{"id":"court_ctb_3460_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3460,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\nHo Wan Kwok, et al.,\n\nChapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)\n\nDebtors.[1](#page-0-0)\n\n#### **NOTICE OF APPEAL**\n\nPLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8001 *et seq.,* Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, hereby files notice of its appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's August 14, 2024 *Order Granting Second Motion For Extension of Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions* (ECF No. 3417, the \"Ruling\"), granting the Trustee, Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee's (the \"Trustee\") *First Supplemental Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee To Extend August 15, 2024 Deadline For Trustee To File Avoidance Actions* (ECF No. 3329). A copy of the Ruling is attached hereto as Exhibit A.\n\nThe names of all parties to the Court's order appealed from and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of their respective attorneys are as follows:\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in the main Chapter 11 case are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok) (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.\n\nJeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 285-8545 [jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com) [kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com)\n\nAndrew Troop (pro hac vice) Carolina A. Fornos (pro hac vice) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Telephone: 212-858-1000 Facsimile: 212-858-1500 andrew.troop@pillsburylaw.com carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com rahman.connelly@pillsburylaw.com\n\n#### *Representing* **Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP** Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC 31 West 52nd Street\n\nNew York, NY 10019 *Party-in-Interest and Appellant*\n\n\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\\*\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n#### and\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (pro hac vice) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\nand\n\n{00377244.2 } 2\n\n*Representing* **Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee** PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166\n\n*Chapter 11 Trustee and Appellee*\n\nDouglass Barron (pro hac vice) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\nCounsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee\n\nPARTY-IN-INTEREST, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP\n\nBy: /s/ Kellianne Baranowsky Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 285-8545 [jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com](mailto:jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com) kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n\n### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on the date set forth below a copy of the foregoing was served by CM/ECF and/or mail on anyone unable to accept electronic filing. Notice of this filing will be sent by email to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System.\n\nDate: August 27, 2024 /s/ Kellianne Baranowsky\n\n# **EXHIBIT A**\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\n HO WAN KWOK, *et al.*, 1\n\nDebtors.\n\n Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)\n\nRe: ECF No. 3329\n\n### **ORDER GRANTING SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR TRUSTEE TO FILE AVOIDANCE ACTIONS**\n\nOn February 15, 2024, the Court entered the Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting in Part Motion to Extend Deadlines (the \"First Extension Order\").<sup>2</sup> (ECF No. 2921.) After notice and an evidentiary hearing held on February 13, 2024 (the \"First Extension Hearing\"), the First Extension Order granted, for the reasons stated therein, the Motion for Entry of Order Extending Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions (the \"First Extension Motion\") (ECF No. 2509), filed by Mr. Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the Chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") for the bankruptcy estate of Mr. Ho Wan Kwok. The First Extension Order extended the statutes of limitations set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549 from February 15, 2024 – the two-year anniversary of the voluntary filing by Mr. Kwok of his Chapter 11 petition – to August 15, 2024.\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<sup>2</sup> The First Extension Order is incorporated herein by reference.\n\nOn July 19, 2024, the Trustee filed the First Supplemental Motion to Extend August 15, 2024 Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions (the \"Second Extension Motion\"). (ECF No. 3329.) On July 22, 2024, the Clerk of Court issued a Notice of Hearing, scheduling the Second Extension Motion for hearing on August 13, 2024, setting an objection deadline of August 6, 2024, and a reply deadline of August 9, 2024. (ECF No. 3332.) On July 25, 2024, the Trustee timely filed a certificate of service demonstrating service in accordance with a previously entered order limiting notice of the Second Extension Motion (the \"Order Limiting Notice\"). (ECF No. 3323).