{"id":"court_ctb_3731_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3731,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT | |--------------------------------|","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT |\n|--------------------------------|\n| DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT |\n| BRIDGEPORT DIVISION |\n\n| _______________________________________________
In re | : Chapter 11 | | | |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|--|--|\n| Ho Wan Kwok, | :
: Case No. 22-50073
(JAM)
: Jointly Administered | | | |\n| Debtor.1
________________________________________________: | :
: | | | |\n| | FEE APPLICATION COVER SHEET | | | |\n| FIFTH
Interim/Final
Fee application of: | Pullman & Comley, LLC | | | |\n| Time Period:
From:
May
1, 2024 | To:
August
31, 2024 | | | |\n| Bankruptcy Petition Filed:
February 15, 2022 | | | | |\n| Date of Entry of Retention Order: | April 29, 2022
effective as of March 29, 2022 | | | |\n| Amount Requested | Reductions | | | |\n| Fees:
\\$29,457.00 | Voluntary Fee Reductions:
\\$0 | | | |\n| Expenses:
\\$
293.10
Expenses:
\\$0 | | | | |\n| Total:
\\$29,750.10 | | | | |\n| Retainer Request: | Expense Detail: | | | |\n| Retainer Received
__N/A___
Prior award applied
__N/A___
Balance before this request
__N/A___
Hours and Rates per professional: | Retainer Received
___N/A_______
Prior award applied
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Balance before this request
___N/A_______
Copies per page cost and total___N/A_______ | | | |\n| Hours 20.3
Rate
\\$590.00
Hours 38.0
Rate
\\$460.00 | Kristin B. Mayhew
Jonathan A. Kaplan | | | |\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### **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ In re : Chapter 11 : Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073 : Debtor. : : \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n## **FIFTH INTERIM APPLICATION OF PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC, COUNSEL TO THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS, FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\n| Name of Applicant: | Pullman & Comley, LLC |\n|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|\n| Authorized to provide
professional services to: | The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors |\n| Date of Retention: | April 29, 2022
effective as of
March 29, 2022 |\n| Period for which compensation
and reimbursement is sought: | May 1, 2024 through
August 31, 2024 |\n| Amount of Compensation sought
as actual, reasonable and necessary: | \\$29,457.00 |\n| Amount of Expense Reimbursement
sought as actual, reasonable and
necessary: | \\$293.10 |\n| Voluntary Reductions: | \\$0.00 |\n| | |\n\nThis is a(n): Interim Final application\n\n| | | | Requested | | Monthly Statements | | Certificate |\n|-------------------|---------------|--------------------------|--------------|------------|--------------------|----------|-----------------------------------|\n| Application | Date
Filed | Period
Covered | Fees
100% | Expenses | Fees
80% | Expenses | of No Objection
/ Signed Order |\n| First
Interim | 6/20/23 | 3/29/2022-
4/30/23 | \\$504,742.00 | \\$709.53 | \\$12,226.88 | \\$0.00 | 7/20/2023 |\n| Fee
Statement | 9/20/23 | 8/1/2023-
8/31/2023 | \\$19,104.50 | -0- | \\$15,283.60 | \\$0.00 | N/A |\n| Fee
Statement | 10/20/23 | 9/1/2023-
9/30/2023 | \\$32,627.50 | -0- | \\$26,102.00 | \\$0.00 | N/A |\n| Second
Interim | 10/16/23 | 5/1/2023 –
8/31/2023 | \\$86,457.50 | \\$1,751.60 | NA | NA | 11/30/2023 |\n| Third
Interim | 2/14/24 | 9/1/2023 –
12/31/2023 | \\$89,835.50 | \\$392.14 | NA | NA | 3/20/2024 |\n| Fourth
Interim | 6/24/24 | 1/1/24 –
4/30/24 | \\$56,420.00 | \\$548.40 | NA | NA | 7/23/2024 |\n\n# **PRIOR APPLICATION HISTORY**\n\n## **SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONALS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS RENDERING SERVICES FROM MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\n| Timekeeper Name | Year
