{"id":"court_ctb_237_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":237,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re : Chapter 11","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re : Chapter 11\n\nDebtor.<sup>1</sup>\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n: Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073 : : :\n\n## **SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF IRVE J. GOLDMAN PURSUANT TO FED. R. BANKR. P. 2014(a)**\n\nI, Irve J. Goldman, being duly sworn, depose and say the following:\n\n1. I am a partner with the law firm of Pullman & Comley, LLC (\"P&C\"), which maintains its principal office at 850 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and make this supplemental declaration at the request of the United States Trustee and in support of the entry of an Order authorizing the retention of my firm as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the \"Committee\") in the Chapter 11 case of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\").\n\n2. To the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry, neither I, nor my firm, nor any member or associate thereof represents professionally, or has any connection with, the Debtor, his creditors, any other party-in-interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee or any person employed in the Office of the United States trustee, other than as disclosed herein.\n\n3. P&C maintains a computer database (the \"Database\") containing, *inter alia,* the names of all of P&C's current and former clients. I caused to be submitted to, and checked\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\n\nagainst, the Database all of the following names: (a) the Debtor; (b) the members of the Committee, Rui Ma, Ning Ye and Samuel Dan Nunberg; (d) the creditors on the list of the Debtor's 20 largest unsecured creditors and Schedule F of his bankruptcy schedules, (e) Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.; and (f) the following potentially interested or adverse parties: (i) Golden Spring (New York) Ltd; (ii) Hing Ch Ngok (Debtor's wife); (iii) Qiang Guo (Debtor's son); (iv) Mei Gui (Debtor's daughter); (v) HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (purported owner of Lady May); (vi) Bravo Luck Limited (purported ultimate owner of Sherry-Netherland apartment); (vii) Lamp Capital LLC (provider of \\$1 million loan for Debtor's counsel retainer); and (viii) Genever Holdings LLC ((a) through (f), the \"Potentially Interested Parties\").\n\n4. P&C has no relationship or connection with the Potentially Interested Parties, or to the best my knowledge, with any other creditor of the Debtor, except that P&C was contacted by, and agreed to represent, a single unsecured creditor of the Debtor (Dr. Bob Fu) for the limited purpose of filing a proof of claim. 2 P&C's representation in that regard will not include, and P&C will refrain from representing, Dr. Fu in any challenge to his claim or as a creditor in this case generally.\n\n5. P&C has not in the past represented3, and does not presently represent, any of the creditors of the Debtor, and agrees to refrain from representing any of the Debtor's creditors\n\n<sup>2</sup> Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §1103(b), \"[r]epresentation of one or more creditors of the same class as represented by the committee shall not per se constitute the representation of an adverse interest.\" Thus, P&C believes it can continue to represent an unsecured creditor in this case, while also representing the Committee, because it is believed there would be no conflict in doing so. Nonetheless, P&C will not represent Dr. Fu beyond the point of filing a proof of claim.\n\n<sup>3</sup> In the interest of the fullest possible disclosure, the Debtor lists Allied Capital Global Limited as one of his creditors. In the past, our firm represented an entity known as Allied Capital Corporation as a creditor\n\nwhile this chapter 11 case is pending. Conversely, P&C may have in the past represented, or may presently or in the future represent, parties that are adverse to one or more of the unsecured creditors of the Debtor, but only in matters that are or will be unrelated to this Chapter 11 case.