{"id":"court_ctb_575_2","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":575,"sub_number":2,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-07-20","title":"Exhibit B UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In Re \\* Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) \\*","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **Exhibit B**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 2 of 22\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In Re \\* Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) \\* HO WAN KWOK, \\* Bridgeport, Connecticut \\* July 8, 2022 Debtor. \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* TRANSCRIPT OF APPLICATION FOR ORDER APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE BEFORE THE HONORABLE JULIE A. MANNING UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE APPEARANCES: For the Debtor: WILLIAM R. BALDIGA, ESQ. Brown Rudnick, LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 For the Creditor, Pacific PETER FRIEDMAN, ESQ. Alliance Asia Opportunity STUART M. SARNOFF, ESQ. Fund L.P.: O'Melveny & Myers LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 PATRICK BIRNEY, ESQ. Robinson & Cole 28 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Proceedings recorded by electronic sound recording, transcript produced by transcription service. **Fiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc. 4 Research Drive, Suite 402 Shelton, Connecticut 06484 (203)929-9992**\n\nAPPEARANCES Cont'd: For the Creditors Committee: IRVE GOLDMAN, ESQ. Pullman & Comley 850 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06601 For the Creditor, Rui Ma: KRISTEN MAYHEW, ESQ. McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter 225 Liberty Street 36th Floor New York, NY 10281 For the U.S. Trustee: HOLLEY L. CLAIBORN, ESQ. Office of the United States Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 For HK International Funds STEPHEN R. KINDSETH, ESQ. Investments (USA) Limited, Zeisler & Zeisler LLC: 10 Middle Street, 15th FL. Bridgeport, CT 06604 For the Creditor, JAY MARSHALL WOLMAN, ESQ. Logan Cheng: Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103\n\n2\n\n|    | 3                                                            |\n|----|--------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1  | (Proceedings commenced at 10:02 a.m.)                        |\n| 2  | THE CLERK:<br>Case No. 22-50073, Ho Wan Kwok.                |\n| 3  | THE COURT:<br>Okay.<br>Good morning.<br>If we could have     |\n| 4  | appearances for the record, please, starting with the        |\n| 5  | debtor's counsel.                                            |\n| 6  | MR. BALDIGA:<br>Good morning, Your Honor.<br>William         |\n| 7  | Baldiga, Brown Rudnick, for the debtor.                      |\n| 8  | THE COURT:<br>Good morning.                                  |\n| 9  | Counsel for PAX, please.                                     |\n| 10 | MR. FRIEDMAN:<br>Good morning, Your Honor.<br>Peter          |\n| 11 | Friedman, from O'Melveny & Meyers, on behalf of Pacific      |\n| 12 | Alliance Group.<br>I see Mr. Sarnoff and Mr. Birney, of the  |\n| 13 | Robinson & Cole firm as well this morning, on behalf of PAX. |\n| 14 | THE COURT:<br>Good morning.                                  |\n| 15 | Counsel for the creditors committee?                         |\n| 16 | MR. GOLDMAN:<br>Good morning, Your Honor.<br>Irve            |\n| 17 | Goldman, Pullman & Comley, representing the creditors        |\n| 18 | committee.                                                   |\n| 19 | THE COURT:<br>Good morning.                                  |\n| 20 | Counsel for Rui Ma?                                          |\n| 21 | MS. MAYHEW:<br>Good morning, Your Honor.<br>Kristen          |\n| 22 | Mayhew, McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, on behalf of   |\n| 23 | creditors Rui Ma, Zheng Wu and Weican Meng.                  |\n| 24 | THE COURT:<br>Good morning.                                  |\n| 25 | The Office of the United States Trustee?                     |\n|    |                                                              |\n\n MS. CLAIBORN: Good morning, Your Honor. Holley Claiborn for the U.S. Trustee. And also with me this morning is the Chapter 11 trustee candidate, Attorney Luc Despins. THE COURT: Good morning. Good morning to both of you. MR. DESPINS: Good morning, Your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. I also see counsel for HK International. MR. KINDSETH: Yes, Your Honor. Good morning. Stephen Kindseth, Zeisler & Zeisler, for HK International Funds Investments. THE COURT: Good morning. And Attorney Wolman? I see you today -- MR. WOLMAN: Good morning, Your Honor. THE COURT: -- so I didn't forget to say hello. But I often -- for some times the screen cuts you off for some reason, but I see you this morning. So go right ahead. MR. WOLMAN: Thank you, Your Honor. Good morning. This is Jay Wolman, of Randazza Legal Group, for creditor Logan Cheng. THE COURT: Good morning. So I think that's everyone that has -- everyone that I see, anyway, has noted their appearance. Is that correct?