{"id":"court_ctb_807_2","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":807,"sub_number":2,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"EXHIBIT A UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **EXHIBIT A**\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x           |                         |\n|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                                                 | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |\n| HO WAN KWOK,                                           | :<br>:<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtor.                                                | :<br>:      |                         |\n| ------------------------------------------------------ | x           |                         |\n\n## **DECLARATION OF ANDREW THORP IN SUPPORT OFAPPLICATION 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 EMPLOYMENT OF HARNEY WESTWOOD AND RIEGELS LP, AS BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COUNSEL TO THE CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE**\n\nI, Andrew Thorp, being duly sworn, do depose and say:\n\n1. I am Partner employed in the Dispute Resolution department of Harney Westwood & Riegels LP (\"Harneys\"), Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (\"BVI\"), and I make this 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 Harneys as BVI Counsel to the Chapter 11 Trustee* in the above-captioned chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\").\n\n2. Harneys is a global offshore law firm that maintains an office in the British Virgin Islands. Harneys was founded in 1960 and has a widely diversified practice including dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, private wealth, funds, banking and finance and\n\nregulatory and tax. The Dispute Resolution Department currently employs 21 lawyers, who are assisted by six paralegals.\n\n3. Harneys has expertise in practice areas including insolvency, restructuring, fraud, arbitration, bankruptcy, investigations, corporate crimes and fraud, corporate and commercial litigation matters. Harneys is well suited for the type of representation required by the Chapter 11 Trustee. Its BVI litigation and insolvency practice includes 21 attorneys. Harneys has substantial resources and expertise in the areas of the law that may arise in this case.\n\n4. Harneys has specific and relevant experience in the representation of liquidators and trustees including trustees in bankruptcy proceedings, and have provided advice on complex and litigious (and potentially litigious) issues that arise in the course of the administration of trusts and regularly appear before the British Virgin Islands courts. Harneys has experience with liaising and working cooperatively with overseas lead counsel by assisting with compliance with BVI rules and procedures, attending to routine and administrative matters as they arise, and otherwise providing services as may be required by lead counsel and in the best interests of its clients, all in a manner that promotes efficiency and avoids any unnecessary duplication of efforts by counsel. Considering the foregoing, Harneys is equipped to provide services as BVI counsel to the extent that the need arises.\n\n5. Harneys intends to apply to the Court for compensation for professional services rendered and for reimbursement of expenses incurred in connection with this Chapter 11 Case pursuant to sections 330 and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, Bankruptcy Rule 2016, Local Bankruptcy Rule 2016-1, and any other applicable rules and orders with respect to this Chapter 11 Case. Harneys will charge the Chapter 11 Trustee for its legal services on an hourly basis at its regularly applicable hourly rates in connection with the services required in this Chapter 11 Case.