{"id":"court_ctb_3699_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3699,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2024-10-15","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":"费用申请 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #3699（2024-10-15立案）。英国律所 Pallas Partners LLP 作为第 11 章受托人的英国事务律师提交第三次中期费用申请，申请批准 2024 年 5 月 1 日至 8 月 31 日期间的专业法律费用 64,800.00 美元及开支 151.24 美元，总计 64,951.24 美元。","summary_en":"Fee Application —— In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #3699 (filed 2024-10-15). Pallas Partners LLP, UK solicitors to the Chapter 11 Trustee, filed its third interim fee application requesting allowance of $64,800.00 in professional fees and $151.24 in expenses, totaling $64,951.24, for services rendered from May 1, 2024, through August 31, 2024.","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 |\n| HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.1 | :
: | Jointly Administered |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | :
x | |\n\n## **COVERSHEET FOR THIRD INTERIM FEE APPLICATION OF PALLAS PARTNERS LLP**\n\n| Pallas Partners LLP | | |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|--|\n| May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024 | | |\n| February 15, 2022 | | |\n| Order:
March 24, 2023 [ECF No. 1596] (effective as of January
26, 2023). | | |\n| Reductions | | |\n| Voluntary Fee Reductions:
none
\\$64,800.00 | | |\n| \\$151.24
Voluntary Expenses Reductions:
none | | |\n| \\$64,951.24 | | |\n| Retainer Request: | | |\n| \\$425,863.00
None | | |\n| \\$413,063.00 | | |\n| \\$413,063.00 | | |\n| Expense Detail: | | |\n| \\$5,828.67
Retainer Received:
Not applicable | | |\n| \\$901.63
Copies per page cost & total: Not applicable | | |\n| \\$901.63 | | |\n| | | |\n\n1 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## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 |\n| HO WAN KWOK, et al., | :
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors.1 | :
:
: | Jointly Administered |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | |\n\n## **THIRD INTERIM FEE APPLICATION OF PALLAS PARTNERS LLP, AS SOLICITORS IN UNITED KINGDOM, FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\nPursuant to sections 105(a), 328, 330, and 331 of title 11 of the United States Code (such title, hereinafter, the \"Bankruptcy Code\"), Rule 2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \"Bankruptcy Rules\"), Rule 2016-1 of the Local Rules of Bankruptcy Practice and Procedure of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (the \"Local Rules\"), and the *Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Retained Professionals, dated August 18, 2023* [Docket No. 2094] (the \"Interim Compensation Procedures Order\"), Pallas Partners LLP (\"Pallas\"), as United Kingdom solicitors to Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") appointed in the chapter 11 case of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), hereby files this *Third Interim Application of Pallas Partners LLP, as Solicitors in United Kingdom, for Compensation and Reimbursement of*\n\n1 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*Expenses for the Period from May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024* (the \"Application\"). By this Application, Pallas requests interim allowance of professional fees incurred during the period from May 1, 2024 through and including August 31, 2024 (the \"Application Period\") in these chapter 11 cases. In support of this Application, Pallas respectfully states as follows:\n\n### **JURISDICTION, VENUE, BASES FOR RELIEF, AND COMPLIANCE**\n\n1. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334 and the *Standing Order of Reference* from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. This matter is a core proceeding within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2). Venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.\n\n2. The legal predicates for the relief requested herein are sections 328, 330, and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rule 2016, and Local Rule 2016-1.\n\n3. Pallas believes that this Application, together with the attachments hereto, substantially complies with the Bankruptcy Rules, Local Rule 2016-1, and the *United States Trustee's Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed Under 11 U.S.C. § 330 by Attorneys in Larger Chapter 11 Cases* (the \"U.S. Trustee Guidelines\").[2](#page-2-0) Pallas respectfully requests a waiver of any of the foregoing requirements not met by this Application.\n\n- 4. Attached and incorporated herein by reference are the following Exhibits:\n\t- **Exhibit A** contains the Proposed Order granting this Application.\n\t- **Exhibit B** is a timekeeper summary that includes the name, title, bar admission, hourly billing rate, aggregate hours, and amount of fees earned for each Pallas individual who provided services during the Application Period;\n\n2 Pallasreserves all rights as to the relevance and substantive legal effect of the U.S. Trustee Guidelines with respect to any application for compensation in these chapter 11 cases.\n\n- **Exhibit C** is a summary of expenses incurred and reimbursement sought, by expense type, during the Application Period; and\n- **Exhibit D** contains the detail of the fees and expenses incurred during the Application Period.\n\n### **BACKGROUND**\n\n5. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Individual Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Bridgeport Division) (the \"Court\").\n\n6. On March 21, 2022, the United States Trustee appointed an Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the \"Committee\") in the Individual Debtor's chapter 11 case. No examiner has been appointed in the Individual Debtor's chapter 11 case.\n\n7. On June 15, 2022, the Court entered a memorandum of decision and order [ECF\n\nNo. 465] (the \"Trustee Order\") directing the United States Trustee to appoint a chapter 11 trustee in the Individual Debtor's chapter 11 case.\n\n8. Pursuant to the Trustee Order, the United States Trustee selected Luc A. Despins as the Trustee. On July 8, 2022, the Court entered an order granting the appointment of Luc A. Despins as the Trustee in the Individual Debtor's chapter 11 case\n\n9. By order entered March 24, 2023, the Court authorized Pallas' retention as solicitor in the United Kingdom for the Trustee [ECF No. 1596] (the \"Retention Order\") effective as of January 26, 2022 in the Debtor's chapter 11 case. The Retention Order authorizes Pallas to be compensated on an hourly basis and reimbursed for actual and necessary out-ofpocket expenses pursuant to sections 328 and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Local Rules, and such orders as the Court may direct.\n\n10. On August 18, 2023, the Court entered the Interim Compensation Procedures Order, which, among other things, approves procedures for the payment of 80% of fees and 100% of expenses on a monthly basis.\n\n11. On December 27, 2023, Pallas filed its *First Interim Fee Application of Pallas Partners LLP, as Solicitors in United Kingdom, for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Period from January 26, 2023 Through November 30, 2023* [Docket No. 2475] (the \"First Interim Fee Application\"), requesting interim allowance of professional fees incurred during the period from January 26, 2023 through and including November 30, 2023 in these chapter 11 cases. On January 24, 2024, the Court granted the First Interim Fee Application.\n\n12. On June 24, 2024, Pallas filed its *Second Interim Fee Application of Pallas Partners LLP, as Solicitors in United Kingdom, for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses for Period from December 1, 2023 Through April 30, 2024* [Docket No. 3277] (the \"Second Interim Fee Application\"), requesting interim allowance of professional fees incurred during the period from December 1, 2023 through and including April 30, 2024 in these chapter 11 cases. On July 23, 2024, the Court granted the Second Interim Fee Application.\n\n#### **ALLOWANCE REQUEST**\n\n13. The Applicant is applying for compensation pursuant to Sections 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code for legal services performed for the Trustee during the Application Period.\n\n14. For the Application Period, the Applicant seeks allowance of \\$64,800 as compensation for services rendered and allowance and reimbursement of \\$151.24 in expenses incurred in connection with such services. The Applicant devoted 61.2 hours to this case during the Application Period, equating to an overall blended rate of \\$1,019.\n\n4\n\n15. Throughout the Application Period, the Applicant maintained records to indicate the name of each attorney or paraprofessional working on this matter, the time spent on a particular issue, and the nature of the work performed. These records, which describe in detail the services rendered by the Applicant, were created at the approximate time the services were performed.\n\n16. Annexed hereto and made a part hereof as **Exhibit D** is a detailed billing report, upon which this application is based that contains each individual professional's time for the Debtors' bankruptcy cases, itemizing the dates upon which services were rendered, including a summary of the services on each of such dates by each person rendering the service, the time spent in rendering such service, and the dollar value of such services.\n\n### **SUMMARY OF SERVICES RENDERED[3](#page-5-0)**\n\n17. Upon being formally instructed, Pallas was asked to provide detailed and strategic advice in connection with the English litigation proceedings (the \"UBS Action\") brought by the Individual Debtor, Ace Decade Holdings Limited (\"Second Claimant\") and Dawn State Limited (\"Third Claimant\") against UBS AG (the \"Defendant\") (Case CL-2020-000345), which litigation claims constitute property of the Individual Debtor's estate. In addition, Pallas has been asked by the Trustee to consider strategic options in England relating to Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd (\"Hamilton\"), an entity which the Trustee maintains is part of the Estate and which he is seeking to obtain control over, pursuant to Hamilton entering into administration (the \"Hamilton Administration\").\n\n18. During the Fee Period, Pallas has been continuing to advise the Trustee on several matters related to the UBS Action, including advising the Trustee on the most cost-efficient ways\n\n3 For the avoidance of doubt, no privilege is waived in respect of the summary of the services rendered.\n\nto maximize value from the UBS Action for the benefit of the Individual Debtor's estate and its creditors. In addition, Pallas has advised the Trustee in respect of matters arising under the Hamilton Administration in order to preserve value in the company and ensure that the Administration process does not seek to undermine and circumvent the Trustee's rights.\n\n19. In order to achieve the Trustee's objective of maximizing value for the benefit of the creditors, Pallas has remained focused on advising the Trustee on the process of obtaining control of the Second and Third Claimants for the purposes of the UBS Action and seeking a further stay of the English proceedings pending the relief sought in the BVI Courts which will ultimately be recognized in the English Courts.