{"id":"court_ctb_4361_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4361,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re:\n\nChapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.*, 1\n\nDebtors.\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n## **REPLY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION OF THE SHERRY-NETHERLAND, INC. FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING DEBTOR GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC TO IDENTIFY A SOURCE OF FUNDING TO PAY MONTHLY POST-PETITION MAINTENANCE CHARGES**\n\nThe Sherry-Netherland hereby submits this reply in support of the *Motion of the Sherry-Netherland, Inc. for an Order Directing Debtor Genever Holdings LLC to Identify a Source of Funding to Pay Monthly Post-Petition Maintenance Charges* [Docket No. 4310] (the \"Motion\"), and in response to the *Response of Genever Holdings LLC and Chapter 11 Trustee to Motion of the Sherry- Netherland, Inc. for an Order Directing Debtor Genever Holdings LLC to Identify a Source of Funding to Pay Monthly Post-Petition Maintenance Charges* [Docket No. 4348] (the \"Response\").<sup>2</sup> In further support of the Motion, the Sherry-Netherland respectfully states as follows:\n\n1. In the Response, Genever (US) and the Trustee (the \"Respondents\") state that \"*if* the Respondents determine to pay the monthly maintenance charges after the Security Deposit has been exhausted, such payments would be funded through borrowings under the existing DIP\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and 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<sup>2</sup> Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings given them in the Motion.\n\nfacility, which currently has more than \\$500,000 in borrowing availability.\" Response ¶ 4 (emphasis added). Through the Motion, the Sherry-Netherland seeks an Order directing Genever (US) to \"identify[] the source(s) of funding *from which it will* pay monthly post-petition maintenance charges asserted by the Sherry-Netherland as charges come due.\" Docket No. 4310- 1 (emphasis added). The Sherry-Netherland also cited authority to support its position that \"in the *unusual* case where a debtor-in-possession refuses to meet its obligations, this Court has the authority and the discretion to issue an order directing such compliance where necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.\" Motion ¶ 37 (quoting *In re Taub*, 427 B.R. 208, 224 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2010) (internal quotation marks omitted).\n\n2. The Trustee's refusal to commit to paying the monthly maintenance charges as they come due is the precise reason why the Sherry-Netherland filed the Motion in the first instance. Genever (US) has an obligation to satisfy its current obligations as they come due. Motion ¶ 37. It has the current ability to satisfy the monthly maintenance charges, at least in the short-term. *See*  Response ¶ 4 (DIP facility \"has more than \\$500,000 in borrowing availability\"). Because Genever (US) is unwilling to commit to paying its current obligations as they come due, this Court should order Genever (US) to do so under the authority and discretion it possesses. The Sherry-Netherland respectfully submits that any other result will only lead to further litigation and distract from the ultimate goal of Genever (US)'s rehabilitative efforts, namely a value-maximizing sale of the Apartment.