{"id":"court_ctb_612_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":612,"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| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x |                                        |  |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--|--|\n| In re:                                                           | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11                   |  |  |\n| HO WAN KWOK,                                                     | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)<br>: |  |  |\n| Debtor.                                                          | :<br>:                                 |  |  |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------      | x                                      |  |  |\n\n## **SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF PATRICK R. LINSEY IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ENTRY OF ORDER, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 327, 328, AND 330, BANKRUPTCY RULES 2014 AND 2016, AND LOCAL BANKRUPTCY RULES 2014-1 AND 2016-1, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING RETENTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF NEUBERT, PEPE, & MONTEITH, P.C., AS LOCAL AND CONFLICTS COUNSEL TO THE CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE**\n\nI, Patrick R. Linsey, being duly sworn, do depose and say:\n\n1. I am an attorney at the law firm of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. (\"NPM\"), which maintains its principal office at 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510, and I make this supplemental declaration in support of the *Application of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order, Pursuant to Sections 327, 328, and 330 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rules 2014 and 2016, and Local Bankruptcy Rules 2014-1 and 2016-1, Authorizing and Approving Retention and Employment of Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. as Local and Conflicts Counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee* [Docket No. 569] (the \"NPM Retention Application\") in the above-captioned chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\").\n\n2. I provide this declaration to clarify and supplement my initial declaration in support of and filed together with the NPM Retention Application (the \"Initial Declaration\"). This supplemental disclosure is provided in response to an inquiry by the United States Trustee and the disclosure of information herein does not concede that the disclosure is required or that the matter disclosed is relevant to the Chapter 11 Trustee's requested employment of NPM.\n\n3. To the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry, neither I, nor NPM, nor any member or associate thereof, represents professionally, or has any connection with, the Debtor, his creditors, any other party-in-interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States Trustee, or any person employed in the Office of the United States Trustee, other than as disclosed herein or in my Initial Declaration.\n\n4. NPM maintains a computer database (the \"Database\") containing, *inter alia*, the names of all NPM's current and former clients and, with respect to any engagement, adverse and related persons. I caused to be submitted to, and checked against, the Database all of the following names (in addition to the persons and entities defined as \"Potentially Interested Parties\" in my Initial Declaration): (a) Mei Guo; (b) UBS AG (and other UBS entities) 1 ; (c) Boies Schiller Flexner LLP; (d) potential affiliates of Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund (\"PAX\") and/or Pacific Alliance Group<sup>2</sup> ; (e) Genever Holdings Corporation; (f) China Golden Spring Group (Hong Kong) Ltd.; (g) Greenwich Land LLC ((a) through (g), collectively, the \"Add'l Potentially Interested Parties\").