{"id":"court_ctb_4283_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4283,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | x | |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---|--------------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | | Chapter 11 |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
: | | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| | :
Debtors.
: | | (Jointly Administered) |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | : | x | |\n| LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE, | :
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Plaintiff,
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: | | Adv. Proceeding No. 24-5225
(JAM) |\n| CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION and
QIANG GUO, | :
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Defendants.
: | x | |\n| | | | |\n\n# **CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S (A) MOTION TO HOLD REMOTE HEARING AND (B) NOTICE OF REVISED [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO RETAIN SAGE-POPOVICH, INC. AS REPOSSESSION AGENT TO REPOSSESS CIRRUS SF50 AIRCRAFT**\n\nPursuant to section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Rule 1001 of the Federal Rules of\n\nBankruptcy Procedure, Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\")\n\nappointed in the chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), hereby\n\nrespectfully moves (the \"Motion\") the Court to enter the proposed order, attached hereto as\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 and the Genever Debtor 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**Exhibit 1**, providing that the hearing (the \"Hearing\") scheduled for April 1, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., in the Chapter 11 Case and the above-captioned adversary proceeding (the \"Adversary Proceeding\"), shall be held on a remote basis using the Court's Zoom.gov platform. The Trustee further gives notice of a revised proposed order granting the Trustee's *Motion to Retain Sage-Popovich, Inc. as Repossession Agent to Repossess SF50 Aircraft* [Main Case ECF No. 4225, Adv. ECF No. 67] (the \"Retention Motion\"), which is the sole matter scheduled to be considered at the Hearing.\n\nIn support of the Motion, the Trustee states the following:\n\n1. On March 18, 2025, the Trustee filed the Retention Motion in the Chapter 11 Case and in the Adversary Proceeding. The Court set an objection deadline of March 28, 2025, and scheduled the Hearing on the Retention Motion for April 1, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., at the United States Bankruptcy Court, 915 Lafayette Blvd., Room 123, Bridgeport, Connecticut [Main Case ECF No. 4233, Adv. ECF No. 71].\n\n2. Based on informal comments from the United States Trustee, the Trustee has prepared a revised proposed order, which is attached hereto as **Exhibit 2** (the \"Revised Order\") and in a redline form marked to show changes from the proposed order filed with the Retention Motion as **Exhibit 3**.\n\n3. The deadline to object to the Retention Motion has passed and no objections have been filed. Counsel for the United States Trustee has advised that the United States Trustee does not object to the Motion being granted pursuant to the Revised Order. No other matters in connection with the Chapter 11 Case are scheduled to be heard on April 1, 2025.\n\n4. In light of the absence of any objections to the Retention Motion, and in the interest of minimizing expense to the Debtor's estate, the Trustee respectfully requests that the Hearing be held on a remote basis using the Court's Zoom.gov platform. Counsel for the United States Trustee\n\n-2-\n\nhas indicated that the United States Trustee does not object to the Hearing going forward on a remote basis.\n\n*[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Trustee respectfully requests that the Court grant this Motion by entering the Proposed Order, and grant such other and further relief as is just and proper.\n\nDated: March 28, 2025 LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11\n\n By: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey* Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n# **EXHIBIT 1**\n\n**(Proposed Order on Motion for Remote Hearing)**\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | x | |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|---|--------------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | | Chapter 11 |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
: | | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| | :
Debtors.
: | | (Jointly Administered) |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | : | x | |\n| LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE, | :
:
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Plaintiff,
:
: | | Adv. Proceeding No. 24-5225
(JAM) |\n| CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION and
QIANG GUO, | :
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Defendants.