\n\n3. For all of the foregoing reasons and for the reasons stated in the Motion, the Sherry-Netherland respectfully requests that the Motion should be granted and that Genever (US) should be directed to identify a source of funding from which it will actually pay the monthly post-petition maintenance charges assessed by the Sherry-Netherland as the charges come due.\n\n2\n\nDated: April 28, 2025\n\n\\_\\_\\_*/s/ Taruna Garg*\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ Taruna Garg (ct28652) HARRIS BEACH MURTHA CULLINA PLLC 107 Elm Street Stamford, CT 06902 Telephone: Facsimile: Email: (203) 653-5400 (203) 653-5444 tgarg@harrisbeachmurtha.com\n\n-and-\n\nPatrick N. Petrocelli\\* HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 390 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 Telephone: Facsimile: Email: (212) 918-3000 (212) 918-3134 patrick.petrocelli@hoganlovells.com\n\n*Counsel for The Sherry Netherland, Inc.*\n\n\\*Admitted *pro hac vice*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on April 28, 2025, a copy of foregoing was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System.\n\n| /s/ Taruna Garg |  |\n|-----------------|--|\n| Taruna Garg     |  |","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n关于：\n\n第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，1\n\n债务人。\n\n（合并审理）\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\nTHE SHERRY-NETHERLAND, INC. 支持其请求下达命令指示债务人 GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC 明确用于支付申请后每月物业维护费之资金来源的动议的答复意见\n\nThe Sherry-Netherland（雪梨荷兰酒店公司）谨此提交本答复意见，以支持《The Sherry-Netherland, Inc. 请求下达命令指示债务人 Genever Holdings LLC 明确用于支付申请后每月物业维护费之资金来源的动议》[Docket No. 4310]（下称“动议”），并对《Genever Holdings LLC 及第 11 章受托人对 The Sherry-Netherland, Inc. 请求下达命令指示债务人 Genever Holdings LLC 明确用于支付申请后每月物业维护费之资金来源的动议的答辩意见》[Docket No. 4348]（下称“答辩意见”）作出回应。2 为进一步支持该动议，雪梨荷兰酒店公司谨陈述如下：\n\n1. 在答辩意见中，Genever (US)（Genever美国公司）与受托人（下称“被答辩人”）称，“若被答辩人决定在保证金用尽后支付每月物业维护费，该等款项将通过现有 DIP（占有中债务人）\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo 以及 Miles Kwok，并使用众多其他化名）（税务识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（税务识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n2 本文所使用的首字母大写术语具有动议中赋予它们的涵义。\n\n信贷额度下的借款来支付，该信贷目前尚有超过 $500,000 的可用借款额度。”答辩意见第 4 段（强调为后加）。通过该动议，雪梨荷兰酒店公司请求法院下达命令，指示 Genever美国公司“明确其在费用到期时用于实际支付雪梨荷兰酒店公司所主张的申请后每月物业维护费的资金来源”。Docket No. 4310-1（强调为后加）。雪梨荷兰酒店公司还援引了判例依据来支持其立场，即“在占有中债务人拒绝履行其义务的罕见情形下，本法院有权力和裁量权在执行《破产法典》规定所必需或适当的情况下下达命令指示其予以遵从。”动议第 37 段（引自 In re Taub, 427 B.R. 208, 224 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2010)（内部引文省略））。\n\n2. 受托人拒绝承诺在每月物业维护费到期时予以支付，这正是雪梨荷兰酒店公司最初提起该动议的明确原因。Genever美国公司有义务在其当期债务到期时予以清偿。动议第 37 段。其目前具备清偿每月物业维护费的能力，至少在短期内如此。参见答辩意见第 4 段（DIP 信贷“尚有超过 $500,000 的可用借款额度”）。鉴于 Genever美国公司不愿承诺在其当期债务到期时予以支付，本法院应当依据其拥有的权力和裁量权，命令 Genever美国公司履行该等支付义务。雪梨荷兰酒店公司谨此认为，任何其他结果都只会导致进一步的诉讼，并分散对 Genever美国公司重整努力之最终目标的关注，即以价值最大化的方式出售该公寓。\n\n3. 基于上述全部理由以及动议中所述的理由，雪梨荷兰酒店公司谨请求法院批准该动议，并指示 Genever美国公司明确其在费用到期时实际用于支付雪梨荷兰酒店公司所核定之申请后每月物业维护费的资金来源。\n日期：2025年4月28日\n\n/s/ Taruna Garg\nTaruna Garg (ct28652)\nHARRIS BEACH MURTHA CULLINA PLLC\n107 Elm Street\nStamford, CT 06902\n电话：(203) 653-5400\n传真：(203) 653-5444\n电子邮件：tgarg@harrisbeachmurtha.com\n\n以及\n\nPatrick N. Petrocelli*\nHOGAN LOVELLS US LLP（霍金路伟律师事务所）\n390 Madison Avenue\nNew York, NY 10017\n电话：(212) 918-3000\n传真：(212) 918-3134\n电子邮件：patrick.petrocelli@hoganlovells.com\n\nThe Sherry Netherland, Inc. 的代理律师\n\n*特许出庭（pro hac vice）\n送达证书\n\n我谨此证明，2025年4月28日，上述文书的一份副本已通过电子方式提交。本提交的通知将通过法院电子提交系统的运行，以电子邮件形式发送给所有当事人，以及电子提交通知上所标明的任何无法接收电子提交的人员。当事人可通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统查阅该提交文书。\n\n/s/ Taruna Garg\n\nTaruna Garg","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Despins","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":765,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:32:33"}