\n\n (No audible response.) THE COURT: Okay. So we'll proceed with this hearing this morning on the United States Trustee's motion -- application for the order approving the United States Trustee's appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee. Attorney Claiborn, you -- please proceed. MS. CLAIBORN: Thank you, Your Honor. Good morning. Before the Court this morning is the United States Trustee's application for an order approving the appointment of Mr. Despins as the Chapter 11 trustee. Mr. Despins has a significant Chapter 11 history practice in his firm and in his past. He's been a member of the bar for over 30 years. And the U.S. Trustee has attached to the application a declaration of disinterestedness, which sets forth his connections and his contacts with various parties in this case, and with creditors and with the debtor. And based upon that the U.S. Trustee's requested the Court approve the application this morning. I do, however, want to bring to the Court's attention that this morning we learned there are some additional disclosures that need to be made and will be made by Attorney Despins as to connections with entities that are connected to, we believe, PAX. And Mr. Despins can put a finer point on that and\n\n address the Court and explain. And, again, that will be followed by a supplemental disclosure that will be filed with the Court as soon as possible in the hope that that is within a matter of just a day or two. So, with that, Your Honor, if I could ask Mr. Despins to address the Court about the supplemental disclosures that are not yet before the Court in writing? THE COURT: Yes, please. Go right ahead. MR. DESPINS: Good morning, Your Honor. As I stated in paragraph 11 of my declaration, I said that to the extent we learned of new connections that were not known to us at the time I submitted the declaration, we would update our disclosure statement and I will do that in writing. But I wanted to make sure today that I mentioned to the Court that we discovered last night that we have in the past represented entities that have -- that are -- have the acronym PAG in them, P-A-G. Unbeknownst to our conflict system, PAG means Pacific Asia Group. And those entities -- and, again, as I said, these are representations that were completed, but these entities are unrelated to the Kwok matter in any way. However, PAX is probably managed by a similar or a PAG entity of some kind. We're trying to figure out exactly which one.\n\n But it doesn't change anything from our point of view in a sense that we still believe we're disinterested, we can be adverse to PAX, not that we are seeking that, but we're -- we can be adverse to PAX. And, therefore, it doesn't change the declaration. But given that these P-A-G entities are somehow related to PAX, I wanted to bring that to the attention of the Court early on this morning. And I did, by the way, not only with the U.S. Trustee, but I mentioned this to Mr. Friedman, you know, around 8:45 this morning. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. And when you say we, you're speaking of the firm of Paul Hastings? MR. DESPINS: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. But personally, I've never had any representation of PAG. I didn't even know it existed frankly until last night. THE COURT: Understood. Understood, obviously, with the firm having offices in different areas of the world. That's why I was asking when you said we, you mean Paul Hastings, not you individually? MR. DESPINS: That's correct, Your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. I see a gentleman. Mr. Bassett, are you a counsel in this case? I don't recognize you and I'm sorry if I should, but I don't.\n\n MR. BASSETT: Your Honor, I'm with Paul Hastings. THE COURT: Okay. MR. BASSETT: I would be serving as counsel to Mr. Despins in his capacity as trustee. THE COURT: Okay. Well, Mr. Despins, I don't think you need to file an appearance because you're the Chapter 11 trustee. If Mr. Bassett and/or your firm is going to be proposed to be counsel to you, acting as the Chapter 11 trustee, as you know, you'll have to file an application. And Mr. Bassett and any other members of Paul Hastings will have to file notices of appearance and/or pro hac motions, depending upon whether they're admitted to the District Court of Connecticut. And you'll take care of that. MR. DESPINS: Yes. THE COURT: So that's why I didn't recognize Mr. Bassett. You haven't been involved in any of the other hearings. So that's -- I'm glad at least that it was -- that I was correct that I hadn't seen you before. But in any event, with regard to the United States Trustee's application to -- for an order approving the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee, does any party wish to be heard? MR. FRIEDMAN: Your Honor, it's Peter Friedman\n\n|    | 9                                                              |\n|----|----------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1  | from O'Melveny.                                                |\n| 2  | We don't have an issue directly with Mr. Despins.              |\n| 3  | We just -- Mr. Despins just mentioned he disclosed at 8:45     |\n| 4  | this morning that his firm had had some involvement with the   |\n| 5  | parent of our client, which I think is actually -- the         |\n| 6  | correct terminology for that is Pacific Alliance Group,        |\n| 7  | which is slightly different than our fund, Pacific Asia        |\n| 8  | Opportunity Fund, but we do obviously need to consult with     |\n| 9  | our client as to the nature of the relationship.