: | x | |\n\n### **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO HOLD REMOTE HEARING ON APRIL 1, 2025**\n\nUpon the motion (the \"Remote Hearing Motion\") of Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\") appointed in the chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), and plaintiff in the above-captioned adversary proceeding (the \"Adversary Proceeding\"), for entry of an order providing that the hearing (the \"Hearing\") scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on April 1, 2025, on the Trustee's *Motion to Retain Sage-Popovich, Inc.*\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 and the Genever Debtor 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*as Repossession Agent to Repossess SF50 Aircraft* [Main Case ECF No. 4225, Adv. ECF No. 67] (the \"Retention Motion\"), be held on a remote basis, and good cause appearing therefore, it is hereby\n\n1. ORDERED that the Remote Hearing Motion is granted as set forth herein; and it is further\n\n2. ORDERED that the Hearing on the Retention Motion shall be held on a remote basis in the Chapter 11 Case and the Adversary Proceeding via the Court's Zoom.gov platform, and parties wishing to attend the Hearing may obtain login instructions to connect to the ZoomGov remote conference by sending an email to the Clerk's office via the following court email address: CalendarConnect\\_BPT@ctb.uscourts.gov.\n\n# **EXHIBIT 2**\n\n**(Proposed Order on Retention Motion - Clean Version)**\n\n| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
BRIDGEPORT DIVISION
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: | Chapter 11 | |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | |\n| Debtors. | :
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LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
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: | Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05225 | |\n| Plaintiff, | : | | |\n| v. | :
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: | | |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | | |\n\n# **ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO RETAIN SAGE-POPOVICH, INC. AS REPOSSESSION AGENT TO REPOSSESS CIRRUS SF50 AIRCRAFT**\n\nUpon the motion (the \"Motion\")[2](#page-8-1) of the Trustee for the entry of an order authorizing the\n\nTrustee to retain Sage-Popovich, Inc. (\"Sage-Popovich\") pursuant to the terms and conditions of\n\nthe Engagement Agreement, to authorize and approve, pursuant to section 363(b) of the\n\nBankruptcy Code, the Trustee's entry into the Engagement Agreement, all as more fully set forth\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 herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Motion.\n\nin the Motion; and upon consideration of the Todorovic Declaration; and it appearing that this 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; and consideration of the Motion and the relief requested therein being a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b); and venue being proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and the Court having found that that it may enter a final order consistent with Article III of the United States Constitution; and due and sufficient notice of the Motion having been given; and it appearing that no other or further notice need be provided; and the Court having found and determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Motion establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and it appearing that the relief requested by the Motion is in the best interest of the Debtor's estate and creditors; and upon all of the proceedings had before the Court and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, itis hereby ORDERED THAT:\n\n1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.\n\n2. Pursuant to section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee's entry into the Engagement Agreement is hereby authorized and approved.\n\n3. The Trustee is authorized to retain and employ SPI effective as of February 24, 2025 on the terms set forth in the Motion and the Todorovic Declaration.\n\n4. SPI is authorized to perform those services described in the Motion.\n\n5. In accordance with the terms of the Engagement Agreement, SPI's fees will be based on a minimum flat rate of \\$25,000.00 plus (a) the actual man-days charged at its standard rates (as detailed in the Engagement Agreement) which are in effect when the services are rendered and (b) reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. SPI's retainer of \\$15,000.00, which was paid by the Trustee to SPI on February 24, 2025, is hereby authorized. In\n\naccordance with the Engagement Agreement, the retainer shall be returned to the Trustee upon payment in full of all outstanding invoices or applied to any outstanding invoices at the conclusion of SPI's engagement.\n\n6. As it relates to the payment of SPI's fees and expenses, the Trustee shall file a notice with the Court attaching SPI's invoices. Parties in interest will then have fourteen (14) days to object to such invoices. If no timely objections are filed with the Court, the Trustee is authorized to pay such invoices without further Court order. If any timely objections are filed, (i) the Trustee may file a response to such objection(s) within seven (7) days thereafter and (ii) pay the portion of the fees and expenses that are not subject to such objection. To the extent that an objection cannot be consensually resolved among the parties, the Court will rule on the matter. Allowance of any compensation for SPI shall be limited to the extent of services actually performed, and expenses actually incurred.\n\n7. SPI shall provide no less than ten business days' notice to the Chapter 11 Trustee, the United States Trustee, and counsel to any official committee before any increases in the rates it charges are implemented and shall file such notice with the Court.\n\n8. The Trustee is authorized and empowered to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted in this Order.\n\n9. The requirements of the Local Bankruptcy Rules are satisfied by the contents of the Motion.\n\n10. The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry notwithstanding the possible applicability of Bankruptcy Rules 6004(g), 7062 or 9014.\n\n11. To the extent the Motion, the Todorovic Declaration, or the Engagement Agreement are inconsistent with this Order, the terms of this Order shall govern.\n\n12. The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry.\n\n13. This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this Order.\n\n# **EXHIBIT 3**\n\n**(Proposed Order on Retention Motion - Redline Version)**\n\n| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