\n\n3\n\n6. At present, the 2022 hourly rates of Harneys are \\$150.00 - \\$275.00 for paralegal work; \\$400.00 - \\$800.00 for associates and counsel; and up to \\$1050.00 for partners of the firm. Harney's hourly rates are subject to periodic adjustments to reflect economic and other conditions.<sup>1</sup> It is anticipated that Harneys services will primarily be provided by Andrew Thorp, whose hourly rate is \\$1050.00, Olga Osadchaya whose hourly rate is \\$800 and Gerrard Tin, whose hourly rate is \\$475.00.\n\n7. Harneys will also bill for out-of-pocket expenses made on behalf of the Chapter 11 Trustee, including photocopying, filing fees and international couriers, in accordance with practices in this District.\n\n8. To the best of my knowledge and belief after due inquiry, neither I, nor Harneys, 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.\n\n9. I attach to this Declaration, as Schedule 1, a consolidated list of parties in interest in connection with the Debtor's chapter 11 case that includes:\n\n- a. parties listed as creditors, executory contract counterparties, and codebtors on the Debtor's Schedules D, F, G, and H [Docket No. 78];\n- b. parties listed on the Debtor's Statement of Financial Affairs (\"SOFA\")\n\n<sup>1</sup> Harneys hourly rates are typically revised at the end of each calendar year to reflect experience, seniority, and standing. These step increases do not constitute \"rate increases\" (as the term is used in the *Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed Under 11 U.S.C. § 330 by Attorneys in Larger Chapter 11 Cases Effective as of November 1, 2013*) (the \"U.S. Trustee Guidelines\"). As set forth in the Proposed Order, Harneys will provide ten business days' notice to the Debtor, the Assistant United States Trustee for the District of Connecticut (the \"U.S. Trustee\"), and counsel to the Committee and any other official committee, before implementing periodic increases, and shall file any such notice with the Court.\n\n[Docket No. 77], including (i) as recipients of payments within 90 days prior to the filing of the chapter 11 case (SOFA Part 3, Question 6); (ii) parties involved in litigation in which the Debtor is a party (SOFA Part 4, Question 9); and businesses owned by the Debtor (SOFA Part 11, Question 27).\n\n- c. parties and counsel filing notice of appearances in the Debtor's chapter 11 case;\n- d. the Court and personnel of the office of the United States Trustee; and\n- e. other parties in interest that I have become aware of as a result of the Chapter 11 Trustee's ongoing investigation of the Debtor's assets.\n\n10. Harneys maintains a computer database (the \"Database\") containing, *inter alia*, the names of all Harneys' 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 names listed on Schedule 1 (collectively, the \"Interested Parties\").\n\n11. Harneys has no relationship or connection with the Interested Parties, or, to the best of my knowledge, with any other creditor of the Debtor.\n\n12. While Harneys has made a diligent effort to ascertain the identity of any connections or potential conflicts with interested parties, to the extent that any additional information comes to light, Harneys will review, disclose, and resolve any conflict or adverse interests that may appear.\n\n13. Based on the foregoing, insofar as I have been able to ascertain based on the information currently available to me: (a) Harneys 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\n\n5\n\nactual or potential interest in the Chapter 11 Case or their respective attorneys or accountants; and (b) neither Harneys 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 Harneys is a \"disinterested person\" within the meaning of section 101(14) of the Bankruptcy Code, as modified by section 1107(b).