<br>I don't -- |\n| 10 | I'm not saying that there is an issue.                         |\n| 11 | It is midnight or 10 p.m. in Hong Kong already,                |\n| 12 | which is where our client is located.                          |\n| 13 | And to the extent that our client needs to look at             |\n| 14 | any files -- I don't know if that's doable over the weekend    |\n| 15 | -- but I think that might be a Paul Hastings issue as          |\n| 16 | opposed to a trustee issue.<br>But this is a, you know, a      |\n| 17 | late-breaking development.                                     |\n| 18 | And I guess that I can't say it's a concern, but I             |\n| 19 | do think it's important to mention to the Court in this        |\n| 20 | context that, you know, it's just something that we'll have    |\n| 21 | to look at in the context of a retention of Paul Hastings.     |\n| 22 | And, you know, Your Honor, I think, just as I said             |\n| 23 | at every hearing we will be constructive.<br>We will work      |\n| 24 | closely with Mr. Despins, who I have encountered over the      |\n| 25 | years in other Chapter 11 cases.                               |\n\n### Case 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 11 of\n\n I have high respect for Mr. Despins. He was counsel to the creditors committee in Puerto Rico where I represented the debtor. So I've been adverse to him and on the same side of the (indiscernible) over the last five years. You know, we are concerned about expense. We will do everything we can. And we hope everything can be done by Mr. Despins and Paul Hastings to -- you know, especially in light of the circumstances of this debtor having a very limited available -- readily available fund. We really hope that there will be, you know, as much cost efficiency as possible given the size of the estate at current. And, you know, with those comments, we look forward to hopefully a successful trustee appointment. And if there are issues relating to past retention or employment of Paul Hastings by our client, we will obviously have to address those in the future. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you, Attorney Friedman. Does anyone else wish to be heard? MR. GOLDMAN: Your Honor, Irve Goldman for the committee. This is the first time I'm hearing about this additional disclosure. I would have the same caveat as Mr. Friedman and would hope that he would share his diligence with the committee so we can take a closer look and evaluate\n\n this additional connection. We're not looking to upset this appointment, but just with the same ideas Mr. Friedman articulated, we'd just want to consider it further. THE COURT: Well, do you agree that it's an issue with regard -- as Attorney Friedman said -- that it would be an issue with regard to the retention of Paul Hastings as counsel versus Mr. Despins as Chapter 11 trustee? MR. GOLDMAN: Yes, I do. He's made it clear that he had no connection, wasn't even aware of the existence of this entity. So with that, I agree it's an retention issue. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. Does anyone else wish to be heard? MR. BALDIGA: Yes, Your Honor. William Baldiga, Brown Rudnick, for the debtor. THE COURT: Go right ahead. MR. BALDIGA: We have the same qualification concern. We share Brown Rudnick's great respect for Paul Hastings, and Mr. Despins more specifically, but we will need to understand the new disclosures exactly given that PAG is the business behind the fund which is PAX. And PAX is obviously the largest creditor by far of the estate. So I think we all need to understand that. THE COURT: Do you, Mr. Baldiga, agree with what\n\n## Case 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 13 of\n\n -- the question I just asked Attorney Goldman? Then is your concern more with regard to Paul Hastings being retained as counsel and not with Mr. Despins serving as the Chapter 11 trustee? Or do you have a concern even with Mr. Despins serving as the Chapter 11 trustee? MR. BALDIGA: I don't know yet. I think -- I'm not sure we're going to have -- going to have any concerns. But to the extent we do, I think it's premature to assess what those would be exactly until we see the disclosure and have an opportunity to talk to the client about that. THE COURT: And that's fine, because the bankruptcy code has provisions with regard to if someone thought that the trustee as appointed should no longer serve as the trustee. So I don't -- I do not see an impediment to the appointment of Mr. Despins as the Chapter 11 trustee today unless someone wants to persuade me otherwise. MR. BALDIGA: We just haven't seen anything, so we -- it's hard to do a persuasive argument, Your Honor, with just finding out about this during the course of the hearing. THE COURT: I understand. I do understand what you're saying. But I'm talking about right now, today, the only thing before the Court is the appointment of Mr. Despins as the Chapter 11 trustee.