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: | |\n| In re: | : | Chapter 11 |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtors. | :
:
: | (Jointly Administered) |\n| ------------------------------------------------------
LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE, | x
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: | Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05225 |\n| Plaintiff, | : | |\n| v. | :
: | |\n| CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION and
QIANG GUO, | :
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: | |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x | |\n\n### **ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO RETAIN SAGE-POPOVICH, INC. AS REPOSSESSION AGENT TO REPOSSESS CIRRUS SF50 AIRCRAFT**\n\nUpon the motion (the \"Motion\")2 of the Trustee for the entry of an order authorizing the\n\nTrustee to retain Sage-Popovich, Inc. (\"Sage-Popovich\") pursuant to the terms and conditions of\n\nthe Engagement Agreement, to authorize and approve, pursuant to section 363(b) of the\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 herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Motion.\n\nBankruptcy Code, the Trustee's entry into the Engagement Agreement, all as more fully set forth in the Motion; and upon consideration of the Todorovic Declaration; and it appearing that this 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; and consideration of the Motion and the relief requested therein being a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b); and venue being proper in this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and the Court having found that that it may enter a final order consistent with Article III of the United States Constitution; and due and sufficient notice of the Motion having been given; and it appearing that no other or further notice need be provided; and the Court having found and determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Motion establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and it appearing that the relief requested by the Motion is in the best interest of the Debtor's estate and creditors; and upon all of the proceedings had before the Court and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, itis hereby ORDERED THAT:\n\n1. The Motion is granted as set forth herein.\n\n2. Pursuant to section 363(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Trustee's entry into the Engagement Agreement is hereby authorized and approved.\n\n3. The Trustee is authorized to retain and employ SPI effective as of February 24, 2025 on the terms set forth in the Motion and the Todorovic Declaration.\n\n4. SPI is authorized to perform those services described in the Motion.\n\n5. In accordance with the terms of the Engagement Agreement, SPI's fees will be based on a minimum flat rate of \\$25,000.00 plus (a) the actual man-days charged at its standard rates (as detailed in the Engagement Agreement) which are in effect when the services are rendered and (b) reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. SPI's retainer of\n\n\\$15,000.00, which was paid by the Trustee to SPI on February 24, 2025, is hereby authorized. In accordance with the Engagement Agreement, the retainer shall be returned to the Trustee upon payment in full of all outstanding invoices or applied to any outstanding invoices at the conclusion of SPI's engagement.\n\n6. As it relates to the payment of SPI's fees and expenses, the Trustee shall file a notice with the Court attaching SPI's invoices. Parties in interest will then have fourteen (14) days to object to such invoices. If no timely objections are filed with the Court, the Trustee is authorized to pay such invoices without further Court order. If any timely objections are filed, (i) the Trustee may file a response to such objection(s) within seven (7) days thereafter and (ii) pay the portion of the fees and expenses that are not subject to such objection. To the extent that an objection cannot be consensually resolved among the parties, the Court will rule on the matter. Allowance of any compensation for SPI shall be limited to the extent of services actually performed, and expenses actually incurred.\n\n7. SPI shall provide no less than ten business days' notice to the Chapter 11 Trustee, the United States Trustee, and counsel to any official committee before any increases in the rates it charges are implemented and shall file such notice with the Court.\n\n8. The Trustee is authorized and empowered to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted in this Order.\n\n9. The requirements of the Local Bankruptcy Rules are satisfied by the contents of the Motion.\n\n10. The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry notwithstanding the possible applicability of Bankruptcy Rules 6004(g), 7062 or 9014.\n\n11. To the extent the Motion, the Todorovic Declaration, or the Engagement Agreement are inconsistent with this Order, the terms of this Order shall govern.\n\n12. The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry.\n\n13. This Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of this Order.\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | x | |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|\n| In re: | :
: | Chapter 11 |\n| 1
HO WAN KWOK,
et al., | :
: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| | :
Debtors.
