{"id":"court_ctb_2233_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2233,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*,\n\nDebtors.<sup>1</sup>\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\nSeptember 26, 2023\n\n## **G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC'S OPPOSITION TO TRUSTEE'S PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER REGARDING G-CLUB DOCUMENTS PURSUANT TO ORDER APPROVING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S SETTLEMENT WITH ASSIGNEE OF HCHK ENTITIES UNDER NEW YORK COURT ASSIGNMENT PROCEEDINGS**\n\nOn behalf of G Club Operations LLC (\"**G Club**\"), undersigned counsel objects to the Trustee's Proposed Supplemental Order [Adv. Proceeding 23-05013, Dkt. 130] and respectfully requests 7 days to respond to the Trustee's *Memorandum of Law in Support of Chapter 11 Trustee's Argument that G-Club Operations LLC has Waived any Privilege and has no Right to Object to Responsiveness as to G-Club Documents Turned Over from the Assignee of HCHK Technologies, Inc. to the Trustee Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 Settlement Agreement* [Adv. Proceeding 23-05013, Dkt. No. 86] (the \"Memorandum\").\n\nAs the Court is aware, G Club had previously responded to the Trustee's Rule 9019\n\nMotion [Dkt. No. 1977] which was filed in the main proceeding and objected to the wholesale\n\nwaiver of privilege sought by the Trustee. *See* G Club's *Notice of Position Regarding 9019*\n\n*Motion and Proposed Order* [Dkt. No. 1977] and G Club's *Supplemental Notice to Modify the*\n\n*Revised Proposed Order Relating to Motion, Pursuant to Rule 9019, Re: Settlement with*\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) (the \"Debtor\"), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n*Assignee of HCHK Entities* [Dkt. No. 2007]*.* In response, the Court entered an order that, among other things, set up a procedure to address this privilege issue (the \"Order\"). While the Order was docketed in both the main case and in Adversary Proceeding No. 23-05013, the Trustee's Memorandum seeking G Club's privileged documents was not filed in the main case. Instead, the Trustee filed the Memorandum *only* in the Adversary Proceeding, to which G Club is not a party – a fact of which the Trustee is plainly aware. Further, although the Certificate of Service filed with respect to the Memorandum stated that service was \"by email to all parties to the above-captioned chapter 11 case,\" it also made clear that that service was made \"by operation of the Court's electronic filing ('CM/ECF') system.\" (Memorandum at 17). As the Trustee's Memorandum was only filed in the Adversary Proceeding and G Club is not a party to the Adversary Proceeding, it did not receive electronic notice of the filing through CM/ECF and the Trustee made no effort to mail, email, or otherwise advise G Club of the filing of the Memorandum.\n\nUndersigned counsel represents that they were unaware of the filing of the Memorandum until the proposed order was sent earlier today, and service of the Trustee's Memorandum was not made on either local counsel or any other counsel of record. Accordingly, G Club respectfully requests seven days to respond to the Memorandum and that the Proposed Supplemental Order be denied. Seven days is the same amount of time that the Court provided for a response in the Order.\n\nAfter G Club became aware of the Memorandum earlier today, counsel for G Club (Carolina A. Fornos, Esq.) contacted the Trustee's counsel at approximately 5:50 PM requesting a stipulation permitting G Club respond to the Memorandum within 7 days of today, but the\n\nTrustee's counsel has not yet responded. Given the exigencies of this issue, G Club had filed\n\nthis opposition to entry of the Proposed Supplemental Order.