{"id":"court_sdny_342_14","court":"SDNY","case_no":"","doc_number":342,"sub_number":null,"doc_type":"DOC","filed_date":null,"title":"SDNY ECF 342","summary_zh":"法庭沉积通知 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案，康州破产法院 Case No. 22-50073，ECF 342。太平洋联盟亚洲基金发出 Rule 30(b)(6) 沉积通知，针对香港国际基金投资（美国）有限责任公司，涉及该实体组织、资产、\"Lady May\" 船舶及债务人权益等事项。","summary_en":"Deposition Notice — United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, In re Ho Wan Kwok, Case No. 22-50073, ECF No. 342. Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. serves Rule 30(b)(6) deposition notice on Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC regarding entity's formation, assets, the \"Lady May\" vessel, and Debtor's interests therein.","body_en":"# **EXHIBIT**\n\n**N**\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n------------------------------------------------------------ x In re: Ho Wan Kwok, Debtor. : : : : : : Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) ------------------------------------------------------------ x\n\n## **PACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P.'S NOTICE OF DEPOSITION OF HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENTS (USA) LLC PURSUANT TO RULE 30(b)(6) OF THE FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE**\n\nTo: Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA), LLC C/O Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604\n\n**PLEASE TAKE NOTICE** that, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil\n\nProcedure (the \"Federal Rules\") Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (\"PAX\") shall take the deposition of Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC (\"HKI Delaware\") by the person(s) most qualified to testify on HKI Delaware's behalf with respect to the topics described below.\n\nThe deposition will commence by remote video conference, on May 16, 2022 at 10:00am\n\n(Prevailing Eastern Time).\n\n**PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE** that, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules, HKI Delaware is required to designate one or more officers, directors, managing agents, or other person who will testify on its behalf with respect to each of the topics below. PAX reserves all rights, including, but not limited to, the right to take additional depositions of HKI Delaware and others, and to expand on the deposition topics listed below.\n\nThe deposition shall be taken upon oral examination before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths, by remote video conference, and may be recorded by videographer and/or by stenographic means.\n\n#### **PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE** that:\n\n1. The deposition will be conducted remotely, using audio-visual conference technology;\n\n2. The court reporter will either report the deposition from the same location as the witness or a location separate from the witness and will remotely administer the oath to the witness;\n\n3. Counsel for the parties and their clients will participate either from the same location or from separate locations;\n\n4. The witness may be required to provide government-issued identification, which must be legible on camera;\n\n5. Each participating attorney may be visible to all other participants, and their statements will be audible to all participants;\n\n6. All exhibits will be provided electronically to the witness and all participants;\n\n7. The court reporter will record the testimony;\n\n8. The deposition may be recorded by stenographic, electronic, and/or visual means; and\n\n9. Counsel for all parties will be required to stipulate on the record their consent to this manner of deposition and their waiver of any objection to this manner of taking the deposition, including any objection to the admissibility at trial of this testimony based on the manner of remote deposition taking.