{"id":"court_ctb_3396_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3396,"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| :<br>In re:<br>:                                                     | Chapter 11              |\n| :<br>HO WAN KWOK, et al.,<br>:                                       | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| :<br>Debtors.1<br>:                                                  | Jointly Administered    |\n| :<br>--------------------------------------------------------------- | x                       |\n\n# **CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO AMEND ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO MEDIATION, APPOINTING THE HONORABLE JAMES J. TANCREDI AS MEDIATOR, AND AMENDING ORDER APPROVING PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO AVOIDANCE CLAIM ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS TO FACILITATE CONSENSUAL PRE-LITIGATION MEDIATION**\n\nLuc A. Despins, as chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") for Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), hereby respectfully moves (the \"Motion\") for entry of an order, in the form of the proposed order attached hereto as **Exhibit A** (the \"Proposed Order\"), amending the Court's *Order Directing Parties to Mediation, Appointing the Honorable James J. Tancredi as Mediator, and Amending Order Approving Procedures Applicable to Avoidance Claim Adversary Proceedings* [ECF No. 3163] (the \"Procedures Order\") by modifying and supplementing the Mediation Procedures to provide for the consensual mediation of claims (\"Estate Claims\") that are property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate (the \"Estate\") prior to litigation. [2](#page-0-1) In support of this Motion, the Trustee states the following:\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><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 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<span id=\"page-0-1\"></span><sup>2</sup> All capitalized terms not defined in this Motion adopt the terms defined in the Procedures Order.\n\n### **BACKGROUND**\n\n1. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Debtor filed with the Court a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n2. On March 21, 2022, the United States Trustee appointed an official committee of unsecured creditors (\"Committee\") in this Chapter 11 Case. No examiner has been appointed in the Chapter 11 Case.\n\n3. On June 15, 2022, the Court entered a memorandum of decision and order [ECF No. 465] (the \"Trustee Order\") directing the United States Trustee to appoint a chapter 11 trustee in the Chapter 11 Case. Pursuant to the Trustee Order, the United States Trustee selected Luc A. Despins as the Trustee.\n\n4. Since his appointment, the Trustee has investigated the Debtor's financial affairs, including, among other things, claims relating to prepetition transfers of interests of the Debtor in property and postpetition transfers of property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate that were not authorized by the Court or under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, \"Avoidance Claims\") as well as other Estate Claims.\n\n5. On January 29, 2024, the Court entered its *Order Approving Procedures Applicable to Avoidance Claim Adversary Proceedings* [ECF No. 2578] (the \"Avoidance Procedures Order\"), establishing certain procedures governing litigation of the Avoidance Actions.\n\n6. Between February 9 and 15, 2024, the Trustee commenced approximately 270 Avoidance Actions, *i.e.,* adversary proceedings to avoid and recover certain prepetition and postpetition transfers. The Trustee has filed additional Avoidance Actions since February 15, 2024, and expects that he will continue to do so.