\n\n20. To that end, Pallas has assisted in continuing to advocate for, and liaise with the parties on, an extension to the stay of the English proceedings in order to ensure no steps can be taken by any party in England and to ensure that no costs are incurred by any parties. Upon the purported appointment of joint liquidators over Ace Decade (the \"JLs\"), Pallas has also been working with the Trustee to support his discussions and negotiations with the JLs in order to seek to obtain appropriate relief in the BVI and ultimately obtain control of the Second and Third Claimants for the purposes of the English proceedings. In respect of the Hamilton Administration, Pallas has assisted in reviewing the administrators' purported steps and proposing a strategy to ensure that the Trustee's rights are preserved and the Administration process monitored while the Trustee obtains related and relevant relief in the US.\n\n#### **NO PRIOR APPLICATION**\n\n21. No prior application for the relief requested has been made.\n\n6\n\n#### **LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR COMPENSATION**\n\n22. All of the professional services for which this award is being sought hereby were rendered solely on behalf of the Trustee in connection with the chapter 11 cases herein.\n\n23. Applicant respectfully submits that its services have benefited the Trustee with the expertise and skill required in the handling of bankruptcy matters. The legal services for which such compensation is requested were performed for and on behalf of the Trustee. Such services have been necessary to protect and enforce the rights and interests of the Trustee in connection with these chapter 11 cases. The reasonable value of services rendered by Pallas in these cases is based upon Pallas' usual hourly rates for matters of this nature.\n\n24. Section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code prescribes the general standards for determining the amount of compensation to be paid to professionals. The Applicant submits that the amount sought for the Application Period represents reasonable compensation for professional services rendered based upon the time spent, the nature, the extent, and the value of such services, taking into account the cost of comparable services in a non-bankruptcy case.\n\n25. Section 331 of the Bankruptcy Code provides for interim compensation of professionals and incorporates the substantive standards of section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code to govern the Court's award of such compensation. Section 330(a) of the Bankruptcy Code provides that, after notice and a hearing, the Court may award a professional employed under 11 U.S.C. § 327 \"reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered\" and \"reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses.\" 11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(1).[4](#page-7-0)\n\n4 Under section 328(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, with bankruptcy court approval, a trustee may employ professional persons under section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code \"on any reasonable terms and conditions of employment, including on a retainer, on an hourly basis, on a fixed or percentage fee basis, or on a contingent fee basis.\" 11 U.S.C. § 328(a).\n\n26. In determining the amount of \"reasonable compensation,\" the Court must consider the nature, extent, and value of the services, taking into account all the relevant factors, including the time spent on such services, the rates charged for such services, whether the services were necessary and beneficial, whether the services were performed in a reasonable amount of time commensurate with the complexity, importance, and nature of the problem, issue, or task addressed, and whether the compensation is reasonable based on the customary compensation charged by comparably skilled practitioners in cases other than cases under the Bankruptcy Code. See 11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(3). The Court enjoys \"considerable discretion in determining reasonable fee awards.\" *In re Ahead Communication Systems, Inc.*, 395 B.R. 512 (D. Conn. 2008).\n\n27. In assessing the \"reasonableness\" of the fees requested, the Second Circuit has stated that courts should consider the factors enumerated in *Johnson v. Ga. Highway Express, Inc.*, [5](#page-8-0) while also incorporating the \"lodestar method.\" *See Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany and Albany County Bd. of Elections*, 522 F.3d 182, 190 (2d Cir. 2007) (*citing Johnson v. Ga. Highway Express, Inc.*, 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1974), *abrogated on other grounds* by *Blanchard v. Bergeron*, 489 U.S. 87, 92–93, 96 (1989)). The \"lodestar method\" of calculating the reasonable fee contemplates \"the number of hours reasonably expended . . . multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate.\" *See Hensley v. Eckerhart*, 461 U.S. 424, 433 (1983); *Gisbrecht v. Barnhart*, 535 U.S. 789, 801 (2002); *Perdue v. Kenny A.*, 130\n\n5 The twelve *Johnson* factors are (1) the time and labor required, (2) the novelty and difficulty of the questions, (3) the skill requisite to perform the legal service properly, (4) the preclusion of other employment by the attorney due to acceptance of the case, (5) the customary fee, (6) whether the fee is fixed or contingent, (7) the time limitations imposed by the client or the circumstances, (8) the amount involved and the results obtained, (9) the experience, reputation, and ability of the attorneys, (10) the \"undesirability\" of the case, (11) the nature and length of the professional relationship with the client, and (12) awards in similar cases. *Johnson*, 488 F.2d at 717-19.\n\nS.Ct. 1662, 1672 (2010); *In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Grp., Inc.*, 133 B.R. 13 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1991). The factors set forth in *Johnson* and *In re First Colonial Corp. of Am.*, 544 F.2d 1291, 1298–99 (5th Cir. 1977) have been adopted by most courts.[6](#page-9-0) *See In re Nine Assocs., Inc.*, 76 B.R. 943, 945 (S.D.N.Y. 1987) (adopting *First Colonial/Johnson* analysis); *In re Cuisine Magazine, Inc.*, 61 B.R. 210, 212–13 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y 1986) (same); *Green v. City of New York*, 403 F. Appx. 626, 629 (2d Cir. 2010) (summary order); *see generally* 3 COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY ¶ 330.03[9] (Lawrence P. King ed., 16th ed. 2016) (describing *First Colonial* and *Johnson* as the \"leading cases with regard to the factors to be considered in determining a reasonable allowance of compensation\").\n\n28. In accordance with the factors enumerated in section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code and applicable case law, the amount requested herein by Pallas is fair and reasonable.\n\n#### **STATUTORY COMPLIANCE**\n\n29. No agreement or understanding exists between Pallas and any other person for the sharing of compensation received or to be received for services rendered in or in connection with this matter. Pallas will not, in any form or guise, share or agree to share compensation for services with any person, nor will Pallas share in the compensation for any other person rendering service in these cases, except as so provided by section 504(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and Rule 2016 of the Bankruptcy Rules.\n\n#### **RESERVATION OF RIGHTS**\n\n30. To the extent that time or disbursement charges for services rendered or expenses incurred during the Application Period are not included in this Application, or Pallas has for any\n\n6 The factors articulated in *First Colonial* were first articulated by the Fifth Circuit in *Johnson*, with the *First Colonial* court adding the factor of the \"spirit of economy,\" which was later rejected by Congress. *See Stroock & Stroock & Lavan v. Hillsborough Holdings Corp. (In re Hillsborough Holdings Corp.)*, 127 F.3d 1398, 1403 (11th Cir. 1997).\n\nreason not sought compensation or reimbursement with respect to such services, Pallas reserves the right to request compensation and reimbursement for such services in a supplemental or future application in these chapter 11 cases. Also, Pallas does not waive, and expressly reserves, its right to respond to any objections regarding this Application and the amounts sought for services rendered and expenses incurred.\n\n#### **NO PRIOR REQUEST**\n\n31. No previous request 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**, Pallas respectfully requests entry of an order, substantially in the form attached hereto, (i) allowing interim compensation for professional services rendered during the Application Period in the amount of \\$64,800 and reimbursement of \\$151.24 in expenses, (ii) authorizing and directing prompt payment of the unpaid fees in the amount of \\$64,951.24 from the estates, (iii) allowing such compensation and payment for professional services rendered without prejudice to Pallas' right to seek further compensation and/or payment from the estates for the full value of services performed and expenses incurred, and (iv) granting Pallas such other and further relief as is just.\n\nDated: October 15, 2024 London, United Kingdom\n\nBy:\n\nNatasha Harrison PALLAS PARTNERS LLP 1 King William Street London, EC4N 7AF United Kingdom Telephone: +44 20 4574 1001 Email: natasha.harrison@pallasllp.com\n\n*United Kingdom Solicitor to Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n## **IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al.,\n\nDebtors.[1](#page-12-0)\n\nChapter 11\n\n) ) ) ) ) ) ) )\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\n### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on the date hereof, the foregoing application, and all attachments thereto (the \"Application\"), [2](#page-12-1) was electronically filed. Notice of this filing was sent by e-mail to all parties to the above-captioned chapter 11 cases by operation of the Court's electronic filing (\"CM/ECF\") system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing.[3](#page-12-2) In addition, to the extent not covered by the foregoing, copies of the Application were served on the twenty (20) largest creditors in the Debtors' chapter 11 cases. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF system.\n\n1 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\n2 Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Certification shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Application.\n\n3 To the extent that the foregoing was filed outside regular business hours, service by mail on recipients unable or not qualified to accept electronic notice was made on the next business day.\n\nDated: October 15, 2024\n\nBy: */s/ G. Alexander Bongartz* G. Alexander Bongartz (*pro hac vice*) Douglass Barron (*pro hac vice*) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 15 of 36\n\n## **EXHIBIT A**\n\n**Proposed Order**\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| --------------------------------------------------------------