\n\n#### **DEFINITIONS**\n\n- a. \"Asset\" means any asset or property whatsoever, whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, bank accounts, brokerage accounts, real property, land, corporate shares, membership or interest in a limited liability company or partnership, stocks, shares, bonds, investments, investment vehicles, actual or potential judgments, liens, easements, attachments, leases, intellectual property including, without limitation, patents and trademarks, automobiles, airplanes, helicopters, sea vessels, vehicles, artwork, collectibles, clothing, jewelry, cryptocurrency, crypto-wallets, safe deposit boxes, chattel, precious stones or metals, pledged or hypothecated assets, contingent financial interests, options, warrants, securities, commodities, receivables, convertible loans, and interests derived from financial instruments, whether directly or indirectly held.\n- b. \"Bankruptcy Code\" means Title 11 of the United States Code.\n- c. \"Communication\" means the transmittal of information (in the form of facts, ideas, inquiries, or otherwise) and/or any other communicative contact between two or more Persons and/or entities, and shall include, without limitation: written contacts by such means as any Document as defined herein, and oral contact by such means as face-to-face or in-person meetings, telephone conversation, e-mail, and any other form of electronic communication such as telecopy transmissions, telexes, telegrams, and video transmissions, and the originals, drafts, copies, and all non-identical copies of all Documents.\n- d. The \"Chapter 11 Proceedings\" means *In re Ho Wan Kwok*, Case No. 22-50073 (Bankr. D. Conn.).\n- e. \"Debtor\" refers to Miles Kwok a/k/a Kwok Ho Wan, a/k/a Kwok Ho, a/k/a Gwo Wen Gui, a/k/a Guo Wengui, a/k/a Guo Wen-Gui, a/k/a Wan Gue Haoyun, a/k/a Haoyun Guo.\n- f. \"Director,\" \"officers,\" \"member,\" \"partner,\" \"limited partner\" or \"agent\" means any individual or entity serving as such presently or who served in such capacity at any relevant time, even though no longer serving in such capacity.\n- g. \"HKI Delaware\", \"You\", or \"Your\" refers to Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA), LLC.\n- h. \"Including\" means including, but not limited to.\n- i. \"Interest\" means any direct or indirect interest, whether partial, whole, potential, or contingent, including, without limitation, legal ownership, beneficial ownership, right to control, ownership of any or all of the shares of an incorporated entity, membership or interest in a limited liability company or partnership, or access to funds or assets.\n- j. \"List of Codebtors\" refers to the List of Codebtors attached to Schedule H in the Debtor's *Summary of Assets and Liabilities and Certain Statistical Information* [ECF 78].\n- k. \"Or\" means \"and/or\" and is used in the inclusive sense.\n- l. \"Person\" includes natural persons, as well as corporations, proprietorships, limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures, associations, combinations, unions, governmental bodies and agencies, and any and all other entities.\n- m. \"Proposed Plan of Reorganization\" refers to *The Proposed Chapter 11 Plan of Ho Wan Kwok* [ECF 197].\n- n. \"Relating to\" as used herein shall mean concerning, being connected to, commenting on, responding to, containing, constituting, showing, memorializing, describing, analyzing,\n\nreflecting, pertaining to, compromising, identifying, discussing or otherwise establishing reasonable, logical or causal connection to.\n\n### **RULE 30(b)(6) DEPOSITION TOPICS**\n\n- 1. The formation and business purpose of HKI Delaware.\n- 2. The corporate and organizational structure of HKI Delaware.\n- 3. HKI Delaware's employees, officers and directors.\n- 4. HKI Delaware's source of revenue and funding.\n- 5. The Assets and liabilities of HKI Delaware, including without limitation how and\n\nwhen they were obtained.\n\n- 6. The Debtor's Interest in HKI Delaware.\n- 7. The Lady May, including without limitation:\n\t- (a) the purchase of the Lady May;\n\t- (b) any actual or potential transfers of the Lady may or of any ownership or Interest in the Lady May;\n\t- (c) the listing and/or potential sale of the Lady May or of any ownership or Interest in the Lady May;\n\t- (d) any individuals who use or work on the Lady May;\n\t- (e) any monies transferred relating in any way to the Lady May;\n\t- (f) the decision to sail the Lady May from United States waters to the Bahamas in or around October 2020;\n\t- (g) the current location of the Lady May;\n\t- (h) all past and present mortgages, encumbrances, liens, trusts, and pledges relating to the Lady May; and\n\t- (i) the Debtor's Interest in the Lady May.