\n\n2\n\n7. On May 2, 2024, the Court entered its Procedures Order, amending and supplementing the Avoidance Procedures Order, including, among other things, by adopting the Mediation Procedures. Approximately fifty Avoidance Defendants are presently engaged in Mediation Proceedings with the Trustee supervised by Judge Tancredi.\n\n8. In addition to filing Avoidance Actions, the Trustee has also stipulated with numerous parties to toll the Trustee's statute of limitations to sue them. The Trustee is presently negotiating or otherwise communicating with these and other parties the Trustee believes may be subject to Estate Claims, as well as with counsel for Avoidance Defendants that have not yet appeared in the Avoidance Actions commenced by the Trustee (collectively, \"Counterparties\").\n\n9. Whenever possible, the Trustee is endeavoring to resolve Estate Claims prior to litigation to reduce expense to the Estate and unnecessary burden on judicial resources.\n\n10. The Trustee has consulted with Judge Tancredi and understands that Judge Tancredi is willing to mediate Estate Claims prior to litigation upon the consent of the parties.\n\n### **PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO MEDIATION PROCEDURES**\n\n11. To promote efficient administration of the Estate, the Trustee proposes that the Court amend the Procedures Order to provide that the Trustee and Counterparties may consensually participate in Mediation Proceedings as to Estate Claims without requiring the Trustee to first commence an adversary proceeding (\"Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation\").\n\n12. The Trustee proposes that the Mediation Proceedings as applied to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation be modified as follows:\n\ni. Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation shall require the consent of the Trustee and any applicable Counterparties (collectively, the \"Consent Mediation Parties\") and shall be available, subject to such consent and the consent of Judge Tancredi, as to any Estate Claims irrespective of whether the Trustee has commenced litigation against the Counterparties.\n\n3\n\nii. Mediation Referral shall occur upon the Consent Mediation Parties submitting a joint letter or email to Judge Tancredi consenting to engage in Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation and to be bound by the Mediation Procedures (as modified). Judge Tancredi may for any reason in his sole discretion accept or reject any referral of a Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation.\n\niii. Judge Tancredi may require the Consent Mediation Parties to provide him with any relevant papers and exhibits, statements of position, and/or settlement proposals. The Consent Mediation Parties shall cooperate to determine the timing and location of any mediation sessions subject to the approval of Judge Tancredi.\n\niv. A Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation shall terminate upon the earliest of (a) Judge Tancredi's rejection of the Mediation Referral; (b) written notice of any Consent Mediation Party to Judge Tancredi and the other Consent Mediation Parties of withdrawal from Mediation Proceedings, *provided*, *however*, where the Mediation Proceedings involve the Trustee and other Counterparties that have not withdrawn, such proceedings may continue if Judge Tancredi, the Trustee, and the remaining Counterparties consent to continue them; (c) Judge Tancredi's termination of the Mediation Proceedings by written notice to the Consent Mediation Parties; or (d) a written settlement of the applicable Estate Claims (a \"Pre-Litigation Settlement\") signed by the Consent Mediation Parties and documented by Judge Tancredi in a report of same (a \"Pre-Litigation Settlement Report\"), which shall be in lieu of a Mediator's Report and which shall be submitted to the Court as an attachment to the Trustee's motion requesting approval of the settlement.