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: | | |\n\n## **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING THIRD INTERIM FEE APPLICATION OF PALLAS PARTNERS LLP, AS SOLICITORS IN UNITED KINGDOM, FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\nx\n\nUpon consideration of the Application (the \"Application\") of Pallas Partners LLP\n\n(\"Pallas\") as solicitor in the United Kingdom to the Trustee[2](#page-15-1) for interim allowance of\n\ncompensation and reimbursement of expenses from May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024; and\n\nsufficient notice having been given; and a hearing having been held on \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_, 2024 and due\n\nconsideration having been given to any responses thereto; and sufficient cause having been\n\nshown therefor, it is hereby:\n\n1. ORDERED that the Application is granted, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331,\n\nand compensation in the amount of \\$64,800 and reimbursement of expenses in the amount of\n\n\\$151.24 are awarded to Pallas, subject to final adjustment and disgorgement in the event all\n\nadministrative expenses are not paid in full; it is further\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------\n\n1 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\n2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein adopt the definitions set forth in the Application.\n\n2. ORDERED that nothing herein modified the Retention Order; it is further\n\n3. ORDERED that the estates are authorized and directed to pay Pallas' fees and expenses in the aggregate amount of \\$64,951.24, within fourteen days of the date of this Order; it is further\n\n4. ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising from the implementation of this Order; it is further\n\n5. ORDERED that the Debtors' estates and Pallas are authorized and empowered to take all necessary actions to implement the relief granted in this Order; it is further\n\n6. ORDERED that notwithstanding the possible applicability of Bankruptcy Rules 6006(d), 7062, 9014, or otherwise, the terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry; and it is further\n\n7. ORDERED that all time periods set forth in this Order shall be calculated in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a).\n\n2\n\n#### **EXHIBIT B**\n\n#### **Timekeeper Summary**\n\n### **May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024**\n\n| TIMEKEEPER | DATE OF | TITLE | HOURS | HOURLY | TOTAL |\n|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-------|------------|-------------|\n| | FIRST BAR | | | RATE | |\n| | ADMISSION | | | | |\n| Natasha Harrison | 2005 | Partner | 6.5 | \\$1,400.00 | \\$9,100.00 |\n| Matthew Getz | 2005 | Partner | 0.2 | \\$1,450.00 | \\$290.00 |\n| Alessia De Quincey | 2015 | Associate | 46.6 | \\$1,050.00 | \\$48,930.00 |\n| Nick Turvey | 2014 | Associate | 1.5 | \\$1,050.00 | \\$1,575.00 |\n| Alysha Patel | 2022 | Associate | 1.8 | \\$825.00 | \\$1,485.00 |\n| Jake White | 2021 | Associate | 2.8 | \\$900.00 | \\$2,520.00 |\n| Nicolas White | | Paralegal | 1.8 | \\$500 | \\$900.00 |\n| | | | | | |\n| | | Total: | 61.2 | \\$1,058.82 | \\$64,800.00 |\n\n**Blended Hourly Rate: \\$1,058.82**\n\n### **EXHIBIT C**\n\n### **Summary of Actual and Necessary Expenses**\n\n| Expense Category | Amount |\n|------------------|--------|\n| Court Fees | 151.24 |\n| | |\n| TOTAL | 151.24 |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 20 of 36\n\n### **EXHIBIT D**\n\n**Fee and Expense Detail**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 21 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\nTel: +44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n## **INVOICE**\n\n| Luc Despins | Invoice Date: | 27 June 2024 |\n|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------|\n| 200 Park Avenue | Our VAT No: | 391 1218 14 |\n| New York | Our Ref: | 0001\\16126.0001 |\n| NY 10166 | Invoice No: | 2441 |\n| United States of America | | |\n\n#### **Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok for the period 01 May 2024 to 31 May 2024**\n\n| | VAT % | VAT \\$ | VALUE \\$ |\n|----------------------|----------------------|--------|------------|\n| Professional Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6,090.00 |\n| | | | |\n| | Fees Value | | 6,090.00 |\n| | VAT
Invoice Total | | 0.00 |\n| | | | \\$6,090.00 |\n\n**For and on behalf of Pallas Partners LLP**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 22 of 36\n\n# Fees Summary\n\n| Fee Earner | Title | Time (hrs) | Rate (\\$) | Value (\\$) |\n|-----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|------------|\n| Invoice No: | 2441 | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | 01 May 2024 to 31 May 2024 | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | 16126.0001 | | | |\n| Matter Name: | | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | |\n| Client Name: | Despins, Luc | | | |\n\n| Alessia de Quincey | Associate | 3.40 | 1,050.00 | 3,570.00 |\n|--------------------|-----------|------|----------|------------|\n| Jake White | Associate | 2.80 | 900.00 | 2,520.00 |\n| Total Fees | | | | \\$6,090.00 |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 23 of 36\n\n## Fees Detail\n\n| Client Name:
Despins, Luc | | | | | |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|\n| Matter Name: | | | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | |\n| Client/Matter Number:
16126.0001
Invoice Period: | | | 01 May 2024 to 31 May 2024 | | |\n| Invoice No: | | 2441 | | | |\n| Date | Fee Earner | | Description | Time (hrs) | Value (\\$) |\n| 01-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Atention to counsel advice and emails
on same. | 0.70 | 735.00 |\n| 02-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to handover and next steps
and counsel fee applications. | 0.80 | 840.00 |\n| 02-May-24 | Jake White | | Reading into matter; call with A. de
Quincey re instructions | 0.50 | 450.00 |\n| 07-May-24 | Jake White | | Liaise with Paul Hastings re draft fee
application for UK barrister fees;
amends to draft; call with clerk of UK
barristers re comments to draft and
request Peter Shaw comments to same | 0.90 | 810.00 |\n| 09-May-24 | Jake White | | Email 9 Stone Buildings team re draft
fee application | 0.10 | 90.00 |\n| 11-May-24 | Jake White | | Review amended draft fee application
received from UK barristers; email to
Paul Hastings re draft fee application
and next steps; review Paul Hastings
follow-up and amends; email to UK
barristers re final application | 0.70 | 630.00 |\n| 14-May-24 | Jake White | | Review email from UK barrister re final
fee application; call with Alex Bongartz
(Paul Hastings) re signing and filing
formalities; call with Paul Wright (UK
barrister) re signing and next steps;
circulate signed fee application to Paul
Hastings with confirmation to file | 0.60 | 540.00 |\n| 20-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to HSF correspondence. | 0.10 | 105.00 |\n| 20-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to client correspondence. | 0.10 | 105.00 |\n| 20-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to catch-up. | 0.60 | 630.00 |\n| 21-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to telephone conference and
emails. | 0.40 | 420.00 |\n| 22-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails. | 0.20 | 210.00 |\n| 28-May-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails and next steps. | 0.50 | 525.00 |\n| Total Value Charged | | | | | \\$6,090.00 |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 24 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\nTel: +44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n## **INVOICE**\n\nLuc Despins 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 United States of America\n\nInvoice Date: 24 July 2024 Our VAT No: 391 1218 14 Our Ref: 0001\\16126.0001 Invoice No: 2500\n\n**Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok for the period 10 June 2024 to 30 June 2024**\n\n| | VAT % | VAT \\$ | VALUE \\$ |\n|----------------------|----------------------|--------|-------------|\n| Professional Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20,000.00 |\n| | | | |\n| | Fees Value | | 20,000.00 |\n| | VAT
Invoice Total | | 0.00 |\n| | | | \\$20,000.00 |\n| | | | |\n\n**For and on behalf of Pallas Partners LLP**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 25 of 36\n\n# Fees Summary\n\n| Client Name: | Despins, Luc | | | | |\n|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-----------|-------------|--|\n| Matter Name: | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | 16126.0001 | | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | | 10 June 2024 to 30 June 2024 | | | |\n| Invoice No: | 2500 | | | | |\n| Fee Earner | Title | Time (hrs) | Rate (\\$) | Value (\\$) | |\n| Natasha Harrison | Managing | 5.30 | 1,400.00 | 7,420.00 | |\n| | Partner | | | | |\n| Alessia de Quincey | Associate | 11.60 | 1,050.00 | 12,180.00 | |\n| Nicholas White | Paralegal | 0.80 | 500.00 | 400.00 | |\n| Total Fees | | | | \\$20,000.00 | |\n| | | | | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 26 of 36\n\n## Fees Detail\n\n| Client Name: | | Despins, Luc | | | | |\n|------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|--|\n| Matter Name: | | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok
16126.0001 | | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number:
Invoice Period: | | | 10 June 2024 to 30 June 2024 | | | |\n| Invoice No: | | 2500 | | | | |\n| Date | Fee Earner | | Description | Time (hrs) | Value (\\$) | |\n| 10-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to file; inter partes
correspondence and strategy. | 0.40 | 560.00 | |\n| 14-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to stay application; emails
in/out; liaise internally. | 1.20 | 1,680.00 | |\n| 17-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to correspondence and draft
consent order for Harcus Parker and
emails with client and internal team. | 1.20 | 1,260.00 | |\n| 18-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to draft witness statement;
emails in/out with LD; liaise internally;
attention to file. | 0.70 | 980.00 | |\n| 19-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to draft letter; emails in/out;
attention to file. Attention to witness
evidence; liaise internally | 0.70 | 980.00 | |\n| 19-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Finalising correspondence and
attention to inter paries
correspondence. | 0.60 | 630.00 | |\n| 20-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to correspondence for
Herbert Smith Freehills and emails on
same. | 0.70 | 735.00 | |\n| 20-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to inter partes
correspondence and client
correspondence. | 1.50 | 1,575.00 | |\n| 24-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to fee application and
invoices and updating submission. | 2.50 | 2,625.00 | |\n| 25-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to liquidation update and
emails on same. | 0.60 | 630.00 | |\n| 26-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Emails in/out re: liquidator
appointment; strategy on stay. | 0.70 | 980.00 | |\n| 26-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to call with client on
liquidators. | 0.20 | 210.00 | |\n| 26-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to updating consent order and
inter partes correspondence. | 0.90 | 945.00 | |\n| 27-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to email in/out re: stay and JL
appointment. | 0.40 | 560.00 | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 27 of 36\n\n| 27-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to inter partes
correspondence. | 1.50 | 1,575.00 |\n|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------------|\n| 27-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Ongoing attention to client queries and
correspondence. | 0.30 | 315.00 |\n| 28-Jun-24 | Natasha Harrison | Attention to emails/ correspondence/
draft order; attention to file. | 1.20 | 1,680.00 |\n| 28-Jun-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to finalising consent order
including inter partes correspondence
and emails with client and internal
team. | 1.60 | 1,680.00 |\n| 28-Jun-24 | Nicholas White | Assisting A. de Quincey with
compilation of Notes, filing of extension