\n\nWHEREFORE, the Court should deny the Proposed Supplemental Order and order that G Club has until October 4, 2023 to respond to the Memorandum.\n\n## **G CLUB OPERATIONS LLC**\n\nBy: */s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz*  GREEN & SKLARZ LLC Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) One Audubon St, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 Tel: 203-285-8545 jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n\n> PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP Carolina A. Fornos (*pro hac vice*) 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-858-1558 carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com\n\n*Attorneys for G Club Operations LLC*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on the date set forth below, a copy of the foregoing was served via\n\nCM/ECF. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF system.\n\nDate: September 26, 2023 /s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz","body_zh":"United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。1\n\n第11章\n\n案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n（联合审理）\n\n2023年9月26日\nG Club Operations LLC（G俱乐部运营有限责任公司）根据批准第11章受托人与依据纽约州法院转让程序之HCHK各实体受让人和解的命令，对受托人就G俱乐部文件提议的补充裁定之反对意见\n\n下述署名律师谨代表G Club Operations LLC（「G俱乐部」），对受托人提议的补充裁定［对抗辩诉案 23-05013，Dkt. 130］提出异议，并恭请法庭给予7天时间，以对受托人的《支持第11章受托人主张G-Club Operations LLC已放弃任何特权且无权就根据破产规则9019和解协议由HCHK Technologies, Inc.的受让人移交给受托人的G俱乐部文件的相关性提出异议的法律备忘录》［对抗辩诉案 23-05013，Dkt. No. 86］（下称「《备忘录》」）作出答复。\n\n正如法庭所知，G俱乐部此前曾对受托人在主诉程序中提交的破产规则9019动议［Dkt. No. 1977］作出答复，并对受托人所寻求的对特权的全面放弃提出异议。参见G俱乐部的《关于9019动议及提议裁定的立场通知》［Dkt. No. 1977］以及G俱乐部的《关于修改与依据第9019条就与HCHK实体受让人和解之动议相关的经修订提议裁定的补充通知》［Dkt. No. 2007］。针对上述情况，法庭作出了一项裁定，除其他事项外，该裁定确立了处理该特权问题的程序（下称「《裁定》」）。虽然《裁定》在主案和第23-05013号对抗辩诉案中均已登记入卷，但受托人寻求获取G俱乐部享有特权文件的《备忘录》却并未在主案中提交。相反，受托人仅在对抗辩诉案中提交了《备忘录》，而G俱乐部并非该对抗辩诉案的当事人——受托人显然知晓这一事实。此外，尽管就《备忘录》提交的送达证明载明送达方式为「通过电子邮件送达上述标题项下第11章案件的所有当事人」，但其亦明确该送达是通过「由法院电子归档（『CM/ECF』）系统自动操作」进行的。（《备忘录》第17页）。由于受托人的《备忘录》仅在对抗辩诉案中提交，且G俱乐部并非该对抗辩诉案的当事人，因此其并未通过CM/ECF收到该归档文件的电子通知，受托人亦未采取任何努力通过邮寄、电子邮件或其他方式告知G俱乐部《备忘录》的归档事宜。\n\n1 这些第11章案件中的债务人为Ho Wan Kwok（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）（「债务人」）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC以及Genever Holdings Corporation的邮寄地址为Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交Luc A. Despins（作为郭文贵破产财产受托人，仅用于接收通知和联络目的）。\n\n下述署名律师声明，直至今天早些时候收到提议裁定之前，他们对《备忘录》的归档一无所知，且受托人的《备忘录》既未送达给本地律师，也未送达给任何其他记录在案的律师。因此，G俱乐部恭请法庭给予七天时间以对《备忘录》作出答复，并驳回提议的补充裁定。七天与法庭在《裁定》中规定的答复期限完全相同。\n\n在G俱乐部于今天早些时候获悉《备忘录》后，G俱乐部的律师（Carolina A. Fornos律师）于下午约5:50与受托人的律师进行了联系，请求达成一项允许G俱乐部自今日起7天内对《备忘录》作出答复的约定协议，但受托人的律师尚未作出答复。鉴于该问题的紧迫性，G俱乐部已提交本份针对作出提议补充裁定的反对意见。\n\n综上所述，法庭应驳回提议的补充裁定，并裁定G俱乐部在2023年10月4日之前对《备忘录》作出答复。\n\nG CLUB OPERATIONS LLC\n\n签署人：/s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz  GREEN & SKLARZ LLC Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) One Audubon St, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 Tel: 203-285-8545 jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n\nPILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP Carolina A. Fornos (特别许可出庭) 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Tel: 212-858-1558 carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com\n\nG Club Operations LLC的代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n我谨此证明，在下述日期，前述文件的副本已通过CM/ECF送达。当事人可通过法院的CM/ECF系统查阅本归档文件。\n\n日期：2023年9月26日 /s/ Jeffrey M. Sklarz","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","HCHK","Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":86,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":130,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":1977,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":2007,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":774,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:31:33"}