Admitted | Title/Department | Hours
Worked | Rate | Bill Amount |\n|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|----------|-------------|\n| | | Partner/Litigation | | | |\n| Kaplan, Jonathan A. | 2005 | and Bankruptcy | 38.0 | \\$460 | \\$17,480.00 |\n| | | Partner/Litigation | | | |\n| Mayhew, Kristin B. | 1999 | and Bankruptcy | 20.3 | \\$590 | \\$11,977.00 |\n| TOTAL ALL TIMEKEEPERS | | | 58.3 | | \\$29,457.00 |\n| Attorney Blended Rate | | | | \\$505.27 | |\n\n# **SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION BY PROJECT CATEGORY FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\n| Task Description | Hours | Total |\n|------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|\n| | | \\$13,462.00 |\n| | | \\$736.00 |\n| | | \\$10,797.00 |\n| | | \\$460.00 |\n| | | \\$4,002.00 |\n| | | \\$29,475.00 |\n| | Case Administration
Meetings and Communication with Creditors
Fee/Employment Applications
DIP Financing
Asset Analysis and Recovery
Total Fees Rendered This Statement | 24.8
1.6
22.2
.70
8.7
58.3 |\n\n**`**\n\n### **EXPENSE SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\n| Court telephonic hearing fees | \\$0 |\n|------------------------------------------|----------|\n| Express Mail | \\$0 |\n| External Phone Charges | \\$0 |\n| Copies | \\$293.10 |\n| Travel and related expenses
(parking) | \\$0 |\n| Business Lunch | \\$0 |\n| Certificate of Good Standing | \\$0 |\n| Total Disbursements | \\$293.10 |\n\n### **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nDebtor.1\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\nIn re : Chapter 11 : Ho Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073 : : :\n\n# **FIFTH INTERIM APPLICATION OF PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC, AS COUNSEL TO THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS FOR COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 1, 2024 THROUGH AUGUST 31, 2024**\n\nPursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331, Rule 2016(a) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Local Bankruptcy Rule 2016-1, Pullman & Comley, LLC (\"P&C\"), as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Debtor's Chapter 11 Case (the \"Committee\"), appointed in the chapter 11 case of the Debtor, Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), submits its third interim application (the \"Application\") for allowance of compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the period of May 1, 2024 through August 31, 2024 (the \"Fee Period\"). By this Application, P&C seeks an interim allowance of compensation in the amount of \\$29,475.00 and expense reimbursement in the amount of \\$293.10. In support of this Application, P&C respectfully states as follows:\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#### **BACKGROUND**\n\n1. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the \"Bankruptcy Code\") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut, thereby commencing this Chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\").\n\n2. The Debtor remained a debtor in possession under sections 1101(1) and 1106(a) until a chapter 11 trustee, Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\"), was appointed by the United States trustee (\"UST\") on July 7, 2022 and approved by the Court on July 8, 2022.\n\n3. On March 21, 2022, the UST appointed the Committee pursuant to section 1102(a)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n4. Shortly after its appointment, the Committee selected P&C as its counsel and on April 5, 2022, filed its Application to Employ Pullman & Comely, LLC as Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.\n\n5. On April 29, 2022, the Court entered the *Order Authorizing Retention and Employment of Pullman & Comley, LLC as Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors*, which was made effective as of March 29, 2022 (\"Retention Order\"). The Retention Order authorizes P&C to be compensated in accordance with the procedures set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331, the applicable Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the rules of this Court and any Order entered by this Court with respect to the compensation of professionals.