\n\n### Case 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 14 of\n\n And no one has put forth any reason at this point as to why that should not occur. And if it occurs and then you find some reason, then you have remedies under the bankruptcy code to address those reasons. We're not going to wait any longer for the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee. I mean, the decision was issued on June 15th. It's July 8th. My understanding -- and maybe that's why Attorney Kindseth is here today -- is that the yacht is in Bridgeport Steelpointe Harbor. So the Lady May is here. It arrived on the 6th at night is my understanding. So there's plenty for\n\nMr. Despins to do as soon as an order enters. And I don't\n\nargument that they want to advance about Mr. Despins being\n\nthe Chapter 11 trustee, then I'm going to grant the United\n\nStates Trustee's application and enter an order approving\n\nSo I'm giving everyone one last opportunity to\n\nthe appointment of Mr. Despins as the Chapter 11 trustee in\n\nMR. BALDIGA: Your Honor, William Baldiga again.\n\nWe have nothing further to add other than what I\n\nSo unless someone has some other concern or\n\nsee any reason for delay.\n\ntell me why I should not do that.\n\nTHE COURT: Okay. Thank you.\n\nthis case.\n\nalready said.\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 15 of\n\n|    | 14                                                           |\n|----|--------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1  | MR. BALDIGA:<br>And that's just we don't have the            |\n| 2  | disclosure to make a final decision on that.                 |\n| 3  | THE COURT:<br>Okay.<br>Thank you.                            |\n| 4  | Anyone else wish to be heard?                                |\n| 5  | (No audible response.)                                       |\n| 6  | THE COURT:<br>All right.<br>Then, Mr. Despins, I know        |\n| 7  | you will continue to review the issues that you've already   |\n| 8  | discussed on the record and that you've already set forth in |\n| 9  | your affidavit.<br>Whenever you have an opportunity in the   |\n| 10 | next -- you know, soon to make further disclosures, please   |\n| 11 | do.                                                          |\n| 12 | But as of now, as of 10:19 a.m., on July 8th, the            |\n| 13 | Court is ordering that the application of the U.S. Trustee   |\n| 14 | is granted and that you're appointed as the -- you will be   |\n| 15 | serving as the Chapter 11 trustee in this case.<br>And I     |\n| 16 | appreciate your willingness to do so.                        |\n| 17 | As I noted for the record, and, Attorney Kindseth,           |\n| 18 | you should correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the -- I      |\n| 19 | don't know what you've looked at, if anything, Mr. Despins,  |\n| 20 | yet, but one of the issues in this case that's now almost    |\n| 21 | five months old, but not quite, was the debtor's pledge of a |\n| 22 | -- of this yacht, the Lady May, to a plan, which of course   |\n| 23 | is not on track at the moment.<br>But there was also an      |\n| 24 | agreement that the Lady May would be brought back into the   |\n\nnavigable waters of Connecticut.\n\n### Case 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 16 of\n\nAnd my understanding is that occurred on July -- I\n\nsuppose I could go outside and go look quite frankly. It's\n\nnot that far away -- on July 6th. And that is -- that was\n\nan issue of contention among the parties, both before this\n\nChapter 11 case was filed and after the Chapter 11 case was\n\nfiled.\n\n So there seems to me, in addition to the yacht, the Lady May, other issues that there are plenty of things that you could become -- that you could become involved in fairly quickly, if not immediately, in this matter. MR. DESPINS: Yes, Your Honor. We are aware of the situation. In fact, we have already contacted counsel that were parties to the stipulation, docket number 299, that Your Honor entered a while ago, and I've asked them to\n\n consent to the trustee having the same rights as PAX and the official committee under that stipulation. We received some response that request but notfrom everyone, so we expect to obviously -- to us it's a no brainer that that needs to happen. But we expect to be back in front of the Court to modify the stipulation to ensure that the trustee has exactly the same rights as PAX or the official committee. Thank you, Your Honor. THE COURT: Thank you.\n\nMR. FRIEDMAN: Your Honor, on the record -- it's\n\nFiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc.\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 17 of\n\n Peter Friedman on behalf of PAX -- THE COURT: Yes. MR. FRIEDMAN: -- we consent to that. We consent to that request. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. And I would note that there are, Mr. Despins, other provisions of that stipulation that I believe anyway, but I don't have it in front of me, and you're all the lawyers so you will figure it out, but that still need to be -- there still needs to be compliance with other provisions in that stipulation once the boat was returned to the navigable waters. So there are other issues that still need to be addressed in that stipulation now that the yacht is back in the navigable waters of Connecticut. So in any event, to let you all know, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, I have to attend required meetings. But if there is a need for a hearing, I could -- I could have one at some point during any of those three days at some time, but I will be remote, as will you. But once we get over this hurdle of the next few days, then, you know, our hearings are going to be in person for the most part. This is a case where we need to make sure that we're all on the same page. And while I truly agree that remote hearings serve\n\n| Case 22-50073 | Doc 575-2 | Filed 07/20/22 | Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 | Page 18 of |\n|---------------|-----------|----------------|---------------------------|------------|\n|               |           | 22             |                           |            |\n\n|    | 17                                                           |\n|----|--------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1  | a very valuable purpose and can be very helpful, given what  |\n| 2  | has occurred in this case, we're going to be coming together |\n| 3  | in person.