\n\n14. Harneys does not believe that Appendix B of the U.S. Trustee Guidelines (the \"Larger Case Guidelines\") applies in this Chapter 11 Case, because the Debtor's petition does not list \\$50 million or more in assets and \\$50 million or more in liabilities. In particular, the Debtor estimated the value of his assets between \\$50,001 and \\$100,000. Nevertheless, Harneys intends to make a reasonable effort to comply with the U.S. Trustee's requests for information and additional disclosures set forth in the Larger Case Guidelines in connection with the interim and final fee applications to be filed in the Chapter 11 Case, but reserves all rights as to their relevance and substantive legal effect in connection with the Application or any application for compensation in the Chapter 11 Case.\n\n15. In the interest of providing maximum disclosure, and notwithstanding Harneys' position concerning the inapplicability of the Larger Case Guidelines, Harneys provides the following response to the request for information set forth in Paragraph D.1. of the Larger Case Guidelines:\n\nQuestion: Did you agree to any variations from, or alternatives to, your standard or customary billing arrangements for this engagement? Answer: No.\n\nQuestion: Do any of the professionals included in this engagement vary their rate based on the geographic location of the bankruptcy case?\n\nAnswer: No.\n\nQuestion: If you represented the client in the 12 months prepetition, disclose your billing rates and material financial terms for the prepetition engagement, including any adjustments during the 12 months prepetition. If your billing rates and material financial terms have changed postpetition, explain the difference and the reasons for the difference.\n\nAnswer: N/A. Harneys has not previously represented the Chapter 11\n\nTrustee.\n\nQuestion: Has your client approved your prospective budget and staffing plan, and, if so, for what budget period?\n\nAnswer: The Chapter 11 Trustee and Harneys have agreed to an hourly charge-out rate for one partner, one counsel and one associate for professional fees and have agreed that other members of the Harneys may assist from time to time as appropriate. Harneys have also agreed that they are willing to separately agree budgets for particular pieces of work\n\n16. Harneys has neither shared nor agreed to share with any other person compensation\n\nreceived in these cases, except as is permitted by §504(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n17. Harneys consents that the following language may be included in any order by the\n\nCourt approving the Harneys Retention Application:\n\nAllowance of any compensation for Harneys 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: August 30, 2022, at Tortola, British Virgin Islands\n\n */s/ Andrew Thorp* Andrew Thorp\n\n## **SCHEDULE 1**\n\n## **SCHEDULE OF PARTIES IN INTEREST – IN RE KWOK**\n\n### **20 LARGEST UNSECURED CREDITORS**\n\nPACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY GOLDEN SPRING NEW YORK RUI MA CHENG JIAN WU JIAN SHE NING YE GUO BAOSHENG YAN LAN & WU ZHENG HONG QI QU NAN TONG SI JIAN JIAN GONG YAN ZHAO YUA HUA ZHUANG SHI LIEHONG ZHUANG/XIAO YAN ZHU WEICAN MENG/BOXUN INC. 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ZHANG WEI ZHENG WU (A/K/A BRUNO WA) ZHENGJUN DONG ZIBA LIMITED","body_zh":"附件 A\nUNITED 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院）\n\n------------------------------------------------------ x\n\n关于： :\n: 第 11 章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）， :\n:\n: 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。 :\n\n------------------------------------------------------ x\nANDREW THORP 支持第 11 章受托人依据《破产法典》第 327 条、第 328 条和第 330 条、《破产程序规则》第 2014 条和第 2016 条以及《地方破产程序规则》第 2014-1 条和第 2016-1 条请求作出授权并批准聘用 HARNEY WESTWOOD AND RIEGELS LP 担任第 11 章受托人之英属维尔京群岛法律顾问的裁定之申请的声明\n\n我，Andrew Thorp（安德鲁·索普），经正式宣誓，作证并陈述如下：\n\n1. 我是受雇于 Harney Westwood & Riegels LP（“Harneys（衡力斯律师事务所）”，地址：Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands（英属维尔京群岛托托拉岛罗德城克雷格缪尔法庭）的争议解决部门的合伙人。