of time | 0.80 | 400.00 |\n| Total Value Charged | | | | \\$20,000.00 |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 28 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\nTel: +44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n**Invoice Total** \\$19,356.24\n\n## **INVOICE**\n\n| Luc Despins | Invoice Date: | 30 August 2024 | |\n|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------|--|\n| 200 Park Avenue | Our VAT No: | 391 1218 14 | |\n| New York | Our Ref: | 0001\\16126.0001 | |\n| NY 10166 | Invoice No: | 2586 | |\n| United States of America | | | |\n\n### **Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok for the period 01 July 2024 to 31 July 2024**\n\n| | VAT % | VAT \\$ | VALUE \\$ |\n|-------------------------|---------------|------------|-----------|\n| Professional Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19,205.00 |\n| Disbursements | | | |\n| Court Costs-Filing Fees | 0.00 | 0.00 | 151.24 |\n| | | Fees Value | 19,205.00 |\n| | Disbursements | | 151.24 |\n| | | VAT | 0.00 |\n\n**For and on behalf of Pallas Partners LLP**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 29 of 36\n\n# Fees Summary\n\n| Client Name: | Despins, Luc | | | |\n|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|-------------|\n| Matter Name: | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | 16126.0001 | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | 01 July 2024 to 31 July 2024 | | | |\n| Invoice No: | 2586 | | | |\n| Fee Earner | Title | Time (hrs) | Rate (\\$) | Value (\\$) |\n| Natasha Harrison | Managing | 1.20 | 1,950.00 | 1,680.00 |\n| | Partner | | | |\n| Alessia de Quincey | Associate | 14.80 | 1,050.00 | 15,540.00 |\n| Alysha Patel | Associate | 1.80 | 825.00 | 1,485.00 |\n| | | | | |\n| Nicholas White | Paralegal | 1.00 | 500.00 | 500.00 |\n| Total Fees | | | | \\$19,205.00 |\n| | | | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 30 of 36\n\n## Fees Detail\n\n| Client Name:
Matter Name:
Client/Matter Number: | | Despins, Luc
Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok
16126.0001 | | | | | |\n|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|--|--|\n| | | | | | | | |\n| Invoice No: | | 2586 | | | | | |\n| Date | Fee Earner | | Description | Time (hrs) | Value (\\$) | | |\n| 01-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails and Court follow-up
regarding consent order including
additional filing of documents. | 1.20 | 1,260.00 | | |\n| 01-Jul-24 | Nicholas White | | Correspondence with A. de Quincey re
consent order filing; filing same | 0.70 | 350.00 | | |\n| 02-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Preparing for and attending call with
counsel including review of prior
counsel advice and emails. | 1.40 | 1,470.00 | | |\n| 03-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to ad hoc queries and
assistance on US filing and emails. | 1.60 | 1,680.00 | | |\n| 04-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to sealed court order and
inter partes correspondence. | 0.60 | 630.00 | | |\n| 04-Jul-24 | Nicholas White | | Emails with court and A. de Quincey re
order | 0.30 | 150.00 | | |\n| 05-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to HP correspondence and
correspondence with counsel on next
steps. | 0.40 | 420.00 | | |\n| 08-Jul-24 | Natasha Harrison | | Attention to emails; attention to draft
correspondence; call with ADQ on draft
and next steps | 1.20 | 1,680.00 | | |\n| 08-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to collateral use matters,
including attention to emails and civil
procedure rules, background facts and
review of US filing, preparing for and
attending calls with N. Harrison and
counsel and recommended next steps. | 3.70 | 3,885.00 | | |\n| 08-Jul-24 | Alysha Patel | | Reviewing CPR commentary and
authority re collateral use of documents
in proceedings. | 1.80 | 1,485.00 | | |\n| 09-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to draft letters for HP and
Court, including comments from N.
Harrison and counsel, and client
correspondence. | 1.50 | 1,575.00 | | |\n| 10-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to finalising correspondence
with Court and Harcus Parker
regarding exhibits included in the US | 2.40 | 2,520.00 | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 31 of 36\n\n| | | proceedings; attention to call with client
on Harcus Parker correspondence;
attention to emails and call with
counsel regard approach. | | |\n|---------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------------|\n| 28-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to HSF correspondence to
the joint liquidators and emails on
strategy response. | 0.60 | 630.00 |\n| 29-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to coordinating strategy with
client and draft correspondence with
HSF further to HSF correspondence
with UBS. | 0.90 | 945.00 |\n| 29-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to latest matter developments
in the US and BVI. | 0.20 | 210.00 |\n| 30-Jul-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Finalising HSF correspondence and
emails on same. | 0.30 | 315.00 |\n| Total Value Charged | | | | \\$19,205.00 |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 32 of 36\n\n# Disbursement Detail\n\n| Client Name: | | Despins, Luc | | | | | |\n|-----------------------|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------|--|--|--|\n| Matter Name: | | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | | 16126.0001 | | | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | | 01 July 2024 to 31 July 2024 | | | | | |\n| Invoice No: | | 2586 | | | | | |\n| Date | Disbursement | | Description | Value (\\$) | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n| 09-Jul-24 | | Court Costs-Filing Fees | Vendor: HM Courts & Tribunals | 151.24 | | | |\n| | | | Service; Invoice#: 1032518; Date: | | | | |\n| | | | 09/07/2024 - Court costs - 01/07/24 - | | | | |\n| | | | FACCT-RBF-0000542065 | | | | |\n| | | | Commercial Court Applicat | | | | |\n| | | | ion to a Circuit Judge | | | | |\n| | | | Part 7 Claim-CL-2020-0003 | | | | |\n| | | | 45-16126.0001 | | | | |\n| | | | 1603471719843071444 | | | | |\n| | | | | | | | |\n\n**Disbursement Value Charged \\$ 151.24**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 33 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\nTel: +44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n## **INVOICE**\n\nLuc Despins 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 United States of America\n\nInvoice Date: 14 October 2024 Our VAT No: 391 1218 14 Our Ref: 0001\\16126.0001 Invoice No: 2692\n\n### **Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok for the period 12 August 2024 to 30 September 2024**\n\n| | VAT % | VAT \\$ | VALUE \\$ |\n|----------------------|------------------------------------|--------|-------------|\n| Professional Charges | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19,505.00 |\n| | | | |\n| | Fees Value
VAT
Invoice Total | | 19,505.00 |\n| | | | 0.00 |\n| | | | \\$19,505.00 |\n| | | | |\n\n**For and on behalf of Pallas Partners LLP**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 34 of 36\n\n# Fees Summary\n\n| Client Name: | Despins, Luc | | | | | |\n|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-----------|-------------|--|--|\n| Matter Name: | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | 16126.0001 | | | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | 12 August 2024 to 30 September 2024 | | | | | |\n| Invoice No: | 2692 | | | | | |\n| Fee Earner | Title | Time (hrs) | Rate (\\$) | Value (\\$) | | |\n| Matthew Getz | Partner | 0.20 | 1,450.00 | 290.00 | | |\n| Alessia de Quincey | Associate | 16.80 | 1,050.00 | 17,640.00 | | |\n| Nick Turvey | Counsel | 1.50 | 1,050.00 | 1,575.00 | | |\n| Total Fees | | | | \\$19,505.00 | | |\n| | | | | | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 35 of 36\n\n## Fees Detail\n\n| Client Name: | | Despins, Luc | | | | | |\n|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|--|--|\n| Matter Name: | | Luc Despins in his capacity as Ch 11 Trustee of an individual Ho Wan Kwok | | | | | |\n| Client/Matter Number: | | 16126.0001 | | | | | |\n| Invoice Period: | | | 12 August 2024 to 30 September 2024 | | | | |\n| Invoice No: | | 2692 | | | | | |\n| Date | Fee Earner | | Description | Time (hrs) | Value (\\$) | | |\n| 12-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails with client on latest | 0.10 | 105.00 | | |\n| | | | developments. | | | | |\n| 16-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails with client. | 0.10 | 105.00 | | |\n| 19-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Preparing draft letter and consent order
seeking stay extension in English
proceedings and emails with client on
same. | 1.60 | 1,680.00 | | |\n| 21-Aug-24 | Matthew Getz | | Review stay letter. | 0.20 | 290.00 | | |\n| 21-Aug-24 | Nick Turvey | | Exchange with A de Quincey, review
documents; internal call to discuss next
steps and analysis. | 0.50 | 525.00 | | |\n| 21-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to correspondence for all
parties regarding UBS stay extension
and emails on same. | 1.20 | 1,260.00 | | |\n| 21-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to queries on UK
administration process and outline on
same with client including
consideration of impact on US action. | 1.00 | 1,050.00 | | |\n| 23-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to emails on Hamilton
administrators' application to vary
worldwide freezer order and
preliminary attention to application. | 1.20 | 1,260.00 | | |\n| 27-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to client queries regarding
Hamilton administrators' application in
UK. | 0.80 | 840.00 | | |\n| 27-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to correspondence with
Bowmans regarding application. | 0.40 | 420.00 | | |\n| 27-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Attention to seeking listing information
on application. | 0.30 | 315.00 | | |\n| 28-Aug-24 | Nick Turvey | | Call with A de Quincey, review email
and consider issues/client query;
review draft client update from ADQ
and comment on same. | 1.00 | 1,050.00 | | |\n| 28-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | | Preparing for and attending call with
counsel regarding next steps in | 0.60 | 630.00 | | |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 36 of 36\n\n| Total Value Charged | | | | \\$19,505.00 |\n|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------------|\n| 30-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to finalising consent order
regarding extension stay request in
UBS English proceedings and
correspondence on same with parties. | 0.80 | 840.00 |\n| 30-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to Hamilton summary from
US team regarding background to
matter and notes on same. | 1.00 | 1,050.00 |\n| 30-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to emails on next steps
regarding Hamilton administrators'
application. | 0.60 | 630.00 |\n| 29-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to emails and N. Harrison
update on Hamilton related matters. | 0.50 | 525.00 |\n| 29-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to updating conflicts check
and emails on same. | 0.40 | 420.00 |\n| 29-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to correspondence with
administrators' counsel. | 0.30 | 315.00 |\n| 29-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to correspondence on stay in
UBS proceedings and emails liaising
with client on same. | 0.70 | 735.00 |\n| 29-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | Attention to client and counsel
comments on letter from client to
administrators and updating based on
input and attention to exhibits. | 1.80 | 1,890.00 |\n| | | administrators raising concerns
regarding application to vary worldwide
freezing order and further attention to
application in respect of same. | | |\n| 28-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | counsel.