\n\n5. NPM has no relationship or connection with the Add'l Potentially Interested Parties, or, to the best of my knowledge, with any other creditor of the Debtor, except that NPM previously represented UBS Financial Services, Inc., between 2005 and 2008, in matters unrelated to the Debtor and this Chapter 11 Case; and NPM represented a third party in matters adverse to\n\n<sup>1</sup> Search terms included \"UBS AG\" and \"UBS.\"\n\n<sup>2</sup> Search terms included \"Pacific Alliance\" and \"PAG.\"\n\nUBS Securities, LLC, between 2019 and 2021, likewise in matters unrelated to the Debtor and this Chapter 11 Case.\n\n6. To the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry, NPM has no economic relationship or connection with the law firms involved in the Debtor's Chapter 11 Case, except from that disclosed in my Initial Declaration or as follows: Douglas S. Skalka (\"Mr. Skalka\") , a principal of NPM, was employed at a law firm that was a predecessor of Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC from 1985-1995; NPM has, from time to time, retained Pullman & Comley LLC to advise on questions concerning professional responsibility<sup>3</sup> ; and, in a matter unrelated to the Debtor or this Chapter 11 Case, Patrick M. Birney, an attorney representing PAX, once deposed Mr. Skalka as a witness in an adversary proceeding.\n\n7. Based on my Initial Declaration and on the foregoing, insofar as I have been able to ascertain based on the information currently available to me: (a) NPM has no connection with the Debtor, his creditors, the U.S. Trustee, any person employed in the office of the U.S. Trustee, or any other party with an actual or potential interest in the Chapter 11 Case or their respective attorneys or accountants; and (b) neither NPM nor any of its attorneys (i) is a creditor, equity security holder, or insider of the Debtor or his affiliates, (ii) has been, within two years before the Petition Date, a director, officer, or employee of the Debtor or his affiliates, or (iii) has any interest materially adverse to the interests of the Debtor's estate or any class of creditors or equity security holders by reason of any direct or indirect relationship to, connection with, or interest in the Debtor, or for any other reason. Therefore, I believe that NPM is a \"disinterested person\" within the meaning of section 101(14) of the Bankruptcy Code, as modified by section 1107(b).\n\n<sup>3</sup> These services have primarily been provided by David Atkins who, upon information and belief, is not involved in Pullman & Comley LLC's representation of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.\n\n8. Upon the request of the United States Trustee, NPM consents that the following\n\nlanguage may be included in any order by the Court approving the NPM Retention Application:\n\nAllowance of any compensation for NPM shall be limited to the extent of services actually performed, and expenses actually incurred, as attorney for the Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins, and shall not include compensation for the performance of any of the trustee duties that are generally performed by a Chapter 11 trustee without the assistance of an attorney.\n\nPursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements\n\nare true and correct.\n\nDated: July 26, 2022, at New Haven, Connecticut\n\n*/s/ Patrick R. Linsey* Patrick R. Linsey\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ______________________________________x            |   |                            |\n|----------------------------------------------------|---|----------------------------|\n|                                                    | : |                            |\n| In re:                                             | : | CHAPTER 11                 |\n|                                                    | : |                            |\n| HO WAN KWOK,                                       | : | CASE NO. 22-50073<br>(JAM) |\n|                                                    | : |                            |\n| Debtor.