我就上述 Ho Wan Kwok（债务人）的第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”）中，为支持《第 11 章受托人依据〈破产法典〉第 327 条、第 328 条和第 330 条、〈破产程序规则〉第 2014 条和第 2016 条以及〈地方破产程序规则〉第 2014-1 条和第 2016-1 条请求作出授权并批准聘用 Harneys 担任第 11 章受托人之英属维尔京群岛法律顾问的裁定之申请》而作出本声明。\n\n2. Harneys 是一家在 British Virgin Islands（英属维尔京群岛，“BVI”）设有办事处的全球离岸律师事务所。Harneys 成立于 1960 年，业务范围广泛多元，包括争议解决、公司与商法、私人财富、基金、银行与金融以及\n\n监管和税务。争议解决部目前雇有 21 名律师，并由 6 名律师助理协助工作。\n\n3. Harneys 的专业领域涵盖破产、重组、欺诈、仲裁、破产倒闭、调查、公司犯罪与欺诈、公司及商业诉讼事务。Harneys 非常适合提供第 11 章受托人所要求的代理服务类型。其 BVI 诉讼和破产业务部拥有 21 名律师。Harneys 拥有雄厚的资源和专业知识，能够胜任本案中可能出现的各法律领域事务。\n\n4. Harneys 在代理清算人和受托人（包括破产程序中的受托人）方面拥有具体且相关的经验，并曾就信托管理过程中出现的复杂和具有诉讼性（及潜在诉讼性）的问题提供法律咨询，且经常出庭英属维尔京群岛法院。Harneys 拥有与海外主要法律顾问联络和合作的经验，包括协助遵守 BVI 规则和程序、处理出现的日常和行政事务，并以提高效率、避免律师不必要的重复劳动的方式，根据主要法律顾问的要求提供其他服务，以符合客户的最大利益。鉴于上述情况，Harneys 有能力在需要时提供 BVI 法律顾问服务。\n\n5. Harneys 拟依据《破产法典》第 330 条和第 331 条、《破产程序规则》第 2016 条、《地方破产程序规则》第 2016-1 条以及与本第 11 章案件相关的任何其他适用规则和裁定，向法院申请就所提供的专业服务获得报酬，并就与本第 11 章案件相关的已发生费用获得补偿。Harneys 将按小时计费，根据本第 11 章案件所需服务，按照其常规适用的小时费率向第 11 章受托人收取法律服务费用。\n\n6. 目前，Harneys 在 2022 年的小时费率为：律师助理工作每小时 \\$150.00 - \\$275.00；初中级律师（associates）及顾问律师（counsel）每小时 \\$400.00 - \\$800.00；本所合伙人最高每小时 \\$1050.00。Harneys 的小时费率会根据经济和其他状况进行定期调整。1 预计 Harneys 的服务将主要由 Andrew Thorp（小时费率为 \\$1050.00）、Olga Osadchaya（小时费率为 \\$800）和 Gerrard Tin（小时费率为 \\$475.00）提供。\n\n7. Harneys 还将根据本司法辖区的惯例，向第 11 章受托人收取代表其垫付的杂费，包括复印费、立案规费和国际快递费。\n\n8. 据我所知所信，在经正当查询后，我、Harneys 以及本所的任何成员或受雇律师均未以专业身份代理债务人、其债权人、任何其他利害关系方、他们各自的律师和会计师、United States Trustee（美国受托人）或美国受托人办公室雇用的任何人，亦与他们没有任何关联。\n\n9. 我在本声明后附上表 1，作为与债务人第 11 章案件相关的利害关系方的合并清单，其中包括：\n\n- a. 债务人清单 D、F、G 和 H [案件卷宗第 78 号] 中列为债权人、待履行合同相对人以及共同债务人的各方；\n- b. 债务人《财务状况说明书》（“SOFA”）\n\n1 Harneys 的小时费率通常在每个日历年年末进行修订，以反映经验、资历和级别。这些按梯度的增长不构成“费率上调”（如 2013 年 11 月 1 日生效的《关于审查根据 11 U.S.C. § 330 由大型第 11 章案件中的律师提交的报酬和费用补偿申请的指引》（“美国受托人指引”）中所使用的该术语）。正如拟议裁定书中所述，Harneys 在实施定期费率增长前，将提前十个工作日向债务人、District of Connecticut（康涅狄格区）助理美国受托人（“美国受托人”）以及委员会及任何其他官方委员会的法律顾问发出通知，并将向法院提交任何此类通知。\n\n[案件卷宗第 77 号] 中列出的各方，包括 (i) 在第 11 章案件提交前 90 天内收到付款的收款人（SOFA 第 3 部分，第 6 题）；(ii) 涉及债务人作为当事人的诉讼的各方（SOFA 第 4 部分，第 9 题）；以及债务人拥有的企业（SOFA 第 11 部分，第 27 题）。\n\n- c. 在债务人第 11 章案件中提交出庭通知的当事方和法律顾问；\n- d. 法院以及美国受托人办公室的人员；以及\n- e. 我因第 11 章受托人对债务人财产进行持续调查而获悉的其他利害关系方。\n\n10. Harneys 维护着一个计算机数据库（“数据库”），其中包含（其中包括）Harneys 所有现任和前任客户的姓名，以及在任何聘用事项中的对立人和关联人。我已将表 1 所列的所有名称（统称“利害关系方”）提交至该数据库并进行了比对核查。\n\n11. Harneys 与利害关系方没有任何关系或联系，且据我所知，与债务人的任何其他债权人也没有任何关系或联系。\n\n12. 尽管 Harneys 已尽职尽责地确定与利害关系方的任何联系或潜在冲突，但在发现任何补充信息的情况下，Harneys 将对可能出现的任何冲突或对立利益进行审查、披露和解决。\n\n13. 基于前述情况，据我根据目前掌握的信息所能查明：(a) Harneys 与债务人、其债权人、美国受托人、美国受托人办公室雇用的任何人、或在本第 11 章案件中具有实际或潜在利益的任何其他当事方，或他们各自的律师或会计师均无任何联系；且 (b) Harneys 及其任何律师均 (i) 不是债务人或其关联方的债权人、权益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) 未因与债务人的任何直接或间接关系、联系或在债务人中的利益，或出于任何其他原因，而拥有与债务人破产财团或任何类别债权人或权益证券持有人的利益发生重大对立的任何利益。因此，我认为 Harneys 是《破产法典》第 101(14) 条（经第 1107(b) 条修正）所指的“无利害关系人”。\n\n14. Harneys 认为《美国受托人指引》附录 B（“大型案件指引”）不适用于本第 11 章案件，因为债务人的破产申请书未列出 5,000 万美元或以上的资产以及 5,000 万美元或以上的负债。特别是，债务人估计其资产价值在 \\$50,001 至 \\$100,000 之间。尽管如此，Harneys 打算就将在本第 11 章案件中提交的中期和最终费用申请，尽合理努力配合美国受托人根据《大型案件指引》提出的信息请求和补充披露要求，但保留有关这些要求在本申请或本第 11 章案件中任何报酬申请中的相关性和实质性法律效力的所有权利。\n\n15. 为了提供最大程度的披露，尽管 Harneys 认为《大型案件指引》不适用，Harneys 仍对《大型案件指引》第 D.1. 段提出的信息请求作出如下答复：\n\n问题：您是否同意对本次聘用采用与您的标准或惯常计费安排不同的任何变更或替代方案？\n回答：否。\n\n问题：参与本次聘用的任何专业人员是否会根据破产案件所在的地理位置改变其费率？\n\n回答：否。\n\n问题：如果您在申请前 12 个月内代表过该客户，请披露您在申请前聘用期间的计费费率和重大财务条款，包括申请前 12 个月内的任何调整。如果您的计费费率和重大财务条款在申请后发生了变化，请解释差异及产生差异的原因。\n\n回答：不适用。Harneys 此前从未代理过第 11 章受托人。\n\n问题：您的客户是否批准了您未来的预算和人员配置计划？如果是，批准的预算期限是多久？\n\n回答：第 11 章受托人与 Harneys 已就一名合伙人、一名顾问律师和一名初中级律师的专业服务小时收费费率达成一致，并同意 Harneys 的其他成员可在适当时不时予以协助。Harneys 还同意他们愿意就特定工作项目单独商定预算。\n\n16. Harneys 未曾向任何其他人分享、亦未同意向任何其他人分享在这些案件中收到的报酬，但《破产法典》第 504(b)(1) 条允许的除外。\n\n17. Harneys 同意在法院批准 Harneys 聘用申请的任何裁定中包含以下表述：\n\n对 Harneys 的任何报酬的准许，应仅限于其作为第 11 章受托人 Luc A. 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