\n\n6. Through the Application, P&C seeks allowance of compensation for professional services rendered for and on behalf of the Committee during the Fee Period. A detailed description of services rendered during the Fee Period in the form of P&C's monthly invoices, which also contain the disbursements it incurred in connection with the rendition of P&C's services, is annexed hereto as Exhibit \"A**\"**.\n\n- 2 -\n\n#### **BRIEF CASE HISTORY**\n\n7. The Debtor commenced the Chapter 11 Case one day before the date by which he was ordered to pay a \\$134,000,000 contempt fine (the \"Contempt Order\") to Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. (\"PAX\") in the action, PAX v. Kwok, Index No. 652077/2017, pending in New York Supreme Court (the \"New York Action\").\n\n8. Give the long-standing and acrimonious litigation history between PAX and the Debtor, on March 1, 2022 PAX promptly moved for relief from the automatic stay to return to the New York Action for purposes of enforcing the Contempt Order (the \"PAX Lift Stay Motion\").\n\n9. On March 19, 2022, the UST filed a Motion for Order Directing Appointment of an Examiner, or in the Alternative, Motion for Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee (\"UST 1104 Motion\").\n\n10. On April 6, 2022, PAX filed a Motion to Dismiss Chapter 11 Case or, in the Alternative, Partial Joinder to United States Trustee's Motion for Order Directing the Appointment of a Chapter 11 Trustee (\"PAX Motion to Dismiss\").\n\n11. While the UST 1104 Motion and PAX Motion to Dismiss remained pending, the PAX Lift Stay Motion was resolved by a Stipulated Order Compelling HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC to Transport and Deliver That Certain Yacht, The \"Lady May,\" entered on April 29, 2022. The focus of the Chapter 11 Case then turned to whether it should be dismissed, which was the principal form of relief requested in the PAX Motion to Dismiss, or converted, or whether a Chapter 11 trustee should be appointed. The Committee was the principal party opposing the PAX Motion to Dismiss, which was scheduled for an evidentiary hearing on May 25, 2022.\n\n12. Prior to and while pretrial proceedings relating to the PAX Motion to Dismiss were proceeding, the parties and the Court were dealing with a number of early case motions filed by\n\n- 3 -\n\nthe Debtor and opposed by the Committee or other parties in interest, in whole or in part, including (i) applications to retain Brown Rudnick LLP as Debtor's counsel, Verdolino & Lowey, P.C. as Debtor's financial advisor, and Stretto, Inc. as its claims and noticing agent (all filed on March 16, 2022), (ii) Debtor's for Entry of an Order Authorizing (I) Employment and Payment of Professionals Utilized in the Ordinary Course, (II) Payment of Prepetition Claims, and (III) Granting Related Relief, filed on March 22, 2022 (the \"OCP Motion\"), and (iii) Debtor's Motion for Entry of Interim and Final DIP Orders (I) Authorizing the Debtor to Obtain Unsecured, Subordinated Postpetition Financing and (II) Scheduling Interim and Final Hearings, and (III) Granting Related Relief, filed on March 22, 2022 (the \"DIP Motion\"), which proposed an \\$8 million unsecured, subordinated loan to the estate, \\$4 million of which would be dedicated to payment of professional fees of the Committee and/or and examiner to conduct an investigation into the Debtor's assets and financial affairs.