Attention to drafting letter to | 1.80 | 1,890.00 |\n| 28-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | client on Hamilton administrator
proceedings and agreeing strategy.
Attention to emails with client and | 0.60 | 630.00 |\n| 28-Aug-24 | Alessia de Quincey | and K Legacy client query.
Preparing for and attending call with | 1.00 | 1,050.00 |\n| | | Hamilton administrator proceedings | | |\n\n5","body_zh":"美国康涅狄格联邦地区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），\n等 ：\n： 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1 ：\n： 合并管理\n\nx\nPallas Partners LLP（帕拉斯合伙律师事务所）第三次临时费用申请封面页\n\nPallas Partners LLP\n\n2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日\n2022年2月15日\n命令：\n2023年3月24日 [ECF No. 1596]（自2023年1月\n26日起生效）。\n扣减\n自愿费用扣减：\n无\n$64,800.00\n$151.24\n自愿费用支出扣减：\n无\n$64,951.24\n预付款请求：\n$425,863.00\n无\n$413,063.00\n$413,063.00\n费用支出明细：\n$5,828.67\n已收预付款：\n不适用\n$901.63\n每页复印费及总额：不适用\n$901.63\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为 HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码末四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号码末四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP，200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为 HO WAN KWOK 破产财产受托人（仅用于通知和通信）。\n\n美国康涅狄格联邦地区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 ：\n： 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1 ：\n：\n： 合并管理\n------------------------------------------------------ x\nPALLAS PARTNERS LLP 作为英国事务律师就2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日期间报酬及费用偿还提出的第三次临时费用申请\n\n根据《美国法典》第11编第105(a)、328、330及331条（该编以下称“破产法”）、《联邦破产程序规则》（以下简称“破产规则”）第2016条、美国康涅狄格联邦地区破产法院《地方破产实务与程序规则》（以下简称“地方法院规则”）第2016-1条，以及2023年8月18日作出的《关于为获聘专业人士建立临时报酬及费用偿还程序的命令》[Docket No. 2094]（以下简称“临时报酬程序命令”），Pallas Partners LLP（“Pallas”）作为 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）在 HO WAN KWOK（“债务人”）第11章案件中获任命的第11章受托人（“受托人”）的英国事务律师，特此提交 Pallas Partners LLP 作为英国事务律师就2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日期间报酬及费用偿还提出的第三次临时申请（“本申请”）。Pallas 通过本申请，请求临时核准其在本第11章案件中于2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日（含）期间（“申请期间”）发生的专业费用。为支持本申请，Pallas 谨陈述如下：\n\n管辖权、审判地、救济依据及合规情况\n\n1. 本院依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 和 1334 以及美国康涅狄格联邦地区法院作出的常设移送命令，对本事项具有管辖权。本事项属于 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2) 所指的核心程序。依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 和 1409，审判地适格。\n\n2. 本申请所请求救济的法律依据为《破产法》第328、330及331条、《破产规则》第2016条及地方法院规则第2016-1条。\n\n3. Pallas 认为，本申请连同其附件，实质上符合《破产规则》、地方法院规则第2016-1条及《美国受托人审查律师根据 11 U.S.C. § 330 在较大型第11章案件中提交的报酬及费用偿还申请指南》（“美国受托人指南”）。[2] Pallas 谨请求豁免本申请未满足的任何前述要求。\n\n4. 随附并通过援引纳入本文的附件如下：\n\n附件 A 包含准予本申请的拟议命令。\n\n附件 B 为计时人员摘要，其中包括在申请期间提供服务的每名 Pallas 人员的姓名、职务、律师资格准入情况、小时计费费率、累计工时及已赚取费用金额；\n\n2 对于美国受托人指南与本第11章案件中任何报酬申请有关的相关性及实质性法律效力，Pallas 保留一切权利。\n\n附件 C 为申请期间按费用支出类型列示的已发生费用及所请求偿还费用的摘要；以及\n\n附件 D 包含申请期间发生的费用及费用支出明细。\n\n背景\n\n5. 2022年2月15日（“申请日”），个人债务人在美国康涅狄格联邦地区破产法院（布里奇波特分院）（“本院”）依据《破产法》提交了自愿救济申请。\n\n6. 2022年3月21日，美国受托人在个人债务人的第11章案件中任命了无担保债权人正式委员会（“委员会”）。个人债务人的第11章案件中尚未任命审查员。\n\n7. 2022年6月15日，本院作出裁决备忘录及命令 [ECF No. 465]（“受托人命令”），指示美国受托人在个人债务人的第11章案件中任命一名第11章受托人。\n\n8. 根据受托人命令，美国受托人选定 Luc A. Despins 为受托人。2022年7月8日，本院作出命令，准予在个人债务人的第11章案件中任命 Luc A. Despins 为受托人。\n\n9. 根据2023年3月24日作出的命令，本院授权 Pallas 自2022年1月26日起在债务人的第11章案件中受聘担任受托人的英国事务律师 [ECF No. 1596]（“聘用命令”）。聘用命令授权 Pallas 根据《破产法》第328及330条、破产规则、地方法院规则以及本院可能作出的命令，按小时获得报酬，并获得实际且必要的垫付费用偿还。\n\n10. 2023年8月18日，本院作出临时报酬程序命令，其中包括批准按月支付80%的费用及100%的费用支出的程序。\n\n11. 2023年12月27日，Pallas 提交了《Pallas Partners LLP 作为英国事务律师就2023年1月26日至2023年11月30日期间报酬及费用偿还提出的第一次临时费用申请》[Docket No. 2475]（“第一次临时费用申请”），请求临时核准其在本第11章案件中于2023年1月26日至2023年11月30日（含）期间发生的专业费用。2024年1月24日，本院准予第一次临时费用申请。\n\n12. 2024年6月24日，Pallas 提交了《Pallas Partners LLP 作为英国事务律师就2023年12月1日至2024年4月30日期间报酬及费用偿还提出的第二次临时费用申请》[Docket No. 3277]（“第二次临时费用申请”），请求临时核准其在本第11章案件中于2023年12月1日至2024年4月30日（含）期间发生的专业费用。2024年7月23日，本院准予第二次临时费用申请。\n\n核准请求\n\n13. 申请人依据《破产法》第330及331条，就其在申请期间为受托人提供的法律服务申请报酬。\n\n14. 就申请期间而言，申请人请求核准 $64,800 的已提供服务报酬，并核准及偿还与该等服务有关的已发生费用 $151.24。申请人在申请期间为本案投入61.2小时，折合总体混合费率为 $1,019。\n\n15. 在整个申请期间，申请人保留记录，以注明处理本事项的每名律师或辅助专业人员的姓名、就特定问题所花费的时间以及所完成工作的性质。该等记录详细说明申请人提供的服务，并于服务实施时或大致同期制作。\n\n16. 随附并构成本申请一部分的附件 D 是本申请所依据的详细计费报告，其中载有每名专业人员就债务人破产案件所投入的时间，逐项列明提供服务的日期，包括每名服务提供者在该等日期提供服务的摘要、提供该等服务所花费的时间及该等服务的美元价值。\n\n已提供服务摘要[3]\n\n17. 在获得正式委托后，Pallas 被要求就个人债务人、Ace Decade Holdings Limited（“第二原告”）及 Dawn State Limited（“第三原告”）针对 UBS AG（“被告”）提起的英国诉讼程序（“UBS 诉讼”）（案号 CL-2020-000345）提供详细及战略性意见，该诉讼请求构成个人债务人破产财产的财产。此外，受托人要求 Pallas 考虑与 Hamilton Capital Holding Ltd（“Hamilton”）有关的英国战略选项；受托人主张该实体属于破产财产的一部分，并正寻求在 Hamilton 进入破产管理程序（“Hamilton 破产管理程序”）后取得对其的控制权。\n\n18. 在费用期间，Pallas 一直继续就与 UBS 诉讼有关的若干事项向受托人提供意见，包括就以最具成本效益的方式为个人债务人的破产财产及其债权人从 UBS 诉讼中实现价值最大化向受托人提供意见。此外，Pallas 就 Hamilton 破产管理程序下产生的事项向受托人提供意见，以保存公司价值，并确保破产管理程序不会试图削弱或规避受托人的权利。\n\n19. 为实现受托人为债权人利益最大化价值的目标，Pallas 始终专注于就以下事项向受托人提供意见：为 UBS 诉讼之目的取得对第二及第三原告的控制权的程序，以及在英属维尔京群岛法院所请求的救济最终将获英国法院承认之前，寻求进一步中止英国诉讼程序。\n\n20. 为此，Pallas（Pallas Partners LLP）已协助继续倡导并与各方就延长英格兰诉讼程序的中止期限进行联络，以确保任何一方均不得在英格兰采取任何步骤，并确保任何一方均不会产生费用。在据称任命Ace Decade的共同清算人（“JLs”）后，Pallas亦一直与受托人合作，支持其与JLs进行讨论和谈判，以寻求在BVI获得适当救济，并最终为英格兰诉讼程序之目的取得对第二及第三原告的控制权。就Hamilton Administration而言，Pallas已协助审查管理人据称采取的步骤，并提出一项策略，以确保在受托人在美国获得相关且适用的救济期间，其权利得到保全且管理程序受到监督。\n\n此前未提出申请\n\n21. 此前未曾就所请求的救济提出申请。\n\n报酬的法律依据\n\n22. 本文所请求裁定的全部专业服务，均仅代表受托人就本案第11章案件提供。\n\n23. 申请人谨陈，其服务以处理破产事项所需的专业知识和技能使受托人受益。请求该等报酬的法律服务系为受托人并代表受托人提供。该等服务为保护和执行受托人就该等第11章案件所享有的权利和利益所必需。Pallas在该等案件中所提供服务的合理价值，以Pallas对此类事项通常收取的小时费率为依据。\n\n24. 《破产法》第330条规定了确定应向专业人士支付的报酬数额的一般标准。申请人陈述，就申请期间所请求的数额，综合考虑在非破产案件中可比服务的成本后，按所花费的时间、该等服务的性质、范围及价值计算，构成对所提供专业服务的合理报酬。\n\n25. 《破产法》第331条规定了专业人士的临时报酬，并纳入《破产法》第330条的实体标准以规范法院对该等报酬的裁定。《破产法》第330(a)条规定，在通知及举行听证后，法院可向根据11 U.S.C. § 327聘用的专业人士裁定“对实际提供的必要服务给予合理报酬”及“偿还实际发生的必要费用”。11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(1).[4]\n\n4 根据《破产法》第328(a)条，经破产法院批准，受托人可根据《破产法》第327(a)条，按“任何合理的雇用条款和条件”聘用专业人士，包括按预付聘金、按小时计费、按固定费用或百分比费用计费，或按风险代理费计费。11 U.S.C. § 328(a)。\n\n26. 