\n\nv. Within thirty (30) days of the issuance of a Pre-Litigation Settlement Report, the Trustee shall file a motion requesting the Court's approval of the Pre-Litigation Settlement and attaching the Pre-Litigation Settlement Report. Such motion and Pre-Litigation Settlement Report may be filed under seal, upon notice to counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the United States Trustee, if the Trustee believes that public disclosure of the settlement terms would harm the Estate and/or would implicate commercially sensitive or otherwise confidential information disclosure of which would prejudice the Consent Mediation Parties. As to any motion filed under seal, the Trustee shall file on the public docket a copy of the motion that redacts any commercially sensitive or otherwise confidential information.\n\nvi. The following provisions of the Mediation Procedures shall not apply to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation: Procedures Order ¶ 2 subparagraphs (j), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (t), (u), (w), (x), and (y). The remaining Mediation Procedures shall apply to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation except as modified by the foregoing paragraphs (i) through (v).\n\n### **BASIS FOR REQUESTED RELIEF**\n\n13. Mediation Proceedings before Judge Tancredi have already proven valuable in assisting the Trustee in reaching settlements and in clarifying and narrowing areas of dispute with\n\nmultiple Avoidance Defendants. The Trustee wishes to further utilize this resource under\n\nappropriate circumstances as to Estate Claims that are not yet in suit or as to which a defendant has not yet appeared.\n\n14. The Consensual Pre-Litigation Procedures would apply only where all parties have consented, and Judge Tancredi has accepted the mediation—and the mediation would be terminable at any time by Judge Tancredi or by any party to the mediation. Thus, these procedures would be limited to participants actively interested in pursuing mediation and will avoid overburden or undue imposition on Judge Tancredi.\n\n15. Creating a forum for Mediation Proceedings under these specific circumstances will benefit the Estate and conserve judicial resources by promoting consensual resolution of Estate Claims and avoiding unnecessary litigation and attendant expense.\n\n### **NO PRIOR REQUEST**\n\n16. No other or prior motion for the relief sought herein has been made to this Court or any other Court.\n\n### *[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\n\n**WHEREFORE**, the Court should grant this Motion by entry of the Proposed Order and\n\ngrant such other and further relief as is just and proper.\n\nDated: August 12, 2024 New Haven, Connecticut\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett *(*admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nDouglass Barron (admitted *pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6690 aviluft@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **EXHIBIT A**\n\n**(Proposed Order)**\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| --------------------------------------------------------------- | x           |                         |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                                                          | :<br>:<br>: | Chapter 11              |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al.,                                            | :           | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.1                                                       | :<br>:<br>: | Jointly Administered    |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------- | x           |                         |\n\n# **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO AMEND ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO MEDIATION, APPOINTING THE HONORABLE JAMES J. TANCREDI AS MEDIATOR, AND AMENDING ORDER APPROVING PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO AVOIDANCE CLAIM ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS TO FACILITATE CONSENSUAL PRE-LITIGATION MEDIATION**\n\nUpon