<br>Okay?                                          |\n| 4  | So, I mean, there may be a situation if we're                |\n| 5  | having a five-minute discussion that we could turn to        |\n| 6  | remote, but I would like everyone to understand that we are  |\n| 7  | going to be here in person.<br>Okay?                         |\n| 8  | MR. DESPINS:<br>Yes, Your Honor.                             |\n| 9  | THE COURT:<br>All right.<br>Is there anything further        |\n| 10 | we should address today?                                     |\n| 11 | Attorney Claiborn, your order approving                      |\n| 12 | appointment of Chapter 11 trustee that was attached to the   |\n| 13 | application, I actually -- I would like to change it to an   |\n| 14 | order granting the appointment and that's what I'm going to  |\n| 15 | do.<br>Otherwise, the proposed order is fine with me.        |\n| 16 | Are there any other changes that anyone else                 |\n| 17 | wanted to make to the order, Attorney Claiborn, that you're  |\n| 18 | aware of?                                                    |\n| 19 | MS. CLAIBORN:<br>No, Your Honor.                             |\n| 20 | THE COURT:<br>Anyone else wish to be heard on the            |\n| 21 | proposed order that Attorney --                              |\n| 22 | Oh, the only thing, Attorney Claiborn, that -- the           |\n| 23 | amount of the bond, that may have to change during the       |\n| 24 | course of this case I would assume.                          |\n| 25 | MS. CLAIBORN:<br>It is a fluid issue, Your Honor.            |\n|    |                                                              |\n\n THE COURT: Okay. MS. CLAIBORN: And that is just a starting point for the cash that we know that will be coming to Mr. Despins hopefully in short order from the debtor. But it will have to be adjusted upward in the event that there is money that comes to the estate that Mr. Despins is responsible for. THE COURT: Great. I just -- I mean, your order does say that, but I wanted to be clear on that, that I would anticipate that there would have to be a change in the amount of the bond during the case. Okay? MS. CLAIBORN: Yes, Your Honor. MR. KINDSETH: Your Honor, would you like an update on the Lady May? THE COURT: Sure. MR. KINDSETH: Thank you very much. So as Your Honor noted, the Lady May returned to Connecticut, specifically to Bridgeport, on July 6th. In the week prior -- a week or two prior -- I reached out to counsel for the creditors committee and counsel for PAX, concerning the inspection that they are entitled to conduct. Just to remind Your Honor, the other elements of the stipulation are that the captain and the yacht management company are served with this court's order, they signed a declaration attesting to certain items that are set\n\n|    | Case 22-50073<br>Doc 575-2<br>Filed 07/20/22<br>Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18<br>Page 20 of<br>22 |\n|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n|    | 19                                                                                            |\n| 1  | forth in the stipulation, and that this court provides for                                    |\n| 2  | repair reserves to fund the remaining repairs to the Lady                                     |\n| 3  | May.                                                                                          |\n| 4  | All the repairs were done except for the -- to my                                             |\n| 5  | knowledge -- the replacement of the sea inlet valves.<br>We're                                |\n| 6  | in the process of obtaining two estimates for the cost of                                     |\n| 7  | that, which would guide us with respect to proposing a                                        |\n| 8  | repair reserve.                                                                               |\n| 9  | We are also in touch, as I said, with counsel for                                             |\n| 10 | PAX and the creditors committee to coordinate their                                           |\n| 11 | inspection.<br>So hopefully their inspection will take place                                  |\n| 12 | next week.<br>We're hoping that we can have a joint proposed                                  |\n| 13 | motion approving the repair reserve.                                                          |\n| 14 | Once the repair reserve is put in place, I can                                                |\n| 15 | then file the certification that each of the elements of the                                  |\n| 16 | stipulation that my client is obligated to perform has been                                   |\n| 17 | performed.