在确定“合理报酬”的数额时，法院必须考虑服务的性质、范围和价值，并考量所有相关因素，包括该等服务所花费的时间、该等服务收取的费率、该等服务是否必要且有益、该等服务是否在与所处理的问题、争议或任务的复杂性、重要性及性质相称的合理时间内完成，以及根据具有可比技能的执业者在《破产法》案件以外案件中通常收取的报酬，该等报酬是否合理。见11 U.S.C. § 330(a)(3)。法院在确定合理费用裁定方面享有“相当大的裁量权”。In re Ahead Communication Systems, Inc., 395 B.R. 512 (D. Conn. 2008)。\n\n27. 在评估所请求费用的“合理性”时，第二巡回上诉法院指出，法院应考虑Johnson v. Ga. Highway Express, Inc., [5]所列因素，同时纳入“基准法”。见Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Ass'n v. County of Albany and Albany County Bd. of Elections, 522 F.3d 182, 190 (2d Cir. 2007)（引用Johnson v. Ga. Highway Express, Inc., 488 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1974)，其在其他理由上被Blanchard v. Bergeron, 489 U.S. 87, 92–93, 96 (1989)推翻）。计算合理费用的“基准法”设想为“合理支出的小时数……乘以合理的小时费率”。见Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 433 (1983); Gisbrecht v. Barnhart, 535 U.S. 789, 801 (2002); Perdue v. Kenny A., 130\n\n5 Johnson的十二项因素为：(1) 所需时间和劳动；(2) 问题的新颖性和难度；(3) 适当提供法律服务所需的技能；(4) 律师因接受案件而无法从事其他工作；(5) 通常费用；(6) 费用是固定的还是风险代理的；(7) 客户或情势施加的时间限制；(8) 所涉金额及取得的结果；(9) 律师的经验、声誉和能力；(10) 案件的“不受欢迎程度”；(11) 与客户之间专业关系的性质和持续时间；以及(12) 类似案件中的裁定。Johnson, 488 F.2d at 717-19。\n\nS.Ct. 1662, 1672 (2010); In re Drexel Burnham Lambert Grp., Inc., 133 B.R. 13 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1991)。Johnson及In re First Colonial Corp. of Am., 544 F.2d 1291, 1298–99 (5th Cir. 1977)所列因素已被大多数法院采纳。[6] 见In re Nine Assocs., Inc., 76 B.R. 943, 945 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)（采纳First Colonial/Johnson分析）；In re Cuisine Magazine, Inc., 61 B.R. 210, 212–13 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y 1986)（同上）；Green v. City of New York, 403 F. Appx. 626, 629 (2d Cir. 2010)（简易命令）；一般参见3 COLLIER ON BANKRUPTCY ¶ 330.03[9] (Lawrence P. King ed., 16th ed. 2016)（将First Colonial和Johnson描述为“关于确定合理报酬许可时应考虑因素的主要案件”）。\n\n28. 根据《破产法》第330条所列因素及适用判例法，Pallas在此请求的数额公平且合理。\n\n法定合规\n\n29. Pallas与任何其他人士之间不存在任何关于分配就本事项中或与本事项相关提供的服务已收取或将收取的报酬的协议或谅解。除《破产法》第504(b)条及《破产规则》第2016条规定外，Pallas不会以任何形式或名义与任何人士分配或同意分配服务报酬，亦不会分享任何其他在该等案件中提供服务的人士的报酬。\n\n保留权利\n\n30. 如申请期间内提供的服务或发生的费用所对应的时间费用或支出费用未包括在本申请中，或Pallas因任何\n\n6 First Colonial所阐述的因素最初由第五巡回上诉法院在Johnson中提出，First Colonial法院增加了“经济精神”这一因素，该因素后来被国会否决。见Stroock & Stroock & Lavan v. Hillsborough Holdings Corp. (In re Hillsborough Holdings Corp.), 127 F.3d 1398, 1403 (11th Cir. 1997)。\n\n原因未就该等服务请求报酬或费用偿还，Pallas保留在该等第11章案件中通过补充申请或日后申请，就该等服务请求报酬和费用偿还的权利。此外，Pallas并未放弃且明确保留其对有关本申请以及就所提供服务和发生费用请求的数额提出的任何异议作出回应的权利。\n\n此前未提出请求\n\n31. 此前未曾向本法院或任何其他法院提出本文所请求救济的申请。\n\n[本页其余部分特意留白。]\n\n因此，Pallas谨请求作出一项裁定，其形式大致如附于本申请的裁定所示，(i) 批准就申请期间内提供的专业服务给予$64,800的临时报酬，并偿还$151.24的费用，(ii) 授权并指示从破产财产中立即支付未付费用$64,951.24，(iii) 在不损害Pallas就已提供服务及已发生费用的全部价值而从破产财产进一步请求报酬和/或付款之权利的前提下，批准该等专业服务的报酬和付款，以及(iv) 给予Pallas其他公正且适当的救济。\n\n日期：October 15, 2024 英国伦敦\n\n签署人：\n\nNatasha Harrison（娜塔莎·哈里森）\nPALLAS PARTNERS LLP（帕拉斯合伙律师事务所）\n1 King William Street\nLondon, EC4N 7AF\nUnited Kingdom\n电话：+44 20 4574 1001\n电子邮箱：natasha.harrison@pallasllp.com\n\nLuc A. Despins第11章受托人的英国事务律师\n\n美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，\n\n债务人。[1]\n\n第11章\n\n) ) ) ) ) ) ) )\n\n案号22-50073 (JAM)\n\n（合并管理）\n\n送达证明\n\n下列签署人特此证明，于本文件日期，前述申请及其全部附件（“申请”）[2]已以电子方式提交。通过法院电子提交（“CM/ECF”）系统的运行，已通过电子邮件向上述标题所列第11章案件的所有当事人发送本次提交的通知；或已向无法接受电子提交的任何人士邮寄通知，具体如《电子提交通知》所示。[3]此外，在上述方式未涵盖的范围内，已向债务人第11章案件中的二十（20）名最大债权人送达申请副本。当事人可通过法院的CM/ECF系统查阅本次提交。\n\n1 该等第11章案件中的债务人为Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（亦称Guo Wengui、Miles Guo和Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码末四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号码末四位：8202）及Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC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Ho Wan Kwok破产财产的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n2 本证明中使用但未定义的首字母大写术语，应具有申请中赋予其的含义。\n\n3 如上述文件是在正常营业时间以外提交的，则对无法或不具资格接受电子通知的收件人进行的邮寄送达，于下一营业日完成。\n\n日期：October 15, 2024\n\n签署人：/s/ G. Alexander Bongartz\nG. Alexander Bongartz（G. 亚历山大·邦加茨）（pro hac vice）\nDouglass Barron（道格拉斯·巴伦）（pro hac vice）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP（普衡律师事务所）\n200 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10166\n(212) 318-6079\ndouglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n第11章受托人代理律师\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 15 of 36\n\n附件A\n\n拟议裁定\n\n美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\nx\n\n关于： ：\n：\n第11章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人， ：\n：\n案号22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。1 ：\n：\n合并管理\n\n拟议裁定：批准PALLAS PARTNERS LLP作为英国事务律师就2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日期间的报酬及费用偿还提出的第三次临时费用申请\n\nx\n\n经审议Pallas Partners LLP\n\n（“Pallas”）作为受托人[2]的英国事务律师所提出的申请（“申请”），请求批准\n\n2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日期间的临时报酬及费用偿还；并且\n\n已给予充分通知；并且已于__________, 2024举行听证，且适当\n\n经审议对其作出的任何答复；且已就此显示充分理由，现据此：\n\n1. 命令：根据 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331，准许该申请；并向 Pallas（Pallas Partners LLP）裁定支付 $64,800 的报酬及 $151.24 的费用偿还，但如未全额支付所有行政费用，则该等款项须作最终调整并予以退还；并进一步\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP，200 Park Avenue，New York，NY 10166，转交 Luc A. Despins（吕克·A·德斯平斯），作为 Ho Wan Kwok 遗产的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n2 本文中未另行定义的首字母大写术语，采用申请中规定的定义。\n\n2. 命令：本文任何内容均未修改聘任命令；并进一步\n\n3. 命令：授权并指示各遗产于本命令之日起十四日内，向 Pallas 支付合计 $64,951.24 的费用和支出；并进一步\n\n4. 命令：本院保留管辖权，以审理和裁定因执行本命令而产生的所有事项；并进一步\n\n5. 命令：授权并赋权债务人遗产及 Pallas 采取一切必要行动，以执行本命令所准予的救济；并进一步\n\n6. 命令：尽管 Bankruptcy Rules 6006(d)、7062、9014 或其他规定可能适用，本命令的条款和条件应于其录入时立即生效并可执行；并进一步\n\n7. 命令：本命令规定的所有期限均应依 Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a) 计算。