{"id":"court_ctb_678_5","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":678,"sub_number":5,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-07-26","title":"20-12411-jlg Doc 194 Filed 07/26/22 Entered 07/26/22 10:07:46 Main Document Pg 1 of 44","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"20-12411-jlg Doc 194 Filed 07/26/22 Entered 07/26/22 10:07:46 Main Document Pg 1 of 44\n\nPAIJI HASTINGS\n\nRECEIVED JUL 2 7 2022\n\n1 (212) 318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com\n\nJuly 25, 2022\n\n## VIA EMAIL AND OVERNIGHT MAIL\n\nThe Honorable Judge James L. Garrity, Jr. United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York One Bowling Green New York, New York 10004-1408 Email: garrity.chambers@nysb.uscourts.gov\n\n## Re: In re Genever Holdings LLC, Case No. 20-12411 (JLG)\n\nDear Judge Garrity:\n\nI am writing to you in my capacity as the chapter 11 trustee\") appointed in the chapter 11 case of Mr. Ho Wan Kwok' pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Connecticut (the \"Connecticut Bankruptcy Court\"), Case No. 22-50073 (JAM).2\n\nAs you may already be aware, Mr. Kwok owns all of the equity in Genever Holdings Corporation (\"Genever (BVI)\"), a British Virgin Island Corporation, which, in turn, wholly owns Genever Holdings LLC (\"Genever (US)\"), which is a debtor in a chapter 11 case pending before your Honor, Case No. 20-12411 (JLG). Genever (US) is the registered owner of, among other things, an apartment at the Sherry-Netherland building in New York (the \"Sherry Netherland Apartment\"), which is currently the subject of a marketing and sale process in Genever (US)'s chapter 11 case before your Honor.3\n\nAs part of my efforts (in my capacity as the Trustee) to identify and collect assets for the benefit of Mr. Kwok's estate, on Saturday, July 23, 2022, I filed the attached motion in the Connecticut Bankruptcy Court seeking entry of an order confirming that the Trustee holds all of Mr. Kwok's economic and governance rights, for the benefit of Mr. Kwok's estate, with respect to all corporate entities owned and/or controlled by Mr. Kwok, including, without limitation, Genever (BVI) (the \"Corporate Governance Rights Motion'), as well as requesting related relief. Concurrently with the filing of the Corporate Governance Rights Motion, I also filed a motion requesting expedited consideration of such motion. Today, the Connecticut Bankruptcy Court granted the motion to expedite, setting a hearing on the Corporate Governance Rights Motion for Monday, August 1, 2022.4\n\nAs made clear in Corporate Governance Rights Motion is not an attempt to request\n\nany relief with respect to the chapter 11 case of Genever (US), including any modification of the Second Amended and Restated Settlement Agreement,\n\n- Although the Debtor's legal name is Ho Wan Kwok, he is also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases.\n- 2 I was appointed as the Trustee in Mr. Kwok's case by order of the Connecticut Bankruptcy Court, dated July 8, 2022.\n- 3 The identity of the true owner of the Sherry-Netherland Apartment is presently subject to dispute.\n- 4 Copies of the Corporate Governance Rights Motion to expedite, and the Connecticut Bankruptcy Court's order granting the motion to expedite are enclosed with this letter. For the ease of your review, I have highlighted the relevant sections related to Genever (US)'s chapter 11 case (as discussed further below in this letter) .\n\nPaul Hastings LLP 1 200 Park Avenue | New York, NY 10166 t: +1.212.318.6000 I www.paulhasilngs.com\n\n20-12411-ilg Doc 194 Filed 07/26/22 Entered 07/26/22 10:07:46 Main Document Pg 2 of 44\n\n## PAU HASTINGS\n\nJuly 25, 2022 Page 2\n\n> dated as of September 24, 2021 . . . Nor should the requested relief, if granted, be deemed to authorize the Trustee to take any particular action with respect to Genever (US) in its chapter 11 cases, with respect to which the Trustee will seek relief from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York . . . , as may be appropriate.\n\nCorporate Governance Rights Motion at 2 n.3 (emphasis added). Moreover, the proposed order attached as Exhibit A to the Corporate Governance Rights Motion explicitly provides that \"[n]othing in this Order shall be deemed to authorize any particular action with respect to Genever Holdings LLC (\"Genever (US)\") in its chapter 11 case pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the \"Genever Court\").