the motion (the \"Motion\") of Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\") for Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), for entry of an order (this \"Order\") amending the Court's *Order Directing Parties to Mediation, Appointing the Honorable James J. Tancredi as Mediator, and Amending Order Approving Procedures Applicable to Avoidance Claim Adversary Proceedings* [ECF No. 3163] (the \"Procedures Order\") by modifying and supplementing the Mediation Procedures to provide for the consensual mediation (\"Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation\") of claims (\"Estate Claims\") that are property of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate (the \"Estate\") prior to litigation; and the Court having found that the relief requested in the Motion is in the best interest of the Debtor's chapter 11 estate, its creditors, and all parties in interest; and due and sufficient notice of the Motion having been given under the particular\n\n<span id=\"page-7-0\"></span><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 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\ncircumstances; and it appearing that no other or further notice need be given; and any objections\n\nto the relief requested herein having been withdrawn or overruled on the merits; and after due\n\ndeliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it is hereby ORDERED THAT:\n\n- 1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.\n- 2. The Procedures Order, and specifically the Mediation Procedures set forth therein,\n\nis hereby modified solely as applied to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation:\n\ni. Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation shall require the consent of the Trustee and any applicable Counterparties (collectively, the \"Consent Mediation Parties\") and shall be available, subject to such consent and the consent of Judge Tancredi, as to any Estate Claims irrespective of whether the Trustee has commenced litigation against the Counterparties.[2](#page-8-0)\n\nii. Mediation Referral shall occur upon the Consent Mediation Parties submitting a joint letter or email to Judge Tancredi consenting to engage in Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation and to be bound by the Mediation Procedures (as modified by this Order). Judge Tancredi may for any reason in his sole discretion accept or reject any referral of a Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation.\n\niii. Judge Tancredi may require the Consent Mediation Parties to provide him with any relevant papers and exhibits, statements of position, and/or settlement proposals. The Consent Mediation Parties shall cooperate to determine the timing and location of any mediation sessions subject to the approval of Judge Tancredi.\n\niv. A Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation shall terminate upon the earliest of (a) Judge Tancredi's rejection of the Mediation Referral; (b) written notice of any Consent Mediation Party to Judge Tancredi and the other Consent Mediation Parties of withdrawal from Mediation Proceedings, *provided*, *however*, where the Mediation Proceedings involve the Trustee and other Counterparties that have not withdrawn, such proceedings may continue if Judge Tancredi, the Trustee, and the remaining Counterparties consent to continue them; (c) Judge Tancredi's termination of the Mediation Proceedings by written notice to the Consent Mediation Parties; or (d) a written settlement of the applicable Estate Claims (a \"Pre-Litigation Settlement\") signed by the Consent Mediation Parties and documented by Judge Tancredi in a report of same (a \"Pre-Litigation Settlement Report\"), which shall be in lieu of a Mediator's Report and which shall be submitted to the Court as an attachment to the Trustee's motion requesting approval of the settlement.