{"id":"court_ctb_2529_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2529,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x      |                         |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|\n|                                                                  | :      |                         |\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>: | Chapter 11              |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,                                             | :      | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.1                                                        | :<br>: | Jointly Administered    |\n|                                                                  | :      |                         |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |        |                         |\n\n## **SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF NATASHA HARRISON IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ENTRY OF ORDER, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 327, 328, AND 330, BANKRUPTCY RULES 2014 AND 2016, AND LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULES 2014-1 AND 2016-1, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RETENTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF PALLAS PARTNERS LLP AS SOLICITORS**\n\nI, Natasha Harrison, being duly sworn, do depose and say:\n\n1. I am a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and the founding and managing partner of the law firm of Pallas Partners LLP (\"Pallas\"), which maintains its principal office at 1 King William Street, London, EC4N 7AF, UK, and I make this supplemental declaration (the \"Supplemental Declaration\") to supplement the declaration submitted to the Court on March 2, 2023 [Docket No. 1496-1] (the \"Prior Declaration\") and in further support of the *Application of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order, Pursuant to Sections 327, 328, and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 2014 and 2016, and Local Bankruptcy Rules 2014-1 and 2016-1, Authorizing and Approving Retention and Employment of Pallas Partners*\n\n<sup>1</sup> 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 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*LLP as Solicitors in United Kingdom* [Docket No. 1496] (the \"Application\"). 2 I hereby supplement the Prior Declaration as follows:\n\n2. Subsequent to Pallas' appointment as solicitors in the United Kingdom to the Chapter 11 Trustee, and upon review of the most recently filed schedule of parties in interest, or parties otherwise connected, to the Chapter 11 Cases which was filed in connection with the Trustee's *Seventh Supplemental Declaration of Disinterestedness* submitted to the Court on September 15, 2023 [Docket No. 2204] (the \"Interested Parties\"), Pallas has conducted reasonable checks on the Interested Parties against our records and data and has determined that, to the best of its and my knowledge and belief, neither Pallas nor Pallas US, nor any of their lawyers , including me, has any additional connections (as that term is used in Bankruptcy Rule 2014), with any of the Interested Parties, except:\n\n- a. In an unrelated matter, Pallas and Pallas US are engaged by (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. as part of a large group claim (made up of more than 1,000 retail investors and institutional investors) (ii) an investment trust (as part of the same large group claim) for which trust Bank of New York Mellon serves as trustee; and\n- b. Pallas acts for clients in respect of separate and unrelated matters in relation to which adverse parties have included JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, UBS and Citi Bank.\n\n<sup>2</sup> Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Application or the Prior Declaration.\n\n3. Pallas and Pallas US acts for clients in respect of separate and unrelated matters in relation to which adverse and neutral parties include Morgan Stanley.\n\n4. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements are true and correct.\n\nDated: January 22, 2024, at London, United Kingdom\n\nNatasha Harrison","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于：\n第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等， 案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1\n合并审理\n\nx\nNATASHA HARRISON 支持第 11 章受托人依据《破产法典》第 327、328 和 330 条、《破产规则》第 2014 和 2016 条以及《本地破产规则》第 2014-1 和 2016-1 条请求作出授权并批准聘用 PALLAS PARTNERS LLP 担任事务律师的申请的补充声明\n\n我，Natasha Harrison，经正式宣誓，陈述并作证如下：\n\n1. 我是 Supreme Court of England and Wales（英格兰和威尔士最高法院）的事务律师，也是 Pallas Partners LLP（“Pallas”）律师事务所的创始合伙人兼执行合伙人，该事务所的主要办事处位于 1 King William Street, London, EC4N 7AF, UK。我作出本补充声明（“《补充声明》”），以补充于 2023年3月2日 提交给法院的声明 [Docket No. 1496-1]（“《先前声明》”），并进一步支持《第 11 章受托人依据〈破产法典〉第 327、328 和 330 条、〈破产规则〉第 2014 和 2016 条以及〈本地破产规则〉第 2014-1 和 2016-1 条请求作出授权并批准聘用 Pallas Partners\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及其他诸多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）和 Genever Holdings Corporation。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 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于通知与通信目的）。\n\nLLP 担任英国事务律师的申请》[Docket No. 1496]（“《申请》”）。2 我特此对《先前声明》进行如下补充：\n\n2. 在 Pallas 被指定为第 11 章受托人的英国事务律师之后，并经审查最近随受托人于 2023年9月15日 提交给法院的《第七次无利害关系补充声明》[Docket No. 2204] 提交的与第 11 章案件有利害关系的当事人或具有其他关联的当事人名单（“利害关系方”）后，Pallas 已对照我们的记录和数据对利害关系方进行了合理核查，并已确定，就其及我所知所信，除以下情况外，Pallas 和 Pallas US 以及两者的任何律师（包括我本人）均与任何利害关系方不存在任何额外关联（按《破产规则》第 2014 条中使用该术语之含义）：\n\n- a. 在一项不相关的事务中，Pallas 和 Pallas US 受聘于 (i) 作为大型集团诉讼（由 1,000 多名散户投资者和机构投资者组成）一部分的 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.（摩根大通银行），(ii) 某投资信托（作为同一大型集团诉讼的一部分），Bank of New York Mellon（纽约梅隆银行）担任该信托的受托人；以及\n- b. Pallas 在各自独立且不相关的事务中代表客户，这些事务的相关相对方曾包括 JPMorgan Chase（摩根大通）、Bank of America（美国银行）、UBS（瑞银）和 Citi Bank（花旗银行）。\n\n2 本文未定义的词首字母大写术语应具有《申请》或《先前声明》中赋予它们的含义。\n\n3. Pallas 和 Pallas US 在各自独立且不相关的事务中代表客户，这些事务的相关相对方和中立方包括 Morgan Stanley（摩根士丹利）。\n\n4. 依据 28 U.S.C. § 1746，我声明上述陈述真实、正确，如有虚假愿受伪证罪处罚。\n\n日期：2024年1月22日，于英国伦敦\n\nNatasha Harrison","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":648,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:29:06"}