: | (Jointly Administered) |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | :
x | |\n| LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11
TRUSTEE, | :
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Plaintiff,
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: | Adv. Proceeding No. 24-5225
(JAM) |\n| CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION and
QIANG GUO, | :
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x | |\n| | | |\n\n### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on March 28, 2025 the foregoing was filed electronically in the Chapter 11 Case and the Adversary Proceeding. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties able to receive electronic notice by operation of the Court's electronic filing system in such proceedings. Parties may access this filing through the Court's 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 and the Genever Debtor 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\nDated: March 28, 2025\n\n By: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey* Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com","body_zh":"美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院\n布里奇波特分部\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： :\n: 第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等人， :\n: 案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n: （联合管理）\n---------------------------------------------------------------- : x\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章\n受托人， :\n\n诉 :\n原告，\n:\n: 对抗诉讼案号：24-5225\n(JAM)\nCIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION（西锐设计公司）及\nQIANG GUO（郭强）， :\n\n被告。\n: x\n\n第11章受托人关于（A）举行远程听证会的动议及（B）关于修订后的[拟议]命令的通知，该命令准许第11章受托人聘用SAGE-POPOVICH, INC.（赛奇-波波维奇公司）作为收回代理人以收回CIRRUS SF50飞机\n\n根据《破产法典》第105(a)条及《联邦破产程序规则》第1001条，LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以其作为在HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（以下简称“债务人”）第11章案件（以下简称“第11章案件”）中被任命的第11章受托人（以下简称“受托人”）的身份，谨此请求法院作出随附于此作为附件1的拟议命令（以下简称“本动议”），规定定于2025年4月1日下午1:00在第11章案件及上述标题所列对抗诉讼（以下简称“对抗诉讼”）中举行的听证会（以下简称“听证会”），应使用法院的Zoom.gov平台以远程方式举行。受托人进一步通知，已修订一份拟议命令，该命令准许受托人关于聘用SAGE-POPOVICH, INC.作为收回代理人以收回SF50飞机的动议[主案ECF编号4225，对抗诉讼ECF编号67]（以下简称“聘用动议”）；该聘用动议是定于在听证会上审议的唯一事项。\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（亦称GUO WENGUI（郭文贵）、MILES GUO（郭文贵）及MILES KWOK（郭文贵），以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC（杰尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION（杰尼弗控股公司）。受托人及GENEVER债务人的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）遗产的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n为支持本动议，受托人陈述如下：\n\n1. 2025年3月18日，受托人在第11章案件及对抗诉讼中提交了聘用动议。法院将异议截止日期定为2025年3月28日，并将就聘用动议举行听证会的时间定为2025年4月1日下午1:00，地点为United States Bankruptcy Court（美国联邦破产法院），915 Lafayette Blvd., Room 123, Bridgeport, Connecticut [主案ECF编号4233，对抗诉讼ECF编号71]。\n\n2. 根据United States Trustee（美国受托人）的非正式意见，受托人已拟定一份修订后的拟议命令，该命令作为附件2随附于此（以下简称“修订命令”），并以红线版本标示其相对于作为聘用动议附件3提交的拟议命令的变更。\n\n3. 对聘用动议提出异议的截止日期已过，且未提交任何异议。