\n\n6. Based on the foregoing, P&C, insofar as I have been able to ascertain based on the information currently available to me: (i) does not represent any other entity having an adverse interest in connection with these cases, as required by § 1103(b) of the Bankruptcy Code; (ii) represents no interest adverse to the Debtor or the estate in the matter upon which it is to be engaged; and (iii) is a \"disinterested person\" as that term is defined in § 101(14) of the Bankruptcy Code, in that it, (a) is not a creditor, equity security holder or insider of any of the Debtors, (b) is not and was not, within the two years before the date of the filing of the Debtor's Chapter 11 petitions, a director, officer, or employee of the Debtor, and (c) does not have an interest materially adverse to the interests of the estate or any class of creditors by reason of any direct or indirect relationship to, connection with, or interest in, the Debtor, or for any other reason.\n\n7. P&C will apply to the Court for compensation under Bankruptcy Code §§ 330 and 331, Rule 2016 F.R. Bankr. P. and Rule 2014-1 of the Rules of this Court.\n\n8. P&C has neither shared nor agreed to share with any other person compensation received in these cases, except as is permitted by §504(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n<sup>[</sup>Footnote continued from previous page]\n\nin the chapter 11 case of Executive Greetings, Inc. That representation terminated in the year 2006. It is not known whether Allied Capital Global Limited and Allied Capital Corporation are related.\n\nPursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements\n\nare true and correct.\n\nDated: Bridgeport, Connecticut April 19, 2022\n\n*/s/Irve J. Goldman*\n\nIrve J. Goldman","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\nIn re : Chapter 11（案由：第11章破产案）\n\nDebtor.1（债务人。1）\n\n_____________________________________________\n\n_____________________________________________:\n\n: Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）, : 案号：22-50073 : : :\nSUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF IRVE J. GOLDMAN PURSUANT TO FED. R. BANKR. P. 2014(a)（根据《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》第2014(a)条作出的IRVE J. GOLDMAN补充声明）\n\n我，Irve J. Goldman，经依法宣誓，作证并陈述如下：\n\n1. 我是Pullman & Comley, LLC（“P&C”）律师事务所的合伙人，该所主要办事处位于850 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut。我应United States Trustee（美国受托人）的请求作出本补充声明，以支持法院作出命令，批准聘请我所担任Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）第11章破产案中Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会）（“委员会”）的法律顾问。\n\n2. 据我在进行合理核查后的最大认知和确信，除本声明所披露的情况外，我本人、我所，以及我所的任何成员或执业律师，在业务上均未代表下述人员，亦与下述人员无任何关联：债务人、其债权人、任何其他利害关系方、各自的律师和会计师、美国受托人或美国受托人办公室雇用的任何人员。\n\n3. P&C设有一个计算机数据库（“数据库”），除其他内容外，该数据库包含P&C所有现有及过往客户的名称。我已安排将以下所有名称提交至数据库进行检索比对：(a) 债务人；(b) 委员会成员Rui Ma（马锐）、Ning Ye（叶宁）及Samuel Dan Nunberg；(d) 债务人前20大无担保债权人名单及其破产申报表附表F上的债权人；(e) Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）；以及(f) 以下潜在利害关系方或对立方：(i) Golden Spring (New York) Ltd（源泉（纽约）有限公司）；(ii) Hing Ch Ngok（债务人之妻，岳庆芝）；(iii) Qiang Guo（债务人之子，郭强）；(iv) Mei Gui（债务人之女，郭美）；(v) HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（“梅号”游艇声称的所有人）；(vi) Bravo Luck Limited（雪莉-尼德兰公寓声称的最终所有人）；(vii) Lamp Capital LLC（为债务人律师聘用定金提供100万美元贷款的出资方）；以及(viii) Genever Holdings LLC（以上(a)至(f)统称“潜在利害关系方”）。\n\n1 债务人已知姓名包括：Guo Wengui（郭文贵）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n4. P&C与潜在利害关系方没有任何关系或关联，且据我所知，与债务人的任何其他债权人亦无任何关系或关联，唯一的例外是：P&C曾接洽并同意代表债务人的一名单一无担保债权人（Dr. Bob Fu，傅希秋博士），其代理事项仅限于提交债权证明。2 P&C在这一方面的代理将不包括、且P&C将不会代表傅博士应对针对其债权提出的任何质疑，亦不会在该案件中作为债权人的一般法律代表。\n\n5. P&C过去未曾代表3、目前亦未代表债务人的任何债权人，并同意在本第11章案件审理期间不代表债务人的任何债权人。反之，P&C过去可能曾代表、目前可能正在代表、或将来可能代表与债务人的一名或多名无担保债权人处于对立地位的当事人，但仅限于与本第11章案件无关或将毫无关联的事项。\n\n2 根据《美国法典》第11编第1103(b)条（11 U.S.C. §1103(b)），“代表与委员会所代表的债权人类别相同的一名或多名债权人，其本身并不构成代表对立利益。”因此，P&C认为其可以在代表委员会的同时继续代表本案中的一名无担保债权人，因为其认为这样做不存在利益冲突。尽管如此，除提交债权证明之外，P&C将不会继续代表傅博士。\n\n3 为尽可能全面披露起见，债务人将其债权人之一列为Allied Capital Global Limited。过去，我所曾在一件破产案中代表名为Allied Capital Corporation的实体作为债权人\n\n6. 基于前述事实，在根据我目前掌握的信息所能查明的范围内，P&C：(i) 并未代表与这些案件有关联且具有对立利益的任何其他实体，符合《破产法典》第1103(b)条的要求；(ii) 在受聘处理的事项中，未代表任何与债务人或破产财产具有对立利益的方；以及(iii) 是《破产法典》第101(14)条所定义的“无利害关系人”，因为其：(a) 并非任何债务人的债权人、股权证券持有人或内部人；(b) 在债务人提交第11章破产申请之日前的两年内，现在不是、过去也不是债务人的董事、高级管理人员或雇员；且(c) 未因与债务人存在任何直接或间接关系、关联或利益，或由于任何其他原因，而具有对破产财产或任何类别的债权人的利益产生重大不利的利益。\n\n7. P&C将根据《破产法典》第330条和第331条、《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》第2016条以及本院规则第2014-1条向法院申请报酬。\n\n8. 除《破产法典》第504(b)(1)条允许的情况外，P&C未曾与任何其他人分享、亦未同意与任何其他人分享在这些案件中获得的报酬。\n\n[接上一页脚注]\n\n该案为Executive Greetings, Inc.的第11章案件。该代理关系已于2006年终止。目前尚不清楚Allied Capital Global Limited与Allied Capital Corporation是否存在关联。\n\n根据《美国法典》第28编第1746条（28 U.S.C. § 1746），我声明在承担伪证罪处罚的前提下确认上述陈述均真实且正确。\n\n签署日期：Bridgeport, Connecticut 2022年4月19日\n\n/s/Irve J. Goldman\n\nIrve J. Goldman","key_entities":["Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Miles Guo","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":960,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:37:33"}