\" Corporate Governance Rights Motion, Proposed Order (Ex. A) ¶ 7. The proposed order also made clear that I \"shall appear before, and seek guidance from, the Genever Court to the extent the Trustee's exercise of corporate governance rights with respect to Genever (US) would impact its chapter 11 case.\" Id.\n\nNor is it my intention to interfere with the ongoing sales process in Genever (US)'s chapter 11 case before your Honor. I expressly made that point in the Corporate Governance Rights Motion. Id. at 5 n.6.\n\nI understand that your Honor has scheduled a status conference in Genever (US)'s chapter 11 case for August 16, 2022, which I would like to attend, but, unfortunately, I am not available on that date and would ask that the status conference be rescheduled for a date on or after August 22, 2022.\n\nPlease let me know if you have any questions regarding any of the foregoing.\n\nRespectfully submitted,\n\nLuc A. Despins\n\nChapter 11 Trustee\n\ncc: Kevin J. Nash, Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP, Email: kjnash@gwfglaw.com Francis J. Lawall, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Email: Francis.lawall@troutman.com Melanie L. Cyganowski, Otterbourg P.C., Email: mcyganowski@otterbourg.com\n\nEnclosures","body_zh":"20-12411-jlg 文件 194 提交于 07/26/22 录入于 07/26/22 10:07:46 主文件 第 1 页，共 44 页\n\nPAUL HASTINGS（普衡律师事务所）\n\n收到于 JUL 27 2022\n\n1 (212) 318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com\n\n2022年7月25日\n通过电子邮件及隔夜快递送达\n\nJames L. Garrity, Jr. 尊敬的法官\nUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区破产法院）\nOne Bowling Green New York, New York 10004-1408\n电子邮件：garrity.chambers@nysb.uscourts.gov\n事由：In re Genever Holdings LLC（关于 Genever 控股有限责任公司案），案号：20-12411 (JLG)\n\n尊敬的 Garrity 法官：\n\n我以在 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）先生1待决于 United States District Court for the Southern District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦地区法院，下称“康涅狄格州破产法院”）的第11章破产案件（案号：22-50073 (JAM)）2中获任命的第11章受托人（下称“受托人”）身份致信阁下。\n\n正如阁下可能已知悉的，郭先生拥有 Genever Holdings Corporation（Genever 控股公司，下称“Genever (BVI)”）的全部股权，该公司为一家英属维尔京群岛公司；而 Genever (BVI) 又全资拥有 Genever Holdings LLC（Genever 控股有限责任公司，下称“Genever (US)”），后者系待决于阁下法庭的第11章破产案件（案号：20-12411 (JLG)）中的债务人。Genever (US) 等名下登记拥有一套位于纽约 Sherry-Netherland（雪梨荷属）大楼的公寓（下称“雪梨荷属公寓”），该公寓目前正处于阁下主持审理的 Genever (US) 第11章破产案件的市场营销与出售程序中。3\n\n作为我（以受托人身份）为郭先生破产财产的利益而查明并归集资产工作的一部分，我于2022年7月23日（星期六）向康涅狄格州破产法院提交了随附的动议，请求作出确认受托人为了郭先生破产财产的利益，享有郭先生对郭先生拥有和/或控制的所有法人实体（包括但不限于 Genever (BVI)）的全部经济权利和公司治理权力的命令（下称“《公司治理权动议》”），并请求获得相关救济。在提交《公司治理权动议》的同时，我还提交了一项请求对该动议进行加急审理的动议。今日，康涅狄格州破产法院批准了加急动议，将《公司治理权动议》的听证会定于2022年8月1日（星期一）举行。4\n\n正如《公司治理权动议》中所阐明的，该动议并非试图就 Genever (US) 的第11章破产案件请求任何救济，包括对日期为2021年9月24日的《第二次修订及重述的和解协议》的任何修改……\n\n1 尽管债务人的法定姓名是 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵），但他也以 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok 以及许多其他化名为人所知。\n2 我是根据康涅狄格州破产法院于2022年7月8日作出的命令获任命为郭先生案的受托人的。\n3 雪梨荷属公寓真实所有人的身份目前存在争议。\n4 本函随附《公司治理权动议》、加急动议以及康涅狄格州破产法院批准加急动议的命令之副本。为方便阁下审阅，我已将与 Genever (US) 第11章案件相关的部分进行了醒目标注（如下文进一步所述）。\n\nPaul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所） 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 电话：+1.212.318.6000 网址：www.paulhastings.com\n\n20-12411-jlg 文件 194 提交于 07/26/22 录入于 07/26/22 10:07:46 主文件 第 2 页，共 44 页\nPAUL HASTINGS（普衡律师事务所）\n\n2022年7月25日 第 2 页\n\n> ……所请求的救济即使获批，也不得被视为授权受托人在 Genever (US) 的第11章破产案件中采取任何具体行动，关于该等案件，受托人将在适当情况下向 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区破产法院）……寻求救济。\n\n《公司治理权动议》第2页附注3（后加下划线强调）。此外，作为附件 A 随附于《公司治理权动议》的拟定命令明确规定：“本命令中的任何内容均不得被视为授权对待决于 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区破产法院，下称“Genever 法院”）的第11章案件中的 Genever Holdings LLC（Genever 控股有限责任公司，下称“Genever (US)”）采取任何具体行动。”《公司治理权动议》拟定命令（附件 A）第 7 段。该拟定命令还明确指出，“在受托人对 Genever (US) 行使公司治理权会对其第11章案件产生影响的范围内”，我“应在 Genever 法院出庭并向其寻求指导”。同上。\n\n我也无意干预目前在阁下法庭主持下的 Genever (US) 第11章案件中正在进行的出售程序。我在《公司治理权动议》中已明确说明了这一点。同上，第5页附注6。\n\n我获悉阁下已将 Genever (US) 第11章案件的案件进展会议定于2022年8月16日举行，我希望出席该会议，但遗憾的是，我在该日期无法出席，因此请求将案件进展会议重新安排在2022年8月22日或之后的日期举行。\n\n如阁下对上述任何内容有任何疑问，请告知。\n\n谨此提交，\n\nLuc A. Despins\n\n第11章受托人\n\n抄送：\nKevin J. Nash，Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP，电子邮件：kjnash@gwfglaw.com\nFrancis J. Lawall，Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP，电子邮件：Francis.lawall@troutman.com\nMelanie L. Cyganowski，Otterbourg P.C.，电子邮件：mcyganowski@otterbourg.com\n\n附件","key_entities":["Kwok","Guo","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Je","Miles Guo","Finkel","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":194,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":874,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-07-26 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-07-26","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:34:31"}