\n\nv. Within thirty (30) days of the issuance of a Pre-Litigation Settlement Report, the Trustee shall file a motion requesting the Court's approval of the Pre-Litigation Settlement and attaching the Pre-Litigation Settlement Report. Such motion and Pre-Litigation Settlement Report may be filed under seal, upon notice to counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors and the United States Trustee, if the Trustee believes that public disclosure of the settlement terms would harm the Estate and/or would implicate commercially sensitive or otherwise confidential information disclosure of which would\n\n<span id=\"page-8-0\"></span><sup>2</sup> Capitalized terms not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Motion.\n\nprejudice the Consent Mediation Parties. As to any motion filed under seal, the Trustee shall file on the public docket a copy of the motion that redacts any commercially sensitive or otherwise confidential information.\n\nvi. The following provisions of the Mediation Procedures shall not apply to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation: Procedures Order ¶ 2 subparagraphs (j), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (t), (u), (w), (x), and (y). The remaining Mediation Procedures shall apply to Consensual Pre-Litigation Mediation except as modified by the foregoing paragraphs (i) through (v).\n\n3. Except as expressly modified by this Order, the Procedures Order shall remain in\n\nfull force and effect.\n\n4. The Court retains jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to\n\nthe implementation of this Order.\n\n5. This Order shall be effective immediately upon entry.","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\n---------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：\n:　第 11 章\n:\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n:\n债务人。1\n:　合并审理\n:\n---------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n第 11 章受托人关于修改指示当事人进行调解、指定 JAMES J. TANCREDI 尊长为调解人及修改适用于撤销权主张对席诉讼程序的裁定以促进诉前自愿调解的动议\n\nLuc A. Despins 作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）的第 11 章受托人（“受托人”），特此恭敬提出动议（“本动议”），请求本法院作出裁定，其形式如作为附件 A 附于本动议的拟议裁定（“拟议裁定”），通过修改和补充调解程序以规定在诉讼前就属于债务人第 11 章破产财产（“破产财产”）财产的债权/主张（“破产财产主张”）进行自愿调解，从而修改法院的《指示当事人进行调解、指定 James J. Tancredi 尊长为调解人及修改适用于撤销权主张对席诉讼程序的裁定》[ECF No. 3163]（“程序裁定”）。[2] 为支持本动议，受托人陈述如下：\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及其他众多化名）（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（仅用于接收通知和通信）。\n\n2 本动议中未定义的所有大写术语均采用程序裁定中所定义的术语。\n\n背景\n\n1. 2022年2月15日（“申请日”），债务人向本法院提交了依据《破产法典》第 11 章寻求救济的自愿破产申请。\n\n2. 2022年3月21日，美国受托人（United States Trustee）在本第 11 章案件中指定了官方无担保债权人委员会（“委员会”）。本第 11 章案件中未指定任何审查员。\n\n3. 2022年6月15日，法院作出一份裁定备忘录及裁定 [ECF No. 465]（“受托人裁定”），指示美国受托人在本第 11 章案件中指定一名第 11 章受托人。根据受托人裁定，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins 担任受托人。\n\n4. 自获指定以来，受托人调查了债务人的财务事务，除其他事项外，包括涉及破产申请前债务人在财产中权益的转让以及破产申请后未经法院或《破产法典》授权的债务人第 11 章破产财产之转让的主张（统称“撤销权主张”），以及其他破产财产主张。\n\n5. 2024年1月29日，法院作出了《关于批准适用于撤销权主张对席诉讼程序的裁定》[ECF No. 2578]（“撤销程序裁定”），确立了规范撤销权诉讼审理的若干程序。\n\n6. 2024年2月9日至15日期间，受托人提起了约 270 起撤销权诉讼，即用于撤销并追回某些申请前和申请后转让的对席诉讼。受托人自2024年2月15日以来又提起了其他撤销权诉讼，并预计将继续提起此类诉讼。\n\n7. 2024年5月2日，法院作出了程序裁定，修改并补充了撤销程序裁定，除其他事项外，包括采纳了调解程序。目前约有五十名撤销诉讼被告正在 Tancredi 法官主持下与受托人进行调解程序。\n\n8. 除提起撤销权诉讼外，受托人还与多方达成约定，中止受托人起诉他们的诉讼时效。受托人目前正在与这些及受托人认为可能涉及破产财产主张的其他当事方，以及尚未在受托人提起的撤销权诉讼中出庭的撤销诉讼被告的律师进行谈判或其他沟通（统称“相对方”）。\n\n9. 只要可能，受托人均尽力在诉讼前解决破产财产主张，以减少破产财产的开支和司法资源的不必要负担。\n\n10. 受托人已与 Tancredi 法官协商，并获悉在当事人同意的情况下，Tancredi 法官愿意在诉讼前就破产财产主张进行调解。\n\n对调解程序的拟议修改\n\n11. 为促进破产财产的高效管理，受托人建议法院修改程序裁定，规定受托人和相对方可在双方自愿的情况下就破产财产主张参与调解程序，而无需受托人首先提起对席诉讼（“诉前自愿调解”）。\n\n12. 受托人建议对适用于诉前自愿调解的调解程序作如下修改：\n\ni. 诉前自愿调解应取得受托人和任何适用相对方（统称“同意调解当事人”）的同意，并且在取得该等同意及 Tancredi 法官同意的前提下，无论受托人是否已对相对方提起诉讼，均可就任何破产财产主张适用。\n\nii. 调解移交应在同意调解当事人向 Tancredi 法官提交联名信函或电子邮件、同意参与诉前自愿调解并受调解程序（经修改后）约束时发生。Tancredi 法官可出于任何原因自行决定接受或拒绝任何诉前自愿调解的移交。\n\niii. Tancredi 法官可要求同意调解当事人向其提供任何相关文件和物证、立场陈述和/或和解方案。同意调解当事人应相互配合，在经 Tancredi 法官批准的前提下确定任何调解会议的时间和地点。\n\niv. 