\n\n12. While the Committee was able to negotiate further concessions from the proposed DIP lender, Golden Spring (New York) Ltd. (\"Golden Spring\"), including preservation of alter ego claims against Golden Spring notwithstanding its proposed financing, the Court was having reservations with the proposed loan and was proceeding incrementally by requiring fee budgets from the parties for more defined periods of time and scheduled a hearing on the DIP Motion and other matters, including the applications to retain Brown Rudnick and Verdolino & Lowey, for April 27, 2022. At that hearing, the DIP Motion was continued for hearing on May 4, 2022, after which the Court took the matter under advisement.\n\n13. On May 11, 2022, however, before the Court could issue its decision on the DIP Motion, the Debtor filed a Consent to the Dismissal of the Chapter 11 Case and a Notice of Withdrawal of the DIP Motion.\n\n- 4 -\n\n14. The Committee vigorously opposed the PAX Motion to Dismiss, which was the subject of an evidentiary hearing on May 25, 2022 after substantial briefing by the parties, exchange of trial exhibits and other pretrial proceedings. On June 15, 2022, the Court issued its Memorandum of Decision and Order Denying Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice and Granting Joinder to Motion for Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee.\n\n13. On July 7, 2022, the UST appointed the Trustee as the chapter 11 trustee of the Debtor's estate and his appointment was approved by the Court on July 8, 2022.\n\n14. Litigation almost immediately ensued by the Debtor's filing of an objection to the Trustee's appointment, a motion for relief from the order appointing the Trustee, and an objection to the Trustee's application to retain his firm, Paul Hastings LLP, as his counsel. All of these attempts by the Debtor to oust the Trustee2 and prevent his retention of counsel were denied by the Court by orders entered on August 2, 2022.\n\n15. Since the Trustee's appointment, the Committee has taken a supportive role in the administration of the Chapter 11 Case, consulting with the Trustee as necessary in the administration of the Chapter 11 Case, 11 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1), and serving a \"watchdog\" function. *See e.g. In re Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co.*, 414 B.R. 389, 400 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2009) (recognizing that \"creditor committees often serve a 'watchdog' function\").\n\n### **SUMMARY OF SERVICES BY PROJECT CATEGORY**\n\n16. The services rendered by P&C during the Fee Period are itemized as set forth in Exhibit \"A\" and summarized by project category as follows:\n\n2 The Debtor later filed a motion to remove the Trustee on December 30, 2022, which was opposed by the Committee and, of course, the Trustee, and was withdrawn by the Debtor on April 5, 2023.\n\n#### A. Case Administration: Fees: \\$13,462.00 Hours: 24.8\n\n17. Among the myriad services performed by the Committee in this project category were reviewing pleadings, other papers and court orders or decisions, attending any court hearings, and engaging in discussions with the Trustee or his counsel, relating to the Debtor's case and the following contested matters and adversary proceedings: the Debtor's pending criminal matter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and criminal trial and conviction, the renewed motion to stay the bankruptcy case, review of monthly operating reports, the Trustee's motion to extend or toll the statute of limitations for avoidance actions, the Trustee's motion to stay adversary proceedings, motion to approve procedures in adversary proceedings/avoidance actions, motion for order to amend mediation procedures, the Trustee's motion to approve pre-litigation mediation procedures, motion for default judgment against Ace Decade and the Trustee's motion to seal and motion to preserve evidence.\n\nB. Communications with Creditors Fees: \\$736.00 Hours: 1.6\n\n18. Services within this project category included telephone conferences and email communications with members of the Committee concerning the Trustee's motion to establish procedures for avoidance claims/adversary proceedings, the Trustee's motion to extend/toll the statute of limitations, the Trustee's adversary proceeding asserting a RICO claim against various parties, the interim fee applications of various parties, the Debtor's criminal trial pending in the Southern District of New York, and updates on various hearings/rulings.