美国受托人的律师已告知，美国受托人不反对根据修订命令准许本动议。与第11章案件有关的其他事项均未安排于2025年4月1日审理。\n\n4. 鉴于无人对聘用动议提出异议，并为尽量减少债务人遗产的费用，受托人谨请听证会使用法院的Zoom.gov平台以远程方式举行。美国受托人的律师已表示，美国受托人不反对以远程方式继续举行听证会。\n\n-2-\n\n[本页其余部分特意留白。]\n\n因此，基于上述理由，受托人谨请法院通过作出拟议命令而准许本动议，并给予其他公正且适当的救济。\n\n日期：2025年3月28日 LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章\n\n代表人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛） Patrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛）（ct29437） NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.（纽伯特、佩佩与蒙蒂思专业公司） 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n第11章受托人律师\n附件1\n\n（关于远程听证会动议的拟议命令）\n美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院\n布里奇波特分部\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： :\n: 第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等人， :\n: 案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n: （联合管理）\n---------------------------------------------------------------- : x\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章\n受托人， :\n\n诉 :\n原告，\n:\n: 对抗诉讼案号：24-5225\n(JAM)\nCIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION（西锐设计公司）及\nQIANG GUO（郭强）， :\n\n被告。\n: x\n[拟议]命令：准许第11章受托人关于于2025年4月1日举行远程听证会的动议\n\n兹就LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以其作为在HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（以下简称“债务人”）第11章案件（以下简称“第11章案件”）中被任命的第11章受托人（以下简称“受托人”）及上述标题所列对抗诉讼（以下简称“对抗诉讼”）原告的身份提出的动议（以下简称“远程听证会动议”），请求作出命令规定，定于2025年4月1日下午1:00就受托人关于聘用SAGE-POPOVICH, INC.（赛奇-波波维奇公司）作为收回代理人以收回SF50飞机的动议举行的听证会（以下简称“聘用动议”）[主案ECF编号4225，对抗诉讼ECF编号67]，应以远程方式举行；且有充分理由，现特此命令：\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（亦称GUO WENGUI（郭文贵）、MILES GUO（郭文贵）及MILES KWOK（郭文贵），以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC（杰尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION（杰尼弗控股公司）。受托人及GENEVER债务人的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）遗产的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n作为收回代理人以收回SF50飞机[主案ECF编号4225，对抗诉讼ECF编号67]（以下简称“聘用动议”）的听证会，应以远程方式举行；且有充分理由，现特此命令：\n\n1. 远程听证会动议按本命令所述予以准许；并进一步命令，\n\n2. 在第11章案件及对抗诉讼中，就聘用动议举行的听证会应通过法院的Zoom.gov平台以远程方式举行；希望参加听证会的当事人可通过以下法院电子邮件地址向书记官办公室发送电子邮件，以获取连接ZoomGov远程会议的登录说明：CalendarConnect_BPT@ctb.uscourts.gov。\n附件2\n\n（关于聘用动议的拟议命令——清洁版本）\n\n美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院\n布里奇波特分部\n\nx\n\n关于： :\n: 第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等人， 案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 :\n:\n: （联合管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章\n受托人， x\n:\n:\n:\n: 对抗诉讼案号：24-05225\n原告， :\n诉 :\n\nCIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION（西锐设计公司）及\nQIANG GUO（郭强），\n被告。 :\n\n------------------------------------------------------ x\n命令：准许第11章受托人关于聘用SAGE-POPOVICH, INC.作为收回代理人以收回CIRRUS SF50飞机的动议\n\n兹就受托人提出的动议（以下简称“本动议”）[2]，请求作出命令授权受托人按照委托协议的条款及条件聘用SAGE-POPOVICH, INC.