诉前自愿调解应在以下情况中最早发生者出现时终止：(a) Tancredi 法官拒绝调解移交；(b) 任何同意调解当事人向 Tancredi 法官和其他同意调解当事人发出退出调解程序的书面通知，但前提是，如果调解程序涉及受托人和其他未退出的相对方，若 Tancredi 法官、受托人及剩余相对方同意继续调解，则该等程序可继续进行；(c) Tancredi 法官通过向同意调解当事人发出书面通知终止调解程序；或 (d) 由同意调解当事人签署并由 Tancredi 法官在报告中予以记载（“诉前和解报告”）的关于适用破产财产主张的书面和解（“诉前和解”），该报告应替代调解人报告，并应作为受托人请求批准和解之动议的附件提交给法院。\n\nv. 在出具诉前和解报告后三十（30）日内，受托人应提交请求法院批准诉前和解并附上诉前和解报告的动议。如果受托人认为公开披露和解条款会损害破产财产和/或涉及商业敏感或其他保密信息且该等信息的披露会损害同意调解当事人的利益，则在向官方无担保债权人委员会和美国受托人的律师发出通知后，该动议和诉前和解报告可作封存提交。对于任何封存提交的动议，受托人应在公开案卷中提交一份涂黑任何商业敏感或其他保密信息的该动议副本。\n\nvi. 调解程序的以下条款不适用于诉前自愿调解：程序裁定第 2 段第 (j)、(l)、(m)、(n)、(o)、(p)、(t)、(u)、(w)、(x) 和 (y) 项。调解程序的其余部分除经上述第 (i) 至 (v) 段修改外，均应适用于诉前自愿调解。\n\n请求救济的依据\n\n13. 在 Tancredi 法官主持下的调解程序已被证明在协助受托人达成和解，以及在澄清和缩小与多名撤销诉讼被告的争议范围方面具有宝贵价值。受托人希望在适当情况下进一步利用这一资源，处理尚未起诉或被告尚未出庭的破产财产主张。\n\n14. 诉前自愿程序仅在所有当事人均已同意且 Tancredi 法官已接受调解的情况下适用——并且调解可随时由 Tancredi 法官或调解的任何一方终止。因此，这些程序将仅限于积极有兴趣进行调解的参与者，并将避免给 Tancredi 法官造成过重负担或不当强加责任。\n\n15. 在这些特定情况下为调解程序创造平台，将通过促进破产财产主张的协商一致解决、避免不必要的诉讼及随之而来的费用，从而有利于破产财产并节省司法资源。\n\n此前未提出请求\n\n16. 此前未就本文所寻求的救济向本法院或任何其他法院提出其他或先前的动议。\n\n[此页其余部分有意留白。]\n\n为此，法院应通过作出拟议裁定准许本动议，并给予公正合理之其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：2024年8月12日 于康涅狄格州纽黑文\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（经特许出庭） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n及\n\nDouglass Barron（经特许出庭） PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6690 aviluft@paulhastings.com\n\n第 11 章受托人代理律师\n\n附件 A\n\n（拟议裁定）\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：　:\n:\n:　第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK 等，　:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1　:\n:\n:　合并审理\n---------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n[拟议] 关于准予第 11 章受托人修改指示当事人进行调解、指定 JAMES J. TANCREDI 尊长为调解人及修改适用于撤销权主张对席诉讼程序的裁定以促进诉前自愿调解之动议的裁定\n\n鉴于 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（下称「债务人」）的第11章受托人（下称「受托人」）身份提出动议（下称「本动议」），请求作出裁定（下称「本裁定」），通过修改和补充调解程序以就属于债务人第11章破产财产（下称「破产财产」）之财产的申索（下称「破产财产申索」）在诉讼前进行自愿调解（下称「诉前自愿调解」），从而修改本法院的《指示各方进行调解、指定 James J. Tancredi（詹姆斯·J·坦克雷迪）法官担任调解员并修改批准适用于撤销权申索对抗性诉讼程序的裁定》[ECF No. 3163]（下称「程序裁定」）；且本法院认定本动议中请求的救济符合债务人第11章破产财产、其债权人及所有利害关系方的最大利益；且在具体情况下已就本动议给予了正当和充分的通知；且看来无需给予其他或进一步的通知；且对在此请求之救济的任何异议已被撤回或在实体上被驳回；经正当审议并证明有充分理由，特此裁定如下：\n\n1 这些第11章案件中的债务人包括 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及诸多其他化名）（税务识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号后四位：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 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于接收通知和沟通目的）。\n\n1. 本动议按本裁定所列条款予以准予。\n\n2. 程序裁定，特别是其中规定的调解程序，特此仅在适用于诉前自愿调解时作出如下修改：\n\ni. 诉前自愿调解应取得受托人及任何适用的相对方（合称「同意调解各方」）的同意，且在获得该等同意以及 Tancredi 法官同意的前提下，无论受托人是否已对相对方提起诉讼，均可就任何破产财产申索适用。[2]\n\nii. 调解移交应在同意调解各方向 Tancredi 法官提交联合信函或电子邮件，表示同意进行诉前自愿调解并受调解程序（经本裁定修改）约束时发生。Tancredi 法官可出于任何原因自行决定接受或拒绝任何诉前自愿调解的移交。\n\niii. Tancredi 法官可要求同意调解各方向其提供任何相关文件和物证、立场陈述和/或和解方案。同意调解各方应在获得 Tancredi 法官批准的前提下，配合确定任何调解会议的时间和地点。\n\niv. 诉前自愿调解应在以下最早发生之时终止：(a) Tancredi 法官拒绝调解移交；(b) 任何同意调解方向 Tancredi 法官及其他同意调解方发出退出调解程序的书面通知，但若调解程序涉及受托人及其他未退出的相对方，且 Tancredi 法官、受托人及剩余相对方均同意继续进行的，该等程序可继续进行；(c) Tancredi 法官通过向同意调解各方发出书面通知终止调解程序；或 (d) 由同意调解各方签署、并由 Tancredi 法官在关于该和解的报告（下称「诉前和解报告」）中予以记录的关于适用破产财产申索的书面和解（下称「诉前和解」），该报告应替代调解员报告，并作为受托人请求批准和解之动议的附件提交法院。\n\nv. 在出具诉前和解报告后三十（30）日内，受托人应提交请求法院批准诉前和解的动议，并附上诉前和解报告。若受托人认为公开披露和解条款会损害破产财产和/或涉及公开后会损害同意调解各方利益的商业敏感信息或其他保密信息，则在向无担保债权人官方委员会和美国受托人（United States Trustee）的法律顾问发出通知后，该动议及诉前和解报告可密封提交。对于任何密封提交的动议，受托人应在公开案卷中提交一份隐去任何商业敏感信息或其他保密信息的该动议副本。\n\n2 本裁定中未明确定义的大写术语应具有本动议赋予它们的含义。\n\nvi. 调解程序的以下条款不适用于诉前自愿调解：程序裁定第 2 段第 (j)、(l)、(m)、(n)、(o)、(p)、(t)、(u)、(w)、(x) 和 (y) 项。除前述第 (i) 至 (v) 款所作的修改外，其余调解程序应适用于诉前自愿调解。\n\n3. 除本裁定明确修改的内容外，程序裁定应继续保持完全有效。\n\n4. 本法院保留对由本裁定的执行所引起的或与之相关的所有事项的管辖权。\n\n5. 本裁定一经录入即刻生效。","key_entities":["Kwok","Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Guo","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":465,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":2578,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3163,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":2544,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 13:25:00"}