\n\nC. Fee and Employment Applications Fees: \\$10,797.00 Hours: 22.2\n\n19. Services included within this project category included reviewing and reporting to the Committee on the interim fee applications and monthly fee statements of the Trustee's professionals, including Paul Hastings, Neubert Pepe & Monteith, EPIQ, Harney, Westwood & Reigels, O'Sullivan McCormack, Jensen & Bliss, Pallas Partners, Kroll, Prager Dreiffus AG, and\n\n- 6 -\n\nEisner Advisory, review of the Trustee's application to employ real estate broker for Greenwich property, and attending hearings related to such matters, including communications with U.S. Trustee's office and Trustee's counsel, and reviewing the underlying invoices and preparing a fourth interim fee application for Pullman & Comley, LLC as counsel to the Committee and attending the hearing thereon.\n\nD. DIP Financing Fees: \\$ 460.00 Hours: .7\n\n20. Services in this project category included reviewing the Trustee's motion to increase the amount of the DIP loan from the Debtor's estate to the Genever Holdings estate for payment of repairs and preservation expenses of the Sherry Netherland apartment and apprising the Committee regarding the motion.\n\nE. Asset Analysis and Recovery Fees: \\$4,002.00 Hours: 8.7\n\n21. Services in this project category included reviewing the Trustee's updates concerning the proceeding in the BVI relating to the London apartment, the Trustee's motion for order regarding the transfer of the Ducati motorcycle, the Trustee's motion to liquidate the VCTR shares, the rehabilitation and remodeling of the Sherry-Netherlands apartment including the selection of a general contractor for remediation, invoices from architect and other parties and status reports, the Trustee's emergency motion for order authorizing funding for the Mahwah mansion, review and analysis of multiple adversary complaints to avoid fraudulent transfers, and review of the Trustee's omnibus motion for 2004 examinations.\n\n### **DISBURSEMENTS**\n\n22. P&C incurred reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket expenses in the sum of \\$293.10 in connection with rendering legal services to the Committee during the Fee Period. These disbursements consisted of copying charges and parking expenses.\n\n- 7 -\n\n#### **VALUATION OF SERVICES & RELIEF REQUESTED**\n\n23. Attorneys and paraprofessionals employed by P&C have expended a total of 58.3 hours in connection with this matter during the Fee Period detailed below. The nature of the work performed by these persons is fully set forth in the detail attached hereto as Exhibit \"A\". The hourly rates set forth above were P&C's current hourly rates for work of this nature at the time the services were rendered. The reasonable value of the services rendered by P&C for the Fee Period as counsel to the Committee is \\$29,750.10.\n\n24. In accordance with the factors enumerated in section 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, the amount requested is fair and reasonable given (a) the complexity of these Chapter 11 Cases, (b) the time expended, (c) the nature and extent of the services rendered, (d) the value of such services, and (e) the cost of comparable services other than in a case under this title.\n\n25. This is P&C's fifth interim application. P&C has received no payment and no promises for payment from any source for services rendered or to be rendered in any capacity whatsoever in connection with these cases, and there is no agreement or understanding between P&C and any other person, other than members of P&C, for the sharing of compensation to be received for services rendered in these cases. No prior application has been made to this or any other Court for this Fee Period or for the allowance of fees and disbursements sought herein.