\n\n附件 B\n计时人员汇总\n2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日\n\n计时人员 首次律师执业准入日期 职务 小时 小时费率 总计\n\nNatasha Harrison（娜塔莎·哈里森） 2005 合伙人 6.5 $1,400.00 $9,100.00\nMatthew Getz（马修·盖茨） 2005 合伙人 0.2 $1,450.00 $290.00\nAlessia De Quincey（阿莱西娅·德·昆西） 2015 律师 46.6 $1,050.00 $48,930.00\nNick Turvey（尼克·特维） 2014 律师 1.5 $1,050.00 $1,575.00\nAlysha Patel（阿莉莎·帕特尔） 2022 律师 1.8 $825.00 $1,485.00\nJake White（杰克·怀特） 2021 律师 2.8 $900.00 $2,520.00\nNicolas White（尼古拉斯·怀特） 律师助理 1.8 $500 $900.00\n\n合计： 61.2 $1,058.82 $64,800.00\n\n综合小时费率：$1,058.82\n\n附件 C\n实际且必要支出汇总\n\n支出类别 金额\n\n法院费用 151.24\n\n合计 151.24\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 20 of 36\n\n附件 D\n\n费用和支出明细\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 21 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\n电话：+44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n发票\n\nLuc Despins 发票日期： 27 June 2024\n\n200 Park Avenue 我方 VAT 编号： 391 1218 14\nNew York 我方编号： 0001\\16126.0001\nNY 10166 发票编号： 2441\nUnited States of America\nLuc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人，就 01 May 2024 至 31 May 2024 期间\n\nVAT % VAT $ 金额 $\n\n专业服务费 0.00 0.00 6,090.00\n\n费用金额 6,090.00\nVAT\n发票总额 0.00\n$6,090.00\n\n代表 Pallas Partners LLP\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 22 of 36\n\n费用汇总\n\n费用收取人 职务 时间（小时） 费率（$） 金额（$）\n\n发票编号： 2441\n发票期间： 01 May 2024 至 31 May 2024\n客户/事项编号： 16126.0001\n事项名称： Luc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n客户名称： Despins, Luc\n\nAlessia de Quincey 律师 3.40 1,050.00 3,570.00\n\nJake White 律师 2.80 900.00 2,520.00\n费用总额 $6,090.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 23 of 36\n\n费用明细\n\n客户名称：\nDespins, Luc\n\n事项名称： Luc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n客户/事项编号：\n16126.0001\n发票期间： 01 May 2024 至 31 May 2024\n发票编号： 2441\n日期 费用收取人 说明 时间（小时） 金额（$）\n01-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注律师意见及有关电子邮件。 0.70 735.00\n02-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注交接、后续步骤及律师费用申请。 0.80 840.00\n02-May-24 Jake White 了解事项情况；与 A. de Quincey 就指示进行通话 0.50 450.00\n07-May-24 Jake White 就英国出庭律师费用申请草案与 Paul Hastings 协调；修改草案；与英国出庭律师书记员就草案意见及请求 Peter Shaw（彼得·肖）就此提出意见进行通话 0.90 810.00\n09-May-24 Jake White 向 9 Stone Buildings 团队发送有关费用申请草案的电子邮件 0.10 90.00\n11-May-24 Jake White 审阅从英国出庭律师收到的修订费用申请草案；向 Paul Hastings 发送有关费用申请草案及后续步骤的电子邮件；审阅 Paul Hastings 的后续回复及修改；向英国出庭律师发送有关最终申请的电子邮件 0.70 630.00\n14-May-24 Jake White 审阅英国出庭律师有关最终费用申请的电子邮件；与 Alex Bongartz（亚历克斯·邦加茨）（Paul Hastings）就签署和提交手续进行通话；与 Paul Wright（保罗·赖特）（英国出庭律师）就签署和后续步骤进行通话；向 Paul Hastings 转发已签署的费用申请，并确认可予提交 0.60 540.00\n20-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注 HSF 的通信。 0.10 105.00\n20-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注客户通信。 0.10 105.00\n20-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注进展沟通。 0.60 630.00\n21-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注电话会议及电子邮件。 0.40 420.00\n22-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注电子邮件。 0.20 210.00\n28-May-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注电子邮件及后续步骤。 0.50 525.00\n收取费用总额 $6,090.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 24 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\n电话：+44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n发票\n\nLuc Despins 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 United States of America\n\n发票日期：24 July 2024 我方 VAT 编号：391 1218 14 我方编号：0001\\16126.0001 发票编号：2500\n\nLuc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人，就 10 June 2024 至 30 June 2024 期间\n\nVAT % VAT $ 金额 $\n\n专业服务费 0.00 0.00 20,000.00\n\n费用金额 20,000.00\nVAT\n发票总额 0.00\n$20,000.00\n\n代表 Pallas Partners LLP\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 25 of 36\n\n费用汇总\n\n客户名称： Despins, Luc\n\n事项名称： Luc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n客户/事项编号： 16126.0001\n发票期间： 10 June 2024 至 30 June 2024\n发票编号： 2500\n费用收取人 职务 时间（小时） 费率（$） 金额（$）\nNatasha Harrison 管理合伙人 5.30 1,400.00 7,420.00\nAlessia de Quincey 律师 11.60 1,050.00 12,180.00\nNicholas White 律师助理 0.80 500.00 400.00\n费用总额 $20,000.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 26 of 36\n\n费用明细\n\n客户名称： Despins, Luc\n\n事项名称： Luc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n16126.0001\n客户/事项编号：\n发票期间： 10 June 2024 至 30 June 2024\n发票编号： 2500\n日期 费用收取人 说明 时间（小时） 金额（$）\n10-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注案卷；当事人之间的通信及策略。 0.40 560.00\n14-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注中止申请；收发电子邮件；内部协调。 1.20 1,680.00\n17-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注为 Harcus Parker（哈卡斯·帕克）起草的同意命令、与客户及内部团队的电子邮件和通信。 1.20 1,260.00\n18-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注证人陈述草案；与 LD 收发电子邮件；内部协调；关注案卷。 0.70 980.00\n19-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注信函草案；收发电子邮件；关注案卷。关注证人证据；内部协调 0.70 980.00\n19-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 完成通信，并关注当事人之间的通信。 0.60 630.00\n20-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注致 Herbert Smith Freehills（赫伯特·史密斯·富希尔斯）的通信及有关电子邮件。 0.70 735.00\n20-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注当事人之间的通信及客户通信。 1.50 1,575.00\n24-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注费用申请和发票，并更新提交文件。 2.50 2,625.00\n25-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注清算进展更新及有关电子邮件。 0.60 630.00\n26-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 有关清算人任命的收发电子邮件；有关中止的策略。 0.70 980.00\n26-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注与客户就清算人事宜进行的通话。 0.20 210.00\n26-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注更新同意命令及当事人之间的通信。 0.90 945.00\n27-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注有关中止及 JL 任命的收发电子邮件。 0.40 560.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 27 of 36\n\n27-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注当事人之间的通信。 1.50 1,575.00\n\n27-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 持续关注客户询问及通信。 0.30 315.00\n28-Jun-24 Natasha Harrison 关注电子邮件/通信/命令草案；关注案卷。 1.20 1,680.00\n28-Jun-24 Alessia de Quincey 关注完成同意命令，包括当事人之间的通信以及与客户和内部团队的电子邮件。 1.60 1,680.00\n28-Jun-24 Nicholas White 协助 A. de Quincey 汇编注释、提交延期申请 0.80 400.00\n收取费用总额 $20,000.