（以下简称“SAGE-POPOVICH”），并根据《破产法典》第363(b)条授权及批准受托人订立委托协议，具体内容均载于本动议；并经审议TODOROVIC DECLARATION（托多罗维奇声明）；且本法院显然根据28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334及United States District Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格联邦地区法院）的移送常设命令对本事项具有管辖权；且审议本动议及其中请求的救济构成28 U.S.C. § 157(b)规定的核心程序；且根据28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409，本法院为适当审判地；且法院已认定其可作出符合United States Constitution（美国宪法）第三条的终局命令；且已就本动议作出适当及充分的通知；且显然无须提供其他或进一步通知；且法院已认定，本动议所列法律及事实依据构成准许本命令所载救济的正当理由；且显然本动议请求的救济最符合债务人遗产及债权人的利益；并经审议法院先前进行的全部程序，且经适当审议并有充分理由，现特此命令：\n\n1 本第11章案件中的债务人为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）（亦称GUO WENGUI（郭文贵）、MILES GUO（郭文贵）及MILES KWOK（郭文贵），以及众多其他别名）（税务识别号码后四位：9595）、GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC（杰尼弗控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）及GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION（杰尼弗控股公司）。受托人、GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC及GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，转交LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为HO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）遗产的受托人（仅为通知和通信之目的）。\n\n2 本文使用但未定义的首字母大写术语，应具有本动议中赋予该等术语的含义。\n\n1. 本动议按本命令所述予以准许。\n\n2. 根据《破产法典》第363(b)条，受托人订立委托协议的行为现获授权及批准。\n\n3. 受托人获授权自2025年2月24日起，按照本动议及TODOROVIC DECLARATION（托多罗维奇声明）所载条款聘用SPI。\n\n4. SPI获授权提供本动议所述服务。\n\n5. 根据委托协议的条款，SPI的费用将以最低固定费率$25,000.00为基础，另加：(a) 按其在提供服务时有效的标准费率（详见委托协议）计收的实际人日费用；及(b) 合理的实际垫付费用补偿。受托人于2025年2月24日向SPI支付的SPI预付金$15,000.00，现获授权。\n\n根据委托协议，预付金应在所有未结发票全额支付后返还给受托人，或者在SPI受聘期结束时抵扣任何未结发票。\n\n6. 就支付SPI费用及支出而言，受托人应向法院提交通知，并附上SPI的发票。利益相关方届时将有十四（14）日提出对该等发票的异议。如未及时向法院提交异议，受托人获授权无需法院进一步命令即可支付该等发票。如及时提交任何异议，(i) 受托人可在其后七（7）日内提交对该等异议的答复，及(ii) 支付未受该等异议影响部分的费用及支出。如异议无法由各方协商解决，法院将就该事项作出裁定。对SPI任何报酬的准许应限于实际完成的服务及实际发生的支出。\n\n7. SPI在实施其所收取费率的任何上调前，应至少提前十个工作日向第11章受托人、美国受托人及任何正式委员会的律师发出通知，并应向法院提交该通知。\n\n8. 受托人获授权并被赋权采取一切必要行动，以落实本命令准许的救济。\n\n9. 本动议的内容已满足地方法院破产规则的要求。\n\n10. 尽管《破产程序规则》6004(g)、7062或9014可能适用，本命令的条款及条件自录入之时起立即生效并可执行。\n\n11. 如动议、Todorovic 声明或委任协议与本命令不一致，以本命令的条款为准。\n\n12. 本命令的条款和条件自录入之日起立即生效并可执行。\n\n13. 对于因实施、解释和执行本命令而产生或与之有关的所有事项，本院保留管辖权。\n\n证物 3\n\n（关于聘用动议的拟议命令——修订版本）\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT（美国破产法院）\nDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（康涅狄格州联邦地区）\nBRIDGEPORT DIVISION（布里奇波特分院）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： ： 第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等， ：\n： 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 ：\n：\n： （合并管理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章\n受托人， x\n：\n：\n：\n： 对抗程序案号 24-05225\n原告， ：\n诉 ：\n\nCIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION（西锐设计公司）及\nQIANG GUO（郭强）， ：\n\n被告。 ：\n\n------------------------------------------------------ x\n准许第 11 章受托人聘用 SAGE-POPOVICH, INC. 作为收回代理人以收回 CIRRUS SF50 飞机的命令\n\n本院审理受托人提出的动议（以下简称“动议”）2，请求作出命令，授权受托人依照委任协议的条款和条件聘用 Sage-Popovich, Inc.