\n\n26. This Application covers the period of May 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024. P&C has and will continue to perform additional necessary services subsequent to August 31, 2024, for which P&C will file subsequent fee applications.\n\n27. Annexed hereto as Exhibit \"B\", and made part hereof, is a Certification of Kristin B. Mayhew, Esq, a member of P&C, submitted pursuant to section 504 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, P&C respectfully requests the Court enter an order, substantially in the form attached hereto, providing: (a) that an interim allowance be made to P&C for the period from\n\n- 8 -\n\nMay 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024 in the amount of (i) \\$29,457.00 as compensation for necessary professional services rendered, and (ii) \\$293.10 for actual and necessary expenses incurred, for a total of \\$29,750.10; (b) that the Trustee be authorized and directed to pay P&C the outstanding amount of such sums; and (c) for such other and further relief as may be just and proper.\n\nDated: Bridgeport, Connecticut\n\nOctober 21, 2024 Respectfully submitted,\n\n### **PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC**\n\n*/s/Irve J. Goldman* Irve J. Goldman, Esq. (ct02404) Kristin B. Mayhew (ct20896) Jonathan A. Kaplan, Esq. (ct27126) 850 Main Street, 8th Floor P.O. Box 7006 Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006 Telephone: (203) 330-2213 Facsimile: (203) 576-8888 E-mail: [jgoldman@pullcom.com](mailto:jgoldman@pullcom.com) [kmayhew@pullcom.com](mailto:kmayhew@pullcom.com) [jkaplan@pullcom.com](mailto:jkaplan@pullcom.com)\n\n*Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors*","body_zh":"美国联邦破产法院\n\n康涅狄格州联邦地区\n布里奇波特分院\n\n关于：第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：\n：案号 22-50073\n(JAM)\n：合并管理\n债务人。1\n________________________________________________：：\n\n费用申请封面\n第五次\n临时/最终\n申请费用的机构：Pullman & Comley, LLC（普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司）\n期间：\n自：\nMay\n1, 2024 至：\nAugust\n31, 2024\n破产申请提交日期：\nFebruary 15, 2022\n聘任裁定录入日期：April 29, 2022\n自 March 29, 2022 起生效\n申请金额 扣减\n费用：\n$29,457.00 自愿费用扣减：\n$0\n支出：\n$\n293.10\n支出：\n$0\n合计：\n$29,750.10\n预付金请求： 支出明细：\n已收预付金\n__不适用___\n已适用先前裁定金额\n__不适用___\n本次请求前余额\n__不适用___\n每位专业人员的小时数和费率： 已收预付金\n___不适用_______\n已适用先前裁定金额\n___不适用_______\n本次请求前余额\n___不适用_______\n每页复印成本及总额___不适用_______\n小时数 20.3\n费率\n$590.00\n小时数 38.0\n费率\n$460.00 Kristin B. Mayhew（克里斯汀·B·梅休）\nJonathan A. Kaplan（乔纳森·A·卡普兰）\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（吉尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation（吉尼弗控股公司）。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·哈斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为 Ho Wan Kwok 遗产的受托人（仅用于通知及通信）。\n\n美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\n关于：第 11 章\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：案号 22-50073\n债务人。：\n\n普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司作为无担保债权人官方委员会的律师，就 2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间已提供服务的报酬及已发生支出的偿还提出的第五次临时申请\n\n申请人名称：Pullman & Comley, LLC（普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司）\n\n获授权向以下主体提供\n专业服务：无担保债权人官方委员会\n聘任日期：April 29, 2022\n自\nMarch 29, 2022\n起生效\n申请报酬及偿还的\n期间：May 1, 2024 至\nAugust 31, 2024\n所申请的实际、合理及必要\n报酬金额：$29,457.00\n所申请的实际、合理及\n必要支出偿还金额：$293.10\n自愿扣减：$0.00\n\n本申请为：临时 最终申请\n\n申请 月度报表 证明\n\n申请 提交\n日期 涵盖\n期间 费用\n100% 支出 费用\n80% 支出 无异议证明\n/ 已签署裁定\n第一次\n临时 6/20/23 3/29/2022-\n4/30/23 $504,742.00 $709.53 $12,226.88 $0.00 7/20/2023\n费用\n报表 9/20/23 8/1/2023-\n8/31/2023 $19,104.50 -0- $15,283.60 $0.00 不适用\n费用\n报表 10/20/23 9/1/2023-\n9/30/2023 $32,627.50 -0- $26,102.00 $0.00 不适用\n第二次\n临时 10/16/23 5/1/2023 –\n8/31/2023 $86,457.50 $1,751.60 不适用 不适用 11/30/2023\n第三次\n临时 2/14/24 9/1/2023 –\n12/31/2023 $89,835.50 $392.14 不适用 不适用 3/20/2024\n第四次\n临时 6/24/24 1/1/24 –\n4/30/24 $56,420.00 $548.40 不适用 不适用 7/23/2024\n先前申请历史\n2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间提供服务的专业人员及辅助专业人员汇总\n\n计时人员姓名 取得执业资格\n年份 