<br>The various other parties would then have 15                                    |\n| 18 | days from the filing of that certification to object.                                         |\n| 19 | I spoke to the then proposed trustee, the now                                                 |\n| 20 | trustee, Mr. Despins, this morning and expressed tentatively                                  |\n| 21 | my client's understanding and agreement that he would be                                      |\n| 22 | having the same rights and obligations and really a party to                                  |\n| 23 | the stipulation.                                                                              |\n| 24 | Our hope is that we would be drafting a proposed                                              |\n| 25 | stipulated modification to the existing order simply having                                   |\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 575-2 Filed 07/20/22 Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18 Page 21 of\n\n Mr. Despins as an additional party to the existing stipulation. And so that's the status of the Lady May. THE COURT: Thank you. The other provision that I believe you didn't -- you did not mention with regard to the stipulation was that the captain and the -- I don't remember what the other name -- whether it was a harbor master, whomever, would also be restrained, agreed to be restrained, from removing the boat from the navigable waters of Connecticut once it arrived. MR. KINDSETH: That's one of the elements of the declaration, yes. THE COURT: Okay. MR. KINDSETH: The declaration has multiple elements, one of which is that they understand they're restrained from removing the yacht from the navigable waters of Connecticut. THE COURT: I just -- I think that's an important provision to note for especially Mr. Despins who's just become involved so that he's aware of that. MR. KINDSETH: Agreed. THE COURT: Okay? All right. Anything further that we need to address today in the Kwok matter? MS. CLAIBORN: No, Your Honor. THE COURT: All right. Then the United States\n\n|    | Case 22-50073<br>Doc 575-2<br>Filed 07/20/22<br>Entered 07/20/22 13:26:18<br>Page 22 of<br>22 |\n|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n|    | 21                                                                                            |\n| 1  | Trustee's application for an order approving the appointment                                  |\n| 2  | of a Chapter 11 trustee is granted and the proposed order                                     |\n| 3  | will enter.                                                                                   |\n| 4  | MS. CLAIBORN:<br>Thank you, Your Honor.                                                       |\n| 5  | THE COURT:<br>All right.<br>Thank you, all.                                                   |\n| 6  | MR. DESPINS:<br>Thank you, Your Honor.                                                        |\n| 7  | THE COURT:<br>And that is the last matter on the                                              |\n| 8  | calendar this morning, so court is adjourned.                                                 |\n| 9  | (Proceedings concluded at 10:28 a.m.)                                                         |\n| 10 | I, CHRISTINE FIORE, court-approved transcriber and                                            |\n| 11 | certified electronic reporter and transcriber, certify that                                   |\n| 12 | the foregoing is a correct transcript from the official                                       |\n| 13 | electronic sound recording of the proceedings in the above                                    |\n| 14 | entitled matter.                                                                              |\n| 15 |                                                                                               |\n| 16 |                                                                                               |\n| 17 | July 13, 2022                                                                                 |\n| 18 | Christine Fiore, CERT                                                                         |\n| 19 | Transcriber                                                                                   |\n| 20 |                                                                                               |\n| 21 |                                                                                               |\n| 22 |                                                                                               |\n| 23 |                                                                                               |\n| 24 |                                                                                               |\n| 25 |                                                                                               |\n|    |                                                                                               |","body_zh":"附件B\n\n案件22-50073，文件575-2，于07/20/22提交，于07/20/22 13:26:18录入，第2页，共22页\n\n美国康涅狄格联邦破产法院（UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT）\n布里奇波特分院（BRIDGEPORT DIVISION）\n\n关于：\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），　　　　　　　　　　　案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　康涅狄格州布里奇波特\n债务人。