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 28 of 36\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\n电话：+44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n发票总额 $19,356.24\n发票\n\nLuc Despins 发票日期： 30 August 2024\n\n200 Park Avenue 我方 VAT 编号： 391 1218 14\nNew York 我方编号： 0001\\16126.0001\nNY 10166 发票编号： 2586\nUnited States of America\nLuc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人，就 01 July 2024 至 31 July 2024 期间\n\nVAT % VAT $ 金额 $\n\n专业服务费 0.00 0.00 19,205.00\n支出\n法院费用—立案费 0.00 0.00 151.24\n费用金额 19,205.00\n支出 151.24\nVAT 0.00\n\n代表 Pallas Partners LLP\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 29 of 36\n\n费用汇总\n\n客户名称： Despins, Luc\n\n事项名称： Luc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n客户/事项编号： 16126.0001\n发票期间： 01 July 2024 至 31 July 2024\n发票编号： 2586\n费用收取人 职务 时间（小时） 费率（$） 金额（$）\nNatasha Harrison 管理合伙人 1.20 1,950.00 1,680.00\nAlessia de Quincey 律师 14.80 1,050.00 15,540.00\nAlysha Patel 律师 1.80 825.00 1,485.00\n\nNicholas White 律师助理 1.00 500.00 500.00\n费用总额 $19,205.00\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 3699 Filed 10/15/24 Entered 10/15/24 19:03:34 Page 30 of 36\n\n费用明细\n\n客户名称：\n事项名称：\n客户/事项编号： Despins, Luc\nLuc Despins 作为个人 Ho Wan Kwok 的第 11 章受托人\n16126.0001\n\n发票编号：2586\n\n日期 计费人员 说明 时间（小时） 金额（\\$）\n\n01-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey（阿莱西娅·德·昆西） 处理有关同意命令的电子邮件及法院后续事项，包括额外提交文件。 1.20 1,260.00\n\n01-Jul-24 Nicholas White（尼古拉斯·怀特） 就提交同意命令与A. de Quincey通信；提交该命令。 0.70 350.00\n\n02-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 准备并参加与律师的电话会议，包括审阅先前律师的意见及电子邮件。 1.40 1,470.00\n\n03-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理临时查询，并就美国提交文件及电子邮件提供协助。 1.60 1,680.00\n\n04-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理密封法院命令及当事人之间的通信。 0.60 630.00\n\n04-Jul-24 Nicholas White 就命令与法院及A. de Quincey进行电子邮件往来。 0.30 150.00\n\n05-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理与HP的通信，以及与律师就后续步骤的通信。 0.40 420.00\n\n08-Jul-24 Natasha Harrison（娜塔莎·哈里森） 处理电子邮件；处理通信草稿；与ADQ就草稿及后续步骤通话。 1.20 1,680.00\n\n08-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理附带使用事项，包括处理电子邮件及民事诉讼规则、背景事实和审阅美国提交文件，准备并参加与N. Harrison及律师的电话会议，以及建议的后续步骤。 3.70 3,885.00\n\n08-Jul-24 Alysha Patel（阿莉莎·帕特尔） 审阅有关诉讼程序中文件附带使用的CPR评注及判例依据。 1.80 1,485.00\n\n09-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理致HP和法院的信函草稿，包括N. Harrison和律师的意见，以及与客户的通信。 1.50 1,575.00\n\n10-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理完成与法院及Harcus Parker（哈卡斯·帕克）就美国程序中所含证物的通信；处理与客户就Harcus Parker通信的电话会议；处理电子邮件及与律师就处理方式的电话会议。 2.40 2,520.00\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 31 页，共 36 页\n\n28-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理HSF致共同清算人的通信，以及有关战略回应的电子邮件。 0.60 630.00\n\n29-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理与客户协调战略，并在HSF与UBS的通信后起草与HSF的通信。 0.90 945.00\n\n29-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理美国和英属维尔京群岛的最新事项进展。 0.20 210.00\n\n30-Jul-24 Alessia de Quincey 完成HSF通信及相关电子邮件。 0.30 315.00\n\n收费总额 \\$19,205.00\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 32 页，共 36 页\n\n支出明细\n\n客户名称：Despins, Luc（吕克·德斯平）\n\n事项名称：Luc Despins以个人Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）第11章受托人的身份\n\n客户/事项编号：16126.0001\n\n发票期间：01 July 2024至31 July 2024\n\n发票编号：2586\n\n日期 支出 说明 金额（\\$）\n\n09-Jul-24 法院费用—提交费 供应商：HM Courts & Tribunals Service（英国法院和审裁处服务局）；发票编号：1032518；日期：09/07/2024－法院费用－01/07/24－FACCT-RBF-0000542065 Commercial Court（商事法院）向巡回法官提出申请 Part 7 Claim（第7部分诉讼）－CL-2020-000345－16126.0001 151.24\n\n支出收费金额 \\$ 151.24\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 33 页，共 36 页\n\n1 King William Street London EC4N 7AF\n\n电话：+44 (0)204 574 1000 accounts@pallasllp.com www.pallasllp.com\n\n发票\n\nLuc Despins 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 United States of America\n\n发票日期：14 October 2024 我方VAT编号：391 1218 14 我方编号：0001\\16126.0001 发票编号：2692\n\nLuc Despins以个人Ho Wan Kwok第11章受托人的身份，期间为12 August 2024至30 September 2024\n\nVAT % VAT \\$ 金额 \\$\n\n专业服务费 0.00 0.00 19,505.00\n\n费用金额\n\nVAT\n\n发票总额 19,505.00\n\n0.00\n\n\\$19,505.00\n\n代表Pallas Partners LLP（Pallas Partners有限责任合伙律师事务所）\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 34 页，共 36 页\n\n费用汇总\n\n客户名称：Despins, Luc\n\n事项名称：Luc Despins以个人Ho Wan Kwok第11章受托人的身份\n\n客户/事项编号：16126.0001\n\n发票期间：12 August 2024至30 September 2024\n\n发票编号：2692\n\n计费人员 职称 时间（小时） 费率（\\$） 金额（\\$）\n\nMatthew Getz（马修·格茨） 合伙人 0.20 1,450.00 290.00\n\nAlessia de Quincey 律师 16.80 1,050.00 17,640.00\n\nNick Turvey（尼克·特维） 律师 1.50 1,050.00 1,575.00\n\n费用总额 \\$19,505.00\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 35 页，共 36 页\n\n费用明细\n\n客户名称：Despins, Luc\n\n事项名称：Luc Despins以个人Ho Wan Kwok第11章受托人的身份\n\n客户/事项编号：16126.0001\n\n发票期间：12 August 2024至30 September 2024\n\n发票编号：2692\n\n日期 计费人员 说明 时间（小时） 金额（\\$）\n\n12-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理与客户就最新进展的电子邮件。 0.10 105.00\n\n16-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理与客户的电子邮件。 0.10 105.00\n\n19-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 起草信函及同意命令，以寻求延长英国程序中止期限，并就此与客户进行电子邮件往来。 1.60 1,680.00\n\n21-Aug-24 Matthew Getz 审阅中止信函。 0.20 290.00\n\n21-Aug-24 Nick Turvey 与A de Quincey交流，审阅文件；举行内部电话会议，讨论后续步骤及分析。 0.50 525.00\n\n21-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理向所有当事方发出的有关UBS中止延期的通信及相关电子邮件。 1.20 1,260.00\n\n21-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理有关英国管理程序的查询，并与客户就此拟定概要，包括考虑其对美国诉讼的影响。 1.00 1,050.00\n\n23-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理Hamilton管理人变更全球冻结令的申请的电子邮件，并初步处理该申请。 1.20 1,260.00\n\n27-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理客户有关Hamilton管理人在英国提出申请的查询。 0.80 840.00\n\n27-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理与Bowmans（鲍曼律师事务所）就该申请的通信。 0.40 420.00\n\n27-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理寻求该申请排期信息的事项。 0.30 315.00\n\n28-Aug-24 Nick Turvey 与A de Quincey通话，审阅电子邮件并考虑问题/客户查询；审阅ADQ起草的客户更新并就此提出意见。 1.00 1,050.00\n\n28-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 准备并参加与律师就Hamilton管理人程序中后续步骤的电话会议。 0.60 630.00\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 3699 提交于 10/15/24 录入于 10/15/24 19:03:34 第 36 页，共 36 页\n\n收费总额 \\$19,505.00\n\n30-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理完成有关在UBS英国程序中请求延长中止期限的同意命令，以及与各方就此的通信。 0.80 840.00\n\n30-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理美国团队就该事项背景提供的Hamilton摘要及相关说明。 1.00 1,050.00\n\n30-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理有关Hamilton管理人申请后续步骤的电子邮件。 0.60 630.00\n\n29-Aug-24 Alessia de Quincey 处理电子邮件及N. 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