职务/部门 工作\n小时数 费率 计费金额\n\n合伙人/诉讼\nKaplan, Jonathan A. 2005 及破产 38.0 $460 $17,480.00\n合伙人/诉讼\nMayhew, Kristin B. 1999 及破产 20.3 $590 $11,977.00\n所有计时人员合计 58.3 $29,457.00\n律师综合费率 $505.27\n2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间按项目类别列示的报酬汇总\n\n任务说明 小时数 总额\n\n$13,462.00\n$736.00\n$10,797.00\n$460.00\n$4,002.00\n$29,475.00\n案件管理\n与债权人的会议及沟通\n费用/聘用申请\n债务人占有期间融资\n资产分析与追收\n本报表所列服务费用总额 24.8\n1.6\n22.2\n.70\n8.7\n58.3\n\n2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间支出汇总\n\n法院电话听证费用 $0\n\n快递邮件 $0\n外部电话费用 $0\n复印 $293.10\n差旅及相关费用\n（停车） $0\n商务午餐 $0\n良好存续证明 $0\n支出总额 $293.10\n\n美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院\n\n债务人。1\n\n关于：第 11 章\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）：案号 22-50073\n：\n\n普尔曼与科姆利有限责任公司作为无担保债权人官方委员会的律师，就 2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间已提供服务的报酬及已发生支出的偿还提出的第五次临时申请\n\n依据 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331、《联邦破产程序规则》第 2016(a) 条、当地破产规则 2016-1，Pullman & Comley, LLC（“P&C”）作为在债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（“债务人”）第 11 章案件中获任命的无担保债权人官方委员会（“委员会”）的律师，现就 2024 年 5 月 1 日至 2024 年 8 月 31 日期间（“费用期间”）的报酬准许及支出偿还提交其第三次临时申请（“本申请”）。P&C 通过本申请请求临时准许金额为 $29,475.00 的报酬及金额为 $293.10 的支出偿还。为支持本申请，P&C 谨陈述如下：\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（又名 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（吉尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation（吉尼弗控股公司）。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·哈斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为 Ho Wan Kwok 遗产的受托人（仅用于通知及通信）。\n\n背景\n\n1. 于 February 15, 2022（“申请日”），债务人在美国康涅狄格州联邦破产法院根据《美国法典》第 11 编（“破产法”）第 11 章自愿提交救济申请，从而启动本第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”）。\n\n2. 债务人根据第 1101(1) 条及第 1106(a) 条继续作为占有中债务人，直至美国受托人（“UST”）于 July 7, 2022 任命第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（“受托人”），并由法院于 July 8, 2022 批准该任命。\n\n3. 于 March 21, 2022，UST 根据破产法第 1102(a)(1) 条任命委员会。\n\n4. 委员会获任命后不久，选定 P&C 担任其律师，并于 April 5, 2022 提交其关于聘用 Pullman & Comely, LLC 担任无担保债权人官方委员会律师的申请。\n\n5. 于 April 29, 2022，法院录入了授权聘任及雇用 Pullman & Comley, LLC 担任无担保债权人官方委员会律师的裁定，该裁定自 March 29, 2022 起生效（“聘任裁定”）。聘任裁定授权 P&C 依照 11 U.S.C. §§ 330 and 331、《联邦破产程序规则》的适用规定、本法院规则以及本法院就专业人员报酬所录入的任何裁定获得报酬。\n\n6. P&C 通过本申请，请求准许其在费用期间为委员会及代表委员会提供的专业服务报酬。费用期间所提供服务的详细说明，以 P&C 月度发票的形式附于本申请后，作为附件“A”；该等发票亦载有其因提供 P&C 服务所发生的支出。\n\n- 2 -\n\n简要案件历史\n\n7. 债务人在其被命令向 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P.（“PAX”）支付 $134,000,000 藐视法庭罚款（“藐视法庭命令”）的期限日前一天启动第 11 章案件；该命令系在纽约州最高法院审理中的 PAX v. Kwok, Index No. 652077/2017 诉讼（“纽约诉讼”）中作出。\n\n8. 鉴于 PAX 与债务人之间长期且激烈的诉讼历史，PAX 于 March 1, 2022 迅速提出动议，请求解除自动中止，以返回纽约诉讼执行藐视法庭命令（“PAX 解除中止动议”）。\n\n9. 于 March 19, 2022，UST 提交了请求作出命令指示任命审查员的动议，或备选地，请求作出命令指示任命第 11 章受托人的动议（“UST 1104 动议”）。\n\n10. 于 April 6, 2022，PAX 提交了请求驳回第 11 章案件的动议，或备选地，部分加入美国受托人请求作出命令指示任命第 11 章受托人的动议（“PAX 驳回动议”）。\n\n11. 在 UST 1104 动议及 PAX 驳回动议仍待裁决期间，PAX 解除中止动议通过于 April 29, 2022 录入的经约定裁定而获解决，该裁定强制 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC（HK 国际基金投资（美国）有限公司）运输并交付该游艇“Lady May”。随后，第 11 章案件的重点转向其是否应当被驳回——该项救济是 PAX 驳回动议请求的主要救济形式——或被转换，抑或应当任命第 11 章受托人。委员会是反对 PAX 驳回动议的主要当事人，而该动议原定于 May 25, 2022 进行证据听证。\n\n12. 在与 PAX 驳回动议有关的审前程序进行之前及期间，当事人和法院正在处理债务人提交、且委员会或其他利害关系方全部或部分反对的多项早期案件动议，包括：(i) 聘任 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗·拉德尼克律师事务所）担任债务人律师、Verdolino & Lowey, P.C.（韦尔多利诺与洛伊律师事务所）担任债务人财务顾问，以及 Stretto, Inc.（斯特雷托公司）担任其债权申报及通知代理人的申请（均于 March 16, 2022 提交）；(ii) 债务人于 March 22, 2022 提交的请求录入命令以授权：(I) 雇用及支付在正常经营过程中使用的专业人员；(II) 支付申请日前债权；及 (III) 准予相关救济的动议（“OCP 动议”）；及 (iii) 债务人于 March 22, 2022 提交的请求录入临时及最终债务人占有期间融资命令的动议，以：(I) 授权债务人取得无担保、次级的申请日后融资；(II) 安排临时及最终听证；及 (III) 准予相关救济（“DIP 动议”）；该动议提议向遗产提供一笔 $8 million 的无担保、次级贷款，其中 $4 million 将专门用于支付委员会的专业费用，及/或支付审查员进行有关债务人资产及财务事务调查的专业费用。\n\n12. 虽然委员会能够从拟议的债务人占有期间融资贷款人 Golden Spring (New York) Ltd.（“Golden Spring”）进一步协商取得让步，包括尽管其拟议融资，仍保留针对 Golden Spring 的另我主张，但法院对拟议贷款存有保留意见，并通过要求当事人提交针对更明确期间的费用预算而逐步推进，并安排于 April 27, 2022 就 DIP 动议及其他事项举行听证，该等其他事项包括聘任 Brown Rudnick 及 Verdolino & Lowey 的申请。在该听证会上，DIP 动议被续期至 May 4, 2022 进行听证，之后法院将该事项留待审议。