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　2022年7月8日\n\n关于批准指定第11章受托人的命令申请之听证笔录\n\n审判长：尊敬的JULIE A. MANNING（朱莉·A·曼宁）法官\n美国联邦破产法官\n\n出庭人员：\n\n代表债务人：\nWILLIAM R. BALDIGA, ESQ.（威廉·R·鲍尔迪加律师）\nBrown Rudnick, LLP（布朗·拉德尼克律师事务所）\nSeven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n\n代表债权人Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙企业）：\nPETER FRIEDMAN, ESQ.（彼得·弗里德曼律师）\nSTUART M. SARNOFF, ESQ.（斯图尔特·M·萨诺夫律师）\nO'Melveny & Myers LLP（奥美律师事务所）\nTimes Square Tower\n7 Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n\nPATRICK BIRNEY, ESQ.（帕特里克·伯尼律师）\nRobinson & Cole（罗宾逊与科尔律师事务所）\n28 Trumbull Street\nHartford, CT 06103\n\n庭审过程由电子录音记录，笔录由速记服务机构制作。\nFiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc.（菲奥雷记录与笔录服务公司）\n4 Research Drive, Suite 402\nShelton, Connecticut 06484\n(203)929-9992\n\n出庭人员（续）：\n\n代表债权人委员会：\nIRVE GOLDMAN, ESQ.（欧文·戈德曼律师）\nPullman & Comley（普尔曼与康利律师事务所）\n850 Main Street\nBridgeport, CT 06601\n\n代表债权人Rui Ma（马锐）：\nKRISTEN MAYHEW, ESQ.（克里斯滕·梅休律师）\nMcElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter（麦克尔罗伊·多伊奇·马尔瓦尼与卡彭特律师事务所）\n225 Liberty Street\n36th Floor\nNew York, NY 10281\n\n代表美国受托人：\nHOLLEY L. CLAIBORN, ESQ.（霍利·L·克莱伯恩律师）\nOffice of the United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）\nThe Giaimo Federal Building\n150 Court Street, Room 302\nNew Haven, CT 06510\n\n代表HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited（香港国际基金投资〈美国〉有限公司）：\nSTEPHEN R. KINDSETH, ESQ.（斯蒂芬·R·金德塞斯律师）\nZeisler & Zeisler LLC（泽斯勒与泽斯勒有限责任公司）\n10 Middle Street, 15th FL.\nBridgeport, CT 06604\n\n代表债权人Logan Cheng（程龙）：\nJAY MARSHALL WOLMAN, ESQ.（杰伊·马歇尔·沃尔曼律师）\nRandazza Legal Group, PLLC（兰达扎法律集团专业有限责任公司）\n100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor\nHartford, CT 06103\n\n1　（庭审于上午10时02分开始。）\n\n2　书记员：\n案件编号22-50073，Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）。\n\n3　法庭：\n好的。早上好。请各位为记录在案作出庭声明，先从债务人的律师开始。\n\n6　鲍尔迪加律师：\n早上好，法官阁下。William Baldiga，Brown Rudnick律师事务所，代表债务人。\n\n8　法庭：\n早上好。\n\n9　请PAX的律师出庭声明。\n\n10　弗里德曼律师：\n早上好，法官阁下。Peter Friedman，来自O'Melveny & Meyers，代表Pacific Alliance Group（太平洋联盟集团）。我还看到Robinson & Cole律师事务所的Sarnoff律师和Birney律师今早也代表PAX出庭。\n\n14　法庭：\n早上好。\n\n15　债权人委员会的律师？\n\n16　戈德曼律师：\n早上好，法官阁下。Irve Goldman，Pullman & Comley律师事务所，代表债权人委员会。\n\n19　法庭：\n早上好。\n\n20　Rui Ma（马锐）的律师？\n\n21　梅休律师：\n早上好，法官阁下。Kristen Mayhew，McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter律师事务所，代表债权人Rui Ma（马锐）、Zheng Wu（吴征）及Weican Meng（孟伟灿）。\n\n24　法庭：\n早上好。\n\n25　美国受托人办公室？\n\n克莱伯恩律师：早上好，法官阁下。Holley Claiborn，代表美国受托人。今早与我一同出庭的还有第11章受托人候选人Luc Despins（吕克·德斯平斯）律师。\n\n法庭：早上好。两位早上好。\n\n德斯平斯律师：早上好，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：好的。我还看到HK International的律师。\n\n金德塞斯律师：是的，法官阁下。早上好。Stephen Kindseth，Zeisler & Zeisler律师事务所，代表HK International Funds Investments。\n\n法庭：早上好。还有Wolman律师？我今天看到您——\n\n沃尔曼律师：早上好，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：——所以我没有忘记向您问好。不过有时——不知为何，屏幕会把您切掉，但我今天早上看到您了。请继续。\n\n沃尔曼律师：谢谢您，法官阁下。早上好。我是Randazza Legal Group的Jay Wolman，代表债权人Logan Cheng（程龙）。\n\n法庭：早上好。因此，我认为已出庭的各方——无论如何，我所见到的各方——均已作出庭声明。对吗？\n\n（无可听见的回应。）\n\n法庭：好的。那么，今早我们将就美国受托人的动议——即申请命令批准美国受托人指定第11章受托人——举行听证。克莱伯恩律师，请您继续。\n\n克莱伯恩律师：谢谢您，法官阁下。早上好。今早提交法庭审理的是美国受托人申请命令批准指定德斯平斯先生为第11章受托人。德斯平斯先生在其律师事务所及其过往经历中拥有丰富的第11章执业经历。他执业逾30年。美国受托人已将一份无利害关系声明附于申请，该声明列明了其与本案各方、债权人及债务人之间的联系和接触情况。基于此，美国受托人请求法庭于今早批准该申请。不过，我确实希望提请法庭注意，今早我们获悉尚有一些额外披露需要作出，且德斯平斯律师将就我们认为与PAX有关联的实体之间的联系作出披露。德斯平斯先生可以对此作出更精确的说明，并向法庭陈述和解释。此外，随后将尽快向法庭提交补充披露，希望在一两天内即可完成。因此，法官阁下，我可否请德斯平斯先生就尚未以书面形式提交法庭的补充披露向法庭陈述？\n\n法庭：可以，请继续。\n\n德斯平斯律师：早上好，法官阁下。如我在声明第11段所述，我说过，如我们获悉在我提交该声明时我们尚未知悉的新联系，我们将更新披露声明，我也将以书面形式作出该更新。但我希望确保今天向法庭提及，我们昨晚发现，我们过去曾代理过名称中含有缩写PAG，即P-A-G的实体。我们的利益冲突审查系统并不知道，PAG意为Pacific Asia Group（太平洋亚洲集团）。这些实体——再说一次，如我所述，这些代理事项已经完成，但这些实体与Kwok（郭文贵）事项没有任何关联。然而，PAX可能由某个类似的或某种PAG实体管理。我们正试图确定究竟是哪一个。\n\n但从我们的角度来看，这并不改变任何事情，因为我们仍然认为自己无利害关系；我们可以与PAX处于对立地位，并非我们正在寻求这样做，但我们可以与PAX处于对立地位。因此，这不改变该声明。但是，鉴于这些P-A-G实体以某种方式与PAX有关联，我希望在今天一早尽快提请法庭注意此事。顺便说一句，我不仅向美国受托人提及此事，也在今天上午约8时45分向弗里德曼先生提及了此事。\n\n法庭：好的，谢谢。当您说“我们”时，您指的是Paul Hastings（普衡律师事务所）？\n\n德斯平斯律师：是的。是的。是的。是的。但就我个人而言，我从未代理过PAG。我坦率地说，直到昨晚才知道它的存在。\n\n法庭：明白。显然，鉴于该律师事务所在世界不同地区设有办公室，这就是为什么当您说“我们”时，我要问您是指Paul Hastings，而不是您个人？\n\n德斯平斯律师：正确，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：好的，谢谢。我看到一位先生。Bassett先生，您是本案律师吗？我认不出您，如果我本应认识您，我很抱歉，但我确实不认识。\n\n巴塞特律师：法官阁下，我来自Paul Hastings。\n\n法庭：好的。\n\n巴塞特律师：我将担任德斯平斯先生以受托人身份行事时的律师。\n\n法庭：好的。德斯平斯先生，我认为您无需提交出庭声明，因为您是第11章受托人。如果拟由Bassett先生和/或您的律师事务所担任您作为第11章受托人行事时的律师，如您所知，您必须提交申请。Bassett先生和Paul Hastings的其他任何成员，均须根据其是否获准在康涅狄格联邦地区法院执业，提交出庭声明和/或临时出庭许可动议。您会处理好此事。\n\n德斯平斯律师：会的。\n\n法庭：所以这就是为什么我认不出Bassett先生。您没有参与过其他任何听证。因此——至少我之前未曾见过您，看来我是对的，这让我很高兴。但无论如何，关于美国受托人申请——即申请命令批准指定第11章受托人——是否有任何一方希望陈述意见？\n\n弗里德曼律师：法官阁下，我是来自O'Melveny的Peter Friedman。\n\n1　我们对德斯平斯先生本人并无直接异议。\n\n2　只是——德斯平斯先生刚刚提到，他在今早8时45分披露，其律师事务所曾与我方客户的母公司有过某种往来。我认为其准确名称实际上应为Pacific Alliance Group，这与我们的基金Pacific Asia Opportunity Fund（太平洋亚洲机会基金）略有不同，但我们显然需要就该关系的性质与我方客户进行磋商。\n\n9　我并不是说存在问题。\n\n11　香港现在已经是午夜或晚上10时，而我方客户所在地正是香港。\n\n13　如我方客户需要查阅任何档案——我不知道周末期间是否可以做到——但我认为这可能是Paul Hastings的问题，而非受托人的问题。这是一个，您知道的，刚刚出现的事态发展。\n\n18　我想我不能说这构成担忧，但我确实认为，在此背景下向法庭提及这一点很重要，即，这是我们在聘用Paul Hastings的背景下必须审查的事项。\n\n22　并且，法官阁下，我认为，正如我在每次听证中所说，我们将采取建设性的态度。我们将与德斯平斯先生密切合作；多年来，我曾在其他第11章案件中遇到过他。\n\n案件22-50073，文件575-2，于07/20/22提交，于07/20/22 13:26:18录入，第11页\n\n我对德斯平斯先生十分敬重。在波多黎各案件中，我代表债务人，而他担任债权人委员会的律师。因此，在过去五年间，我们曾相互对立，也曾站在同一方的（无法辨认）。您知道，我们担心费用。我们将尽我们所能。鉴于该债务人可随时动用的资金极为有限这一情形，我们希望德斯平斯先生和Paul Hastings能够尽一切努力——尤其是希望，考虑到目前破产财产的规模，能够尽可能提高成本效率。