\n\nOn August 6, 2024, timely objections to the Second Extension Motion (the \"Objections\") were filed by Ms. Hing Chi Ngok, G Club Operations, LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc., Apple Inc., FFP (BVI) Ltd., Ogier, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, and Weddle Law PC (the \"Objectors\"). (ECF Nos. 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3379.) On August 9, 2024, the Trustee timely filed a reply (the \"Reply\"). (ECF No. 3391.) On August 12, 2024, the Trustee filed a list of witnesses and exhibits. (ECF No. 3395.)\n\nOn August 13, 2024, an evidentiary hearing was held (the \"Second Extension Hearing\"). The Trustee testified and was subject to cross-examination during the Second Extension Hearing, and the parties advanced their arguments. At the conclusion of the Second Extension Hearing, the Court took the Second Extension Motion under advisement.\n\nHaving considered: (i) the Second Extension Motion, the Objections, and the Reply; (ii) the testimony of the Trustee and the arguments of the parties during the Second Extension Hearing; (iii) the pleadings filed in relation to the First Extension Motion and the testimony of the Trustee and arguments of the parties during the First Extension Hearing; and (iv) matters of which the Court may take judicial notice, the Court finds, for the reasons stated in the First\n\nExtension Order, in the Second Extension Motion, during the Second Extension Hearing, and herein, that the Trustee has established cause exists under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(b) to grant the Second Extension Motion, which cause includes without limitation: (1) the pendency of the criminal action styled *United States v. Kwok*, 23 cr 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2024) from March 2023 through the date of the entry of this Order and its impact on these cases and the multitude of related adversary proceedings; (2) Mr. Kwok's ongoing contempt of court and failure to perform his statutory duties under 11 U.S.C. § 521; (3) other parties' ongoing contempt of court; (4) the complexity and extent of Mr. Kwok's financial affairs; and (5) the Trustee's diligence in his investigation. The Court is unpersuaded by the arguments of the Objectors to the contrary, including without limitation the arguments that: (a) despite the completely different procedural and factual context in *Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.*, 603 U.S. \\_\\_\\_, 144 S. Ct. 2071 (2024), to which context the Supreme Court of the United States explicitly restricted its holding, the decision in that case mandates the denial of the Second Extension Motion; and (b) the facts and circumstances of these jointly administered Chapter 11 cases are, at this time, no longer extraordinary. While the Trustee will ultimately conclude his investigation, that time has not yet come. Accordingly, pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006, it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED:** The Second Extension Motion (ECF No. 3329) is granted as set forth herein; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** The time limitations set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549 for the Trustee to commence avoidance actions and other actions on behalf of the estate, as well as for amending any pending complaints, are extended through and including February 15, 2025, which date may be further extended upon notice and a hearing; and it is further\n\n3\n\n**ORDERED:** The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and\n\nenforceable upon its entry; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** The Trustee is authorized to take all actions necessary to effectuate the\n\nrelief granted herein; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED:** The Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the interpretation or implementation of this Order.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 14th day of August, 2024.\n\n![](_page_8_Picture_7.jpeg)","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等，\n\n第 11 章案号 22-50073 (JAM)（合并审理）\n\n债务人。[1]\n上诉通知书\n\n请注意，根据《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》（Fed. R. Bankr. P.）第 8001 条及以下条款，Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP（必百瑞律师事务所）特此就破产法院 2024 年 8 月 14 日作出的《准予受托人延长提起撤销权诉讼期限的第二项动议的裁定》（ECF No. 3417，即“《裁定》”）提交上诉通知书，该裁定准予了第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（“受托人”）提交的《第 11 章受托人请求延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼的 2024 年 8 月 15 日截止日期的第一项补充动议》（ECF No. 3329）。《裁定》的副本作为附件 A 附于本通知书后。\n\n被上诉法院裁定的所有当事人姓名/名称及其各自代理律师的姓名、地址和电话号码如下：\n\n1 主第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins。\n\nJeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 285-8545 [jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com] [kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com]\n\nAndrew Troop (特别准许出庭) Carolina A. Fornos (特别准许出庭) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC 31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 电话：212-858-1000 传真：212-858-1500 andrew.troop@pillsburylaw.com carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com rahman.connelly@pillsburylaw.com\n代表 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC 31 West 52nd Street\n\nNew York, NY 10019 利害关系方兼上诉人\n\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*\n\nDouglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett (特别准许出庭) PAUL HASTINGS LLP（普衡律师事务所） 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n及\n\n{00377244.2 } 2\n\n代表第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166\n\n第 11 章受托人兼被上诉人\n\nDouglass Barron (特别准许出庭) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n第 11 章受托人代理律师\n\n利害关系方，Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP\n\n签署人：/s/ Kellianne Baranowsky Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 285-8545 [jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com] kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com\n送达证明\n\n我特此证明，在下述日期，本文件的副本已通过 CM/ECF 系统和/或邮寄方式送达给任何无法接收电子申报的人员。本申报的通知将通过法院电子申报系统的运行以电子邮件形式发送给所有当事人，或按照《电子申报通知》所载通过邮寄方式发送给任何无法接收电子申报的人员。各方当事人均可通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统查阅本申报文件。\n\n日期：2024 年 8 月 27 日 /s/ Kellianne Baranowsky\n附件 A\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，1\n\n债务人。\n\n第 11 章案号 22-50073 (JAM)（合并审理）\n\n涉及：ECF No. 3329\n准予受托人延长提起撤销权诉讼期限的第二项动议的裁定\n\n2024 年 2 月 15 日，本法院作出了《关于部分准予延长截止期限动议的决定备忘录及裁定》（即“《第一项延期裁定》”）。2 (ECF No. 2921。) 在发出通知并于 2024 年 2 月 13 日举行证据听证会（即“第一项延期听证会”）后，基于其中所述的理由，《第一项延期裁定》准予了 Luc A. Despins 先生以郭文贵先生破产财产的第 11 章受托人（即“受托人”）身份提交的《请求作出延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼截止期限裁定的动议》（即“《第一项延期动议》”）(ECF No. 2509)。《第一项延期裁定》将《美国法典》第 11 编（11 U.S.C.）第 108、546 和 549 条中规定的时效期限从 2024 年 2 月 15 日（即郭先生自愿提交第 11 章破产申请的两周年届满日）延长至 2024 年 8 月 15 日。\n\n1 在这些第 11 章案件中，债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知和联络之目的）。\n\n2 《第一项延期裁定》通过引用并入本裁定。\n\n2024 年 7 月 19 日，受托人提交了《请求延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼的 2024 年 8 月 15 日截止日期的第一项补充动议》（即“《第二项延期动议》”）。(ECF No. 3329。) 2024 年 7 月 22 日，法院书记官签发了《听证会通知》，排定于 2024 年 8 月 13 日就《第二项延期动议》举行听证会，并将提出异议的截止日期定为 2024 年 8 月 6 日，答辩截止日期定为 2024 年 8 月 9 日。(ECF No. 3332。) 2024 年 7 月 25 日，受托人按期提交了送达证明，证明已按照先前作出的限制《第二项延期动议》通知范围的裁定（即“《限制通知裁定》”）完成了送达。(ECF No. 3323)。\n\n2024 年 8 月 6 日，Hing Chi Ngok（岳庆芝）女士、G Club Operations, LLC、Meta Platforms, Inc.、Apple Inc.（苹果公司）、FFP (BVI) Ltd.、Ogier（奥杰律师事务所）、Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP（必百瑞律师事务所）和 Weddle Law PC（合称“异议人”）按期提交了对《第二项延期动议》的异议（即“《异议》”）。(ECF Nos. 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3379。) 2024 年 8 月 9 日，受托人按期提交了答辩意见（即“《答辩》”）。(ECF No. 3391。) 2024 年 8 月 12 日，受托人提交了证人及证据清单。(ECF No. 3395。)\n\n2024 年 8 月 13 日，法院举行了证据听证会（即“第二项延期听证会”）。受托人在第二项延期听证会上作证并接受了交叉询问，各方当事人阐述了其主张。在第二项延期听证会结束时，法院宣布对《第二项延期动议》进行斟酌审议。\n\n经审酌：(i)《第二项延期动议》、《异议》以及《答辩》；(ii) 受托人的证词以及各方当事人在第二项延期听证会上的陈词；(iii) 就《第一项延期动议》提交的诉状以及受托人的证词和各方当事人在第一项延期听证会上的陈词；以及 (iv) 本法院可依职权进行司法认知的各项事项，本法院认定，基于《第一项\n\n延期裁定》中、《第二项延期动议》中、第二项延期听证会期间以及本裁定中所述的理由，受托人已证明存在根据《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》（Fed. R. Bankr. P.）第 9006(b) 条准予《第二项延期动议》的正当理由，该正当理由包括但不限于：(1) 自 2023 年 3 月起直至本裁定作出之日，案号为 United States v. Kwok, 23 cr 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2024) 的刑事诉讼案仍在审理中，且对本系列案件及大量的相关对抗性诉讼程序产生了影响；(2) 郭先生持续藐视法庭且未能履行其在《美国法典》第 11 编第 521 条下的法定义务；(3) 其他当事人持续藐视法庭；(4) 郭先生财务状况的复杂性及规模；以及 (5) 受托人在其调查中的尽职尽责。法院对异议人提出的相反主张未予采信，该等主张包括但不限于：(a) 尽管 Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. \\_\\_\\_, 144 S. Ct. 2071 (2024) 一案在程序和事实上完全不同，且美国联邦最高法院已明确将其判决限定在该案的具体情形中，但该案的判决仍要求驳回《第二项延期动议》；以及 (b) 这些合并审理的第 11 章案件的事实和情况在目前已不再具有特殊性。虽然受托人终将结束其调查，但该时机尚未到来。因此，根据《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》第 9006 条，特此\n\n裁定如下：《第二项延期动议》(ECF No. 3329) 按本裁定所载予以准予；并进一步\n\n裁定：《美国法典》第 11 编第 108、546 和 549 条中规定的受托人代表破产财产提起撤销权诉讼及其他诉讼以及修改任何待决起诉状的期限，延长至 2025 年 2 月 15 日（含当日），该日期在经通知和听证后可进一步延长；并进一步\n裁定：本裁定的各项条款和条件自作出之日起立即生效并\n\n具有执行力；并进一步\n\n裁定：授权受托人采取一切必要行动以落实本裁定所准予的\n\n救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：本法院保留对因解释或执行本裁定而产生的或与之相关的一切事项的管辖权。\n\n2024 年 8 月 14 日于康涅狄格州布里奇波特签署。","key_entities":["Kwok","Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Paul Hastings","Guo","Miles Guo"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":2509,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":2921,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3323,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3329,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3332,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3391,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3395,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3417,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1536,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:55:22"}