来源的文件。\n\n对第14号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第14号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club还对第14号请求提出异议，因为其范围过宽、表述模糊、不成比例且含义不明确。G Club还对第14号请求提出异议，因为要求提供足以显示“贵方[非当事人G Club]所有资产以及收入和资金来源”的所有文件，超出Rule 2004请求的范围。G Club进一步对第14号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。G Club愿意进行会面协商，以缩小该请求范围。\n\n第15号请求：\n\n对于在答复第14号请求时确定的、价值超过\\$50,000的所有资产，提供：(i) 与贵方取得该等资产有关的所有文件，以及(ii) 与债务人或债务人家属就该等资产进行的通信。\n\n对第15号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第15号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club还对第15号请求提出异议，因为其范围过宽、不成比例、表述模糊、含义不明确且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第15号请求提出异议，就“资产”的提交包括“任何可用于产生正经济价值的项目”一语，以及包括“与债务人或债务人家属就该等资产进行的通信”而言，无法知悉受托人声称纳入“债务人”或“债务人家属”定义内的所有人员和实体。G Club进一步对第15号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club援引其对第14号请求的答复。\n\n第16号请求：\n\n贵方纳税申报表的副本。\n\n对第16号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第16号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第16号请求提出异议，因为其范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第16号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。G Club愿意进行会面协商，以缩小该请求范围。\n\n第17号请求：\n\n足以显示贵方占有或控制的所有银行账户和投资账户的文件，包括每个该等账户的余额以及向该等账户的转入和从该等账户的转出。\n\n对第17号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第17号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第17号请求提出异议，因为其范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第17号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。G Club愿意进行会面协商，以缩小该请求范围。\n\n第18号请求：\n\n有关贵方使用的任何信用卡的所有文件，包括但不限于足以显示所有为债务人或关联实体利益而进行的相关购买的月度账单或其他文件。\n\n对第18号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第18号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步提出异议，称“关联实体”一词除指G Club本身外还指其他实体，因而范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担。G Club进一步对第18号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其检索工作仍在进行中，G Club不认为其占有、保管或控制对第18号请求作出回应的文件，但同意提交对第18号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第19号请求：\n\n所有公司治理和组织文件，包括但不限于章程细则、公司注册证书，以及足以显示贵方公司结构、高级管理人员和董事姓名、经营目的以及与债务人或债务人任何家属之间关系的其他文件。\n\n对第19号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第19号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步以范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担为由，对第19号请求提出异议。G Club进一步对第19号请求提出异议，理由是“足以显示[其]……与债务人或债务人任何家属之间关系的其他文件……”一语表述模糊且含义不明确。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，G Club同意提交对第19号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第20号请求：\n\n与贵方向任何其他实体质押贵方资产有关的所有文件。\n\n对第20号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第20号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。G Club进一步对第20号请求提出异议，称其与债务人的chapter 11案件既无关联，亦不可发现。G Club进一步以范围过宽、不成比例且造成不当负担为由，对第20号请求提出异议。G Club进一步对第20号请求提出异议，因为就其资产向任何其他实体作出的“任何质押”一词而言，其表述模糊且含义不明确。G Club进一步对第20号请求提出异议，因为其超出Rule 2004的范围。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其检索工作仍在进行中，G Club不认为其占有、保管或控制对第20号请求作出回应的文件，但同意提交对第20号请求作出回应的所有文件。\n\n第21号请求：\n\n与贵方于January 2015向Bravo Luck Limited（Bravo Luck有限公司）作出的约\\$520 million转让有关的所有文件。\n\n对第21号请求的答复：\n\nG Club基于其总体异议中所述的各项理由，对第20号请求提出异议；该等异议通过援引纳入本文。\n\n在不放弃前述异议的前提下，尽管其检索工作仍在进行中，G Club不认为其占有、保管或控制对第21号请求作出回应的文件，但同意提交对第21号请求作出回应的所有文件。如先前所述，G Club于October 2020成立。\n\n日期：June 21, 2023，New York, New York\n\n签署人：/s/ Carolina A. Fornos\nPILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP（PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN律师事务所）\nCarolina A. Fornos\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本人特此证明，本人于June 21, 2023，通过普通邮件将上述文件副本送达至\n\n下列地址。此外，礼节性副本已通过电子邮件发送至\n\n下列电子邮件地址。\n\n帕特里克·R·林赛先生 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.（诺伊贝特、佩佩和蒙蒂斯专业公司）康涅狄格州纽黑文市教堂街195号13层 06510 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n阿夫拉姆·E·卢夫特先生 Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯有限责任合伙）纽约州纽约市公园大道200号 10166 aviluft@paulhastings.com\n\n乔纳森·科谢维奇先生 保罗·黑斯廷斯有限责任合伙 伊利诺伊州芝加哥市南瓦克大道71号4500室 60606 jonathonkosciewicz@paulhastings.com\n\n/s/卡罗莱纳·A·福诺斯  卡罗莱纳·A·福诺斯","key_entities":["Je","Guo","Paul Hastings","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Luc Despins","G Clubs"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":5809,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-06-22 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-06-22","updated_at":"2026-08-23 19:06:00"}