基于上述意见，我们期待受托人能够顺利获任。如果存在与我方客户过去聘用或雇用Paul Hastings有关的问题，我们显然将在今后处理这些问题。\n\n法庭：好的，谢谢您，弗里德曼律师。还有其他人希望陈述意见吗？\n\n戈德曼律师：法官阁下，我是代表委员会的Irve Goldman。这是我第一次听说这项额外披露。我会作出与弗里德曼先生相同的保留，并希望他能与委员会分享其尽职调查结果，以便我们能够进一步审查和评估。\n\n这一额外关联。我们并不想扰乱此次任命，但基于Friedman（弗里德曼）律师所阐述的相同考虑，我们只是希望进一步审议。法庭：嗯，您是否同意，如Friedman律师所言，这是一个关于聘任Paul Hastings（普衡律师事务所）担任律师而非由Despins（德斯平斯）先生担任第11章受托人的问题？Goldman（戈德曼）先生：是，我同意。他已明确表示，他与此并无关联，甚至不知道该实体的存在。因此，我同意这是一个聘任问题。法庭：好的。谢谢。还有其他人希望发言吗？Baldiga（巴尔迪加）先生：是，法官阁下。William Baldiga（威廉·巴尔迪加），Brown Rudnick（布朗·拉德尼克律师事务所），代表债务人。法庭：请讲。Baldiga先生：我们有同样的资格担忧。我们同样十分尊重Paul Hastings，尤其是Despins先生，但鉴于PAG（太盟投资集团）是PAX（帕克斯）基金背后的业务方，我们需要确切了解新的披露情况。而PAX显然是该破产财产中遥遥领先的最大债权人。因此，我认为我们都需要了解这一点。法庭：Baldiga先生，您是否同意我刚才向Goldman律师提出的问题？\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18 第13页，共\n\n那么，您的担忧更多是关于聘任Paul Hastings担任律师，而不是关于Despins先生担任第11章受托人？还是说，您甚至对Despins先生担任第11章受托人也有担忧？Baldiga先生：我现在还不知道。我认为——我不确定我们是否会有——是否会有任何担忧。但即使有，我认为在我们看到披露内容并有机会就此与当事人沟通之前，现在就评估这些担忧究竟是什么还为时过早。法庭：这没有问题，因为《破产法》对认为已获任命的受托人不应再继续担任受托人的情形设有规定。因此，除非有人想说服我作出不同决定，否则我不认为今天任命Despins先生为第11章受托人存在障碍。Baldiga先生：我们只是尚未看到任何内容，所以我们——仅仅是在听证过程中才得知此事，很难提出有说服力的论证，法官阁下。法庭：我明白。我确实明白您的意思。但我现在谈的是，今天摆在法庭面前的唯一事项是任命Despins先生担任第11章受托人。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18 第14页，共\n\n目前尚无人提出任何理由说明为何不应如此。而如果任命发生后，您发现某些理由，那么您可根据《破产法》获得救济以处理这些理由。我们不会再等待任命第11章受托人。我的意思是，该决定是在6月15日作出的。现在是7月8日。据我了解——或许这就是Kindseth（金塞思）律师今天在场的原因——该游艇位于Bridgeport Steelpointe Harbor（布里奇波特斯蒂尔波因特港）。因此，Lady May（“Lady May”号游艇）已经在这里。据我了解，它于6日夜间抵达。因此，一旦命令录入，Despins先生就有很多事情可做。而且我看不出有任何延迟的理由。因此，除非有人对Despins先生担任第11章受托人有其他担忧或希望提出的论点，否则我将批准United States Trustee（美国受托人）的申请，并作出命令批准在本案中任命Despins先生为第11章受托人。因此，我最后再给各位一次机会，告诉我为何我不应这样做。Baldiga先生：法官阁下，还是William Baldiga。除我刚才所说的以外，我们没有进一步补充。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18 第15页，共\n\nBaldiga先生：只是我们没有披露内容，无法就此作出最终决定。法庭：好的。谢谢。还有其他人希望发言吗？（无可听见的回应。）法庭：好。那么，Despins先生，我知道您将继续审查您已在庭上讨论、并已在您的宣誓书中列明的问题。一旦您有机会在接下来——也就是尽快——作出进一步披露，请这样做。但是截至目前，即7月8日上午10:19，法庭命令批准美国受托人的申请，并任命您为——您将担任本案的第11章受托人。我感谢您愿意担任此职。如我为记录所指出的，Kindseth律师，如果我有误，请您纠正我，但本案中一个——我不知道您至今审查了什么，如果有的话，Despins先生——本案现已将近五个月，但尚未满五个月，存在的一个问题是债务人将该游艇，即“Lady May”号游艇，质押给一项计划，而该计划目前当然未按计划进行。但还有一项协议，即“Lady May”号游艇将被带回Connecticut（康涅狄格州）的可通航水域。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18 第16页，共\n\n据我了解，这在7月——坦率地说，我可以出去看看。它并不远——7月6日已经发生。而且这——那曾是各方之间存在争议的问题，无论是在本第11章案件提交之前，还是在本第11章案件提交之后。\n\n因此，我认为，除游艇“Lady May”号游艇之外，在本事项中还有其他问题，您可以相当迅速地、即使不是立即地参与处理。Despins先生：是，法官阁下。我们知悉该情况。实际上，我们已经联系了作为法官阁下此前录入的案卷编号299号协议当事方的律师，我已要求他们同意受托人享有该协议项下与PAX及官方委员会相同的权利。我们收到了对该请求的一些回应，但并非所有人都作出了回应，所以我们显然预计——对我们而言，无需思考即可知道这必须发生。但我们预计将再次到法庭前申请修改该协议，以确保受托人享有与PAX或官方委员会完全相同的权利。谢谢，法官阁下。法庭：谢谢。\n\nFriedman先生：法官阁下，为记录在案——我是代表PAX的Peter Friedman（彼得·弗里德曼）——法庭：是。Friedman先生：——我们同意。我们同意该请求。法庭：好的。谢谢。我还要指出，Despins先生，该协议中有其他条款，我无论如何相信如此，但我现在没有该协议在手，而且你们都是律师，所以你们会弄清楚，不过一旦船只被带回可通航水域，该协议中的其他条款仍须——仍需要得到遵守。因此，既然游艇已回到康涅狄格州的可通航水域，该协议中仍有其他问题需要处理。无论如何，为让各位知悉，下周的周一、周二和周三，我必须参加必要会议。但如果需要举行听证会，我可以——我可以在这三天中的任何一天的某个时间举行听证会，不过我将远程参加，诸位也将如此。但一旦我们跨过未来几天这道障碍，那么，您知道，我们的听证会大部分将亲自举行。这是一个我们需要确保大家意见一致的案件。虽然我确实同意远程听证会具有\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18 第18页，共\n\n非常重要的作用，并且可能非常有帮助，但鉴于本案已经发生的情况，我们将亲自会面。好吗？所以，我的意思是，如果我们进行五分钟的讨论，可能存在可以改为远程进行的情形，但我希望每个人都明白，我们将亲自到这里出席。好吗？Despins先生：是，法官阁下。法庭：好的。今天还有什么需要处理的吗？Claiborn（克莱伯恩）律师，您随申请附上的批准任命第11章受托人的命令，我实际上——我想将其改为准予该任命的命令，我将会这样做。除此以外，拟议命令我没有异议。Claiborn律师，据您所知，是否还有任何其他人希望对该命令作出其他修改？Claiborn女士：没有，法官阁下。法庭：还有其他人希望就Claiborn律师提出的拟议命令发言吗？哦，唯一一点，Claiborn律师，保证金金额，我想在本案过程中可能需要变更。Claiborn女士：这是一个动态问题，法官阁下。\n\n法庭：好的。Claiborn女士：这只是针对我们知道将希望在短期内由债务人支付给Despins先生的现金所设的起点。但如果有款项进入破产财产并由Despins先生负责，则必须向上调整。法庭：很好。我只是——我的意思是，您的命令确实如此写明，但我想澄清这一点，即我预计在案件期间将不得不变更保证金金额。好吗？Claiborn女士：是，法官阁下。Kindseth先生：法官阁下，您是否希望听取关于“Lady May”号游艇的最新情况？法庭：当然。Kindseth先生：非常感谢。如法官阁下所指出，“Lady May”号游艇于7月6日返回康涅狄格州，具体而言是布里奇波特。在此前一周——一两周前——我联系了债权人委员会的律师和PAX的律师，关于他们有权进行的检查。提醒法官阁下，协议的其他要素是，向船长和游艇管理公司送达本法庭的命令，他们签署一份声明，证明协议中规定的某些事项，并且本法庭规定维修准备金，以资助“Lady May”号游艇剩余的维修。\n\n案件 22-50073 文件 575-2 提交日期 07/20/22 录入日期 07/20/22 13:26:18\n\n协议中列明，并且本法庭规定维修准备金，以资助“Lady May”号游艇剩余的维修。除——据我所知——更换海水进水阀门外，所有维修均已完成。我们正在取得两份有关该项费用的估价，这将指导我们提出维修准备金的建议。正如我所说，我们也正与PAX和债权人委员会的律师保持联系，以协调他们的检查。因此，希望他们的检查将在下周进行。我们希望能够共同提出一项批准维修准备金的动议。一旦维修准备金落实，我即可提交证明，证明我的当事人有义务履行的协议各项要素均已履行。其后，其他各方将在提交该证明之日起15天内提出异议。我今天上午与当时的拟任受托人、现任受托人Despins先生交谈过，暂时表达了我的当事人的理解和同意，即他将享有相同的权利和义务，并实质上成为该协议的一方。我们希望起草一项对现有命令的拟议协议修改，仅仅规定……\n\n将Despins先生（德斯平斯先生）作为现有约定的新增当事人。因此，这就是“Lady May”号游艇（Lady May）的现状。法院：谢谢。关于该约定，我认为还有一项条款您没有——您未提及，即船长和——我不记得另一个人的名称——不论是港务长还是其他任何人，也将受到限制，并同意受到限制，即在该船抵达后，不得将其驶离康涅狄格州的通航水域。Kindseth先生（金德塞思先生）：是的，这是声明中的要素之一。法院：好的。Kindseth先生：该声明包含多个要素，其中之一是他们理解，他们受到限制，不得将游艇驶离康涅狄格州的通航水域。法院：我只是——我认为这是一项重要条款，尤其应向刚刚参与此事的Despins先生说明，以便他知悉。Kindseth先生：同意。法院：好的？好。今天我们在Kwok（郭文贵）案中还有什么需要处理的吗？Claiborn女士（克莱伯恩女士）：没有，法官阁下。法院：好的。那么，美国受托人就批准任命一名Chapter 11受托人的命令所提出的申请获准，拟议命令将予以登记。\n\nCase 22-50073\nDoc 575-2\nFiled 07/20/22\nEntered 07/20/22 13:26:18\n\nClaiborn女士：谢谢您，法官阁下。\n\n法院：好的。谢谢各位。\n\nDespins先生：谢谢您，法官阁下。\n\n法院：这也是今天上午日程表上的最后一项事项，因此现在休庭。\n\n（庭审程序于上午10:28结束。）\n\n本人，CHRISTINE FIORE（克里斯汀·菲奥雷），经法院批准的记录转录员及认证电子记录员和转录员，证明上述内容系根据上述案件庭审程序的官方电子录音制作的正确笔录。\n\nJuly 13, 2022\nChristine Fiore, CERT\n转录员","key_entities":["Despins","Paul Hastings","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Luc Despins","Je","RICO","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":4886,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-07-20 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-07-20","updated_at":"2026-08-23 18:42:12"}