<br>______________________________________x | : |                            |\n|                                                    |   |                            |\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on July 26, 2022 the foregoing was filed electronically. Notice of this filing was sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing pursuant to the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.\n\nDated: July 26, 2022 LUC A. DESPINS,\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey* Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*Proposed Counsel*","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分部）\n\nx\n\n关于：　:\n:\n第11章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），　:\n:\n案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。　:\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------　x\nPATRICK R. LINSEY 支持第11章受托人依据《破产法典》第327条、第328条和第330条、《破产规则》第2014条和第2016条以及《本地破产规则》第2014-1条和第2016-1条申请作出授权并批准聘用 NEUBERT, PEPE, & MONTEITH, P.C. 担任第11章受托人之本地及利益冲突法律顾问之命令的补充声明\n\n我，Patrick R. Linsey，经依法宣誓，陈述并作证如下：\n\n1. 我是 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.（“NPM”）律师事务所的律师，该所主要办事处位于 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510。我作出本补充声明，以支持在上述郭文贵（“债务人”）的第11章案件（“第11章案件”）中提交的《第11章受托人依据〈破产法典〉第327条、第328条和第330条、〈破产规则〉第2014条和第2016条以及〈本地破产规则〉第2014-1条和第2016-1条申请作出授权并批准聘用 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 担任第11章受托人之本地及利益冲突法律顾问的申请》[案卷号 569]（“NPM聘用申请”）。\n\n2. 我提供本声明系为澄清并补充我支持NPM聘用申请并随其一同提交的初始声明（“初始声明”）。本补充披露系应 United States Trustee（美国联邦受托人）的询问而提供，且在此披露信息并不承认该披露为法定义务，亦不承认所披露事项与第11章受托人请求聘用NPM具有相关性。\n\n3. 据我经正当调查后所知及所信，除本声明或我的初始声明中所披露者外，我、NPM以及其任何成员或受雇律师均未在业务上代表债务人、其债权人、任何其他利害关系方、其各自的律师和会计师、美国联邦受托人或美国联邦受托人办公室雇用的任何人员，亦与上述各方没有任何关联。\n\n4. NPM维护着一个计算机数据库（“数据库”），其中包含（除其他事项外）NPM所有现有和以往客户的姓名/名称，以及就任何委托而言的相对方和关联方。除我的初始声明中定义为“潜在利害关系方”的个人和实体外，我已促使将以下所有名称提交至数据库并进行核对：(a) Mei Guo（郭美）；(b) UBS AG（瑞士银行）（及其他瑞银实体）1 ；(c) Boies Schiller Flexner LLP；(d) Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund（“PAX”）和/或 Pacific Alliance Group（太盟投资集团）的潜在关联方2 ；(e) Genever Holdings Corporation；(f) China Golden Spring Group (Hong Kong) Ltd.（中国金泉集团（香港）有限公司）；(g) Greenwich Land LLC（(a) 至 (g) 统称为“新增潜在利害关系方”）。\n\n5. NPM与新增潜在利害关系方之间没有任何关系或关联，且据我所知，NPM与债务人的任何其他债权人之间亦没有任何关系或关联，但以下情况除外：NPM曾于2005年至2008年期间在与债务人及本第11章案件无关的事项中代表 UBS Financial Services, Inc.；且NPM曾于2019年至2021年期间在与\n\n1 检索词包括“UBS AG”和“UBS”。\n\n2 检索词包括“Pacific Alliance”和“PAG”。\n\nUBS Securities, LLC 相对立的事项中代表第三方，同样与债务人及本第11章案件无关。\n\n6. 据我经正当调查后所知及所信，NPM与参与债务人第11章案件的各律师事务所之间不存在经济关系或关联，但我的初始声明中所披露者或如下所述者除外：NPM的主理人 Douglas S. Skalka（“Skalka先生”）于1985年至1995年期间曾受雇于 Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC 前身的一家律师事务所；NPM曾不时聘请 Pullman & Comley LLC 就执业责任问题提供咨询3 ；并且，在与债务人或本第11章案件无关的一起事项中，代表PAX的律师 Patrick M. Birney 曾在一宗对抗性诉讼程序中对作为证人的Skalka先生进行取证录供。\n\n7. 基于我的初始声明及前述内容，就我根据目前所掌握的信息能够确定的范围而言：(a) NPM与债务人、其债权人、美国联邦受托人、美国联邦受托人办公室雇用的任何人员、或在本第11章案件中拥有实际或潜在权益的任何其他当事人或其各自的律师或会计师之间均无关联；且 (b) NPM及其任何律师均 (i) 不是债务人或其关联方的债权人、股权证券持有人或内部人，(ii) 在申请日前两年内未曾担任债务人或其关联方的董事、高级职员或雇员，或 (iii) 未因与债务人存在任何直接或间接关系、关联或利益，或因任何其他原因而拥有任何严重不利于债务人破产财团或任何类别债权人或股权证券持有人利益的利害关系。因此，我认为NPM属于《破产法典》第101(14)条（经第1107(b)条修正）含义范围内的“无利害关系人”。\n\n3 该等服务主要由 David Atkins 提供，据知情和相信，该人士未参与 Pullman & Comley LLC 对 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会）的代理工作。\n\n8. 应美国联邦受托人的要求，NPM同意法院批准NPM聘用申请的任何命令中均可包含以下\n\n表述：\n\n对NPM任何报酬的核准应仅限于其作为第11章受托人 Luc A. Despins 的律师实际提供的服务和实际发生的费用，且不得包括对通常由第11章受托人在无需律师协助的情况下履行的任何受托人职责的报酬。\n\n根据 28 U.S.C. § 1746，我特此声明上述陈述真实无误，如有不实甘受伪证罪处罚。\n\n日期：2022年7月26日，于康涅狄格州纽黑文\n\n/s/ Patrick R. Linsey Patrick R. Linsey\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\n关于：　:　第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK，　:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n______________________________________x　:\n\n送达证明\n\n下署人特此证明，上述文件已于2022年7月26日通过电子方式提交。本提交的通知已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方，或根据《电子提交通知》通过邮寄方式发送给任何无法接受电子提交的人员。各当事方可通过法院系统查阅本提交文件。\n\n日期：2022年7月26日 LUC A. DESPINS，\n\n康涅狄格州纽黑文 第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n拟聘律师","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","CIPA","Guo"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1223,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:50:30"}