\n\n13. 然而，2022年5月11日，在法院就 DIP 动议作出裁定之前，债务人提交了同意撤销第11章案件的同意书及撤回 DIP 动议的通知。\n\n- 4 -\n\n14. 委员会强烈反对 PAX 驳回动议；在当事人进行了大量书面陈述、交换审判证据材料及其他审前程序后，该动议于2022年5月25日进行了证据听证。2022年6月15日，法院发布了《关于驳回不损害权利的驳回动议并准许加入任命第11章受托人动议的决定备忘录及命令》。\n\n13. 2022年7月7日，UST 任命受托人为债务人财产的第11章受托人，且其任命于2022年7月8日获得法院批准。\n\n14. 债务人几乎立即提起诉讼，对受托人的任命提出异议，提出请求免除任命受托人命令效力的动议，并反对受托人申请聘用其律所 Paul Hastings LLP（保尔·黑斯廷斯有限责任合伙）担任其律师。债务人为罢免受托人2并阻止其聘任律师所作的一切尝试，均被法院于2022年8月2日作出的命令驳回。\n\n15. 自受托人获任命以来，委员会在第11章案件的管理中发挥支持作用，在第11章案件管理中视需要与受托人进行协商，11 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1)，并履行“监督者”职能。参见，例如，In re Commercial Mortgage and Finance Co., 414 B.R. 389, 400 (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2009)（承认“债权人委员会通常履行‘监督者’职能”）。\n\n按项目类别汇总的服务\n\n16. P&C 在费用期间提供的服务，详见附件“A”，并按项目类别汇总如下：\n\n2 债务人后来于2022年12月30日提出罢免受托人的动议，委员会以及当然还有受托人对此提出反对；该动议于2023年4月5日由债务人撤回。\n\nA. 案件管理：费用：\\$13,462.00；小时数：24.8\n\n17. 委员会在该项目类别下提供的众多服务包括：审阅诉状、其他文件及法院命令或裁定，出席所有法院听证会，以及就债务人案件及下列争议事项和对抗程序与受托人或其律师进行讨论：债务人在 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York（纽约南区联邦地区法院）待决的刑事案件，以及刑事审判和定罪；再次提出的中止破产案件动议；审阅月度经营报告；受托人请求延长或中止撤销诉讼时效的动议；受托人请求中止对抗程序的动议；请求批准对抗程序／撤销诉讼程序的动议；请求作出命令修订调解程序的动议；受托人请求批准诉前调解程序的动议；针对 Ace Decade（艾斯十年）的缺席判决动议；以及受托人请求密封和请求保全证据的动议。\n\nB. 与债权人的沟通：费用：\\$736.00；小时数：1.6\n\n18. 该项目类别下的服务包括：就受托人提出的确立撤销请求／对抗程序程序的动议、受托人请求延长／中止诉讼时效的动议、受托人针对各方提出 RICO 请求的对抗程序、各方的中期费用申请、债务人在纽约南区待决的刑事审判，以及各种听证会／裁定的最新情况，与委员会成员进行电话会议和电子邮件沟通。\n\nC. 费用及聘任申请：费用：\\$10,797.00；小时数：22.2\n\n19. 该项目类别下的服务包括：审阅受托人专业人员的中期费用申请和月度费用报表，并向委员会汇报，包括 Paul Hastings、Neubert Pepe & Monteith（纽伯特·佩佩及蒙蒂思）、EPIQ（易必爱）、Harney, Westwood & Reigels（哈尼、韦斯特伍德及赖格尔斯）、O'Sullivan McCormack（奥沙利文·麦考马克）、Jensen & Bliss（延森及布利斯）、Pallas Partners（帕拉斯合伙人）、Kroll（克罗尔）、Prager Dreiffus AG（普拉格·德赖弗斯股份公司）及\n\n- 6 -\n\nEisner Advisory（艾斯纳咨询）；审阅受托人聘用格林尼治房产房地产经纪人的申请；出席与该等事项有关的听证会，包括与美国受托人办公室及受托人律师进行沟通；审阅相关发票；并作为委员会律师，为 Pullman & Comley, LLC（普尔曼及康利有限责任公司）准备第四份中期费用申请，以及出席有关听证会。\n\nD. DIP 融资：费用：\\$ 460.00；小时数：.7\n\n20. 该项目类别下的服务包括：审阅受托人请求将债务人财产向 Genever Holdings（杰内弗控股公司）财产提供的 DIP 贷款金额增加，以支付 Sherry Netherland（谢里-内德兰）公寓的维修及保全费用的动议，并就该动议向委员会通报情况。\n\nE. 资产分析及追回：费用：\\$4,002.00；小时数：8.7\n\n21. 该项目类别下的服务包括：审阅受托人就与伦敦公寓有关的 BVI 程序所作的更新；受托人就转让 Ducati（杜卡迪）摩托车所请求作出的命令的动议；受托人变现 VCTR 股份的动议；对 Sherry-Netherlands（谢里-内德兰）公寓进行修复和改造，包括选择负责修复工作的总承包商、建筑师及其他方的发票和进度报告；受托人请求作出命令授权为 Mahwah（马瓦）豪宅提供资金的紧急动议；审阅和分析多份撤销欺诈转让的对抗诉状；以及审阅受托人就 Rule 2004 审查提出的综合动议。\n\n支出\n\n22. P&C 在费用期间为委员会提供法律服务时发生了金额为 \\$293.10 的合理且必要的实付费用。该等支出包括复印费和停车费。\n\n- 7 -\n\n服务估值及所请求的救济\n\n23. P&C 雇用的律师及辅助专业人员在下述费用期间就本事项共投入 58.3 小时。该等人员所完成工作的性质，详见随附附件“A”。上述小时费率为提供服务时 P&C 对该性质工作适用的现行小时费率。P&C 作为委员会律师在费用期间提供服务的合理价值为 \\$29,750.10。\n\n24. 根据《破产法》第 330 条所列因素，鉴于 (a) 该等第11章案件的复杂性，(b) 所投入的时间，(c) 所提供服务的性质和范围，(d) 该等服务的价值，以及 (e) 本标题项下案件以外可比服务的成本，所请求的金额公平且合理。\n\n25. 这是 P&C 的第五份中期申请。P&C 未从任何来源收到、亦未获承诺将收到，就与该等案件有关以任何身份已提供或将提供的服务所作的任何付款；且除 P&C 成员外，P&C 与任何其他人之间不存在就该等案件中已提供服务所获报酬进行分配的协议或谅解。此前未曾就该费用期间，或就本申请所请求准予的费用和支出，向本法院或任何其他法院提出申请。\n\n26. 本申请涵盖2024年5月1日至2024年8月31日期间。P&C 已于2024年8月31日后提供，并将继续提供额外的必要服务，P&C 将就此提交后续费用申请。\n\n27. 随附于本申请并构成本申请一部分的附件“B”，是 P&C 成员 Kristin B. Mayhew, Esq.（克里斯汀·B·梅休律师）根据《破产法》第 504 条提交的证明书。\n\n因此，P&C 恭请法院作出基本按照随附文本形式的命令，规定：(a) 就2024年5月1日至\n\n- 8 -\n\n2024年8月31日期间，向 P&C 作出中期准予：(i) \\$29,457.00，作为已提供的必要专业服务的报酬；以及 (ii) \\$293.10，作为发生的实际且必要的费用；合计 \\$29,750.10；(b) 授权并命令受托人向 P&C 支付该等款项的未付余额；以及 (c) 法院认为公正和适当的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：康涅狄格州布里奇波特\n\n2024年10月21日 谨此提交，\nPULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC\n\n/s/Irve J. Goldman\nIrve J. Goldman, Esq.（欧文·J·戈德曼律师）（ct02404）\nKristin B. Mayhew（克里斯汀·B·梅休）（ct20896）\nJonathan A. Kaplan, Esq.（乔纳森·A·卡普兰律师）（ct27126）\n850 Main Street, 8th Floor\nP.O. Box 7006\nBridgeport, CT 06601-7006\n电话：(203) 330-2213\n传真：(203) 576-8888\n电子邮件：[jgoldman@pullcom.com]\n[kmayhew@pullcom.com]\n[jkaplan@pullcom.com]\n\n无担保债权人官方委员会的律师","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Paul Hastings","Despins","Miles Guo","CIPA","RICO"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":3426,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:34:39"}