（赛奇-波波维奇公司，以下简称“Sage-Popovich”），并根据\n\n委任协议的条款和条件，依据《破产法》第 363(b) 条授权并批准受托人订立委任协议，详情均载于动议；并审议 Todorovic 声明；且鉴于本院依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 和 1334 以及 United States District Court for the District of Connecticut（康涅狄格州联邦地区法院）的移交管辖常设命令，对本事项具有管辖权；并鉴于审议动议及其中所请求的救济构成 28 U.S.C. § 157(b) 所规定的核心程序；并鉴于依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 和 1409，本院为适格审理地；并鉴于本院已认定其可依照美利坚合众国宪法第三条作出终局命令；并鉴于已就动议发出适当且充分的通知；并鉴于无需发出其他或进一步通知；并鉴于本院已认定，动议所列明的法律和事实依据构成本命令所准许救济的正当理由；并鉴于动议所请求的救济最符合债务人财产和债权人的利益；并基于本院审理的全部程序，经适当审议且存在充分理由，现命令如下：\n\n1. 准许动议，具体如本命令所述。\n\n2. 依据《破产法》第 363(b) 条，特此授权并批准受托人订立委任协议。\n\n3. 特此授权受托人自 February 24, 2025 起，依照动议和 Todorovic 声明所载条款聘用 SPI。\n\n4. 授权 SPI 提供动议中所述服务。\n\n5. 根据委任协议的条款，SPI 的费用将以最低固定费率 \\$25,000.00 为基础，另加：(a) 按服务提供时有效的标准费率（详见委任协议）计收的实际人日费用；及 (b) 合理的实际支出费用补偿。特此授权受托人于 February 24, 2025 向 SPI 支付的 \\$15,000.00 预付款。根据委任协议，在 SPI 的所有未结发票全额支付后，该预付款应退还受托人；或在 SPI 聘用期结束时，用于抵扣任何未结发票。\n\n6. 关于支付 SPI 的费用和开支，受托人应向本院提交通知，并附上 SPI 的发票。利害关系方随后有十四（14）日时间对该等发票提出异议。如未及时向本院提出异议，则授权受托人无需本院进一步命令即可支付该等发票。如及时提出任何异议，(i) 受托人可在其后七（7）日内就该等异议提交答复；并且 (ii) 支付未受该等异议影响的费用和开支部分。如各方无法通过协商解决异议，本院将对此事项作出裁定。对 SPI 的任何报酬准许，应限于实际提供的服务和实际发生的开支。\n\n7. SPI 在实施其所收取费率的任何上调前，应至少提前十个营业日通知第 11 章受托人、United States Trustee（美国受托人）以及任何正式委员会的律师，并应向本院提交该通知。\n\n8. 授权并赋予受托人采取一切必要行动，以落实本命令所准许的救济。\n\n9. 动议的内容已满足当地破产规则的要求。\n\n10. 尽管《破产规则》6004(g)、7062 或 9014 可能适用，本命令的条款和条件自录入之日起立即生效并可执行。\n\n11. 如动议、Todorovic 声明或委任协议与本命令不一致，以本命令的条款为准。\n\n12. 本命令的条款和条件自录入之日起立即生效并可执行。\n\n13. 对于因实施、解释和执行本命令而产生或与之有关的所有事项，本院保留管辖权。\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国破产法院康涅狄格州联邦地区布里奇波特分院）\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于： ：\n： 第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等， ：\n： 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n： （合并管理）\n\nx\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第 11 章\n受托人， ：\n\n诉 ：\n原告，\n：\n： 对抗程序案号 24-5225\n(JAM)\nCIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION（西锐设计公司）及\nQIANG GUO（郭强）， ：\n\n被告。\n：\nx\n\n送达证明\n\n下列签署人特此证明，于 March 28, 2025，前述文件已在第 11 章案件及对抗程序中以电子方式提交。本次提交的通知将通过电子邮件发送给在该等程序中可通过本院电子提交系统接收电子通知的所有当事人。当事人可通过本院系统查阅本次提交文件。\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（Genever控股有限责任公司）（税务识别号码后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever控股公司）。受托人及 Genever 债务人的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（保罗·黑斯廷斯律师事务所），200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166，c/o Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），作为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）财产的受托人（仅用于通知和通信）。\n\n日期：March 28, 2025\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\nPatrick R. Linsey（帕特里克·R·林赛）(ct29437)\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.（诺伊伯特、佩佩及蒙泰思职业公司）\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\nplinsey@npmlaw.com","key_entities":["Kwok","Je","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Despins","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":67,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":71,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":4225,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":4233,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":3373,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:20:09"}