\n- 8. Communications with the Debtor regarding the lawsuit filed by HKI Delaware in\n\nthese Chapter 11 Proceedings.\n\n9. Communications with the Debtor regarding the Proposed Plan of Reorganization.\n\n10. HKI Delaware's relationship with the Debtor and any of the entities listed on the\n\nDebtor's List of Codebtors.\n\nDated: May 4, 2022 New York, New York\n\n> */s/ Peter Friedman* O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Peter Friedman (pfriedman@omm.com) Stuart Sarnoff (ssarnoff@omm.com) Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, New York 10036 Telephone: (212) 326-2000\n\n*Attorneys for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.*","body_zh":"证物\n\nN\n\nUnited States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n关于：Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵），债务人。\n第 11 章\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nPacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙）根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 30(b)(6) 条对 Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限责任公司）进行取证质询的通知\n\n致：Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA), LLC\n转交：Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C.\n10 Middle Street, 15th Floor\nBridgeport, CT 06604\n\n请注意，根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》（下称“《联邦规则》”）第 30(b)(6) 条，Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（下称“PAX”）将对 Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC（下称“HKI 特拉华”）进行取证质询，由最具有资格代表 HKI 特拉华就下述主题作证的人员接受质询。\n\n本次取证质询将于 2022年5月16日 上午 10:00（美国东部现行时间）通过远程视频会议开始。\n\n另请注意，根据《联邦规则》第 30(b)(6) 条，HKI 特拉华须指定一名或多名高级职员、董事、管理代理人或其他人员代表其就以下各项主题作证。PAX 保留所有权利，包括但不限于对 HKI 特拉华及其他人进行额外取证质询，以及扩展下列取证质询主题的权利。\n\n本次取证质询应在依法授权主持宣誓的官员面前以口头询问方式通过远程视频会议进行，并可通过摄像录制和/或速记方式进行记录。\n\n另请注意：\n\n1. 本次取证质询将利用视听会议技术远程进行；\n\n2. 法庭速记员将在与证人相同的地点或与证人分开的地点记录取证质询，并将远程为证人主持宣誓；\n\n3. 各方当事人的律师及其当事人将在同一地点或不同地点参与；\n\n4. 证人可能会被要求提供政府颁发的身份证明文件，该文件在镜头前必须清晰可见；\n\n5. 每位参与律师均可被所有其他参与者看到，且其发言对所有参与者均清晰可闻；\n\n6. 所有证物将以电子方式提供给证人和所有参与者；\n\n7. 法庭速记员将记录证词；\n\n8. 本次取证质询可通过速记、电子和/或视觉手段予以记录；以及\n\n9. 所有当事人的律师均须在记录中约定同意此种取证质询方式，并放弃对此种取证方式的任何异议，包括基于远程取证质询方式而对该证词在庭审时的可采纳性提出的任何异议。\n\n定义\n\na. “资产”系指任何资产或财产，不论是有形的还是无形的，包括但不限于现金、银行账户、经纪账户、不动产、土地、公司股份、有限责任公司或合伙企业中的成员资格或权益、股票、股份、债券、投资、投资工具、实际或潜在的判决、留置权、地役权、查封扣押、租赁、包括但不限于专利和商标的知识产权、汽车、飞机、直升机、船舶、交通工具、艺术品、收藏品、服装、珠宝、加密货币、加密钱包、保险箱、动产、宝石或贵金属、质押或抵押资产、或有财务权益、期权、认股权证、证券、大宗商品、应收款项、可转换贷款以及源自金融工具的权益，不论是直接持有还是间接持有。\n\nb. “《破产法典》”系指《美国法典》第 11 篇。\n\nc. “通信/交流”系指两人和/或实体之间信息的传递（以事实、观点、询问或其他形式）和/或任何其他沟通联络，且应包括但不限于：通过本文件所定义的任何文件形式的书面联络，以及通过面对面或亲自会面、电话交谈、电子邮件等形式的口头联络，以及传真传输、电传、电报和视频传输等任何其他形式的电子通信，以及所有文件的原件、草稿、副本和所有非完全相同的副本。\n\nd. “第 11 章程序”系指 In re Ho Wan Kwok，Case No. 22-50073 (Bankr. D. Conn.)。\n\ne. “债务人”指 Miles Kwok，又名 Kwok Ho Wan、Kwok Ho、Gwo Wen Gui、Guo Wengui、Guo Wen-Gui、Wan Gue Haoyun、Haoyun Guo。\n\nf. “董事”、“高级职员”、“成员”、“合伙人”、“有限合伙人”或“代理人”指目前担任该职务或在任何相关时间曾担任该职务的任何个人或实体，即使其已不再担任该职务。\n\ng. “HKI 特拉华”、“你方”或“你方的”指 Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA), LLC。\n\nh. “包括”系指包括但不限于。\n\ni. “权益”系指任何直接或间接权益，不论是部分的、全部的、潜在的还是或有的，包括但不限于法律所有权、受益所有权、控制权、法人实体任何或全部股份的所有权、有限责任公司或合伙企业中的成员资格或权益，或获取资金或资产的权利。\n\nj. “共同债务人名单”指债务人的 Summary of Assets and Liabilities and Certain Statistical Information（资产与负债及若干统计信息摘要）[ECF 78] 中附于附表 H 的共同债务人名单。\n\nk. “或”系指“和/或”，并在包容性意义上使用。\n\nl. “人/主体”包括自然人，以及公司、独资企业、有限责任公司、合伙企业、合资企业、协会、联合组织、工会、政府机构和机关，以及任何及所有其他实体。\n\nm. “拟议重整计划”指 The Proposed Chapter 11 Plan of Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵拟议第 11 章计划）[ECF 197]。\n\nn. 本文所使用的“与……有关”应指涉及、关联、评论、回应、包含、构成、表明、记录、描述、分析、反映、属于、妥协、识别、讨论或以其他方式确立合理、逻辑或因果联系。\n\n第 30(b)(6) 条取证质询主题\n\n1. HKI 特拉华的成立与经营宗旨。\n\n2. HKI 特拉华的公司与组织架构。\n\n3. HKI 特拉华的雇员、高级职员及董事。\n\n4. HKI 特拉华的营业收入及资金来源。\n\n5. HKI 特拉华的资产与负债，包括但不限于其取得的方式与时间。\n\n6. 债务人在 HKI 特拉华中的权益。\n\n7. Lady May（梅夫人号），包括但不限于：\n(a) 购买 Lady May 号；\n(b) Lady May 号或 Lady May 号的任何所有权或权益的任何实际或潜在转让；\n(c) Lady May 号或 Lady May 号的任何所有权或权益的挂牌和/或潜在出售；\n(d) 在 Lady May 号上使用或工作的任何个人；\n(e) 以任何方式与 Lady May 号相关的任何资金转账；\n(f) 于 2020年10月 前后将 Lady May 号从美国水域驶往巴哈马的决定；\n(g) Lady May 号目前的位置；\n(h) 与 Lady May 号有关的所有过去及现在的抵押、权利负担、留置权、信托和质押；以及\n(i) 债务人在 Lady May 号中的权益。\n\n8. 就 HKI 特拉华在本次第 11 章程序中提起的诉讼与债务人进行的通信/交流。\n\n9. 就拟议重整计划与债务人进行的通信/交流。\n\n10. HKI 特拉华与债务人及债务人共同债务人名单上所列任何实体之间的关系。\n\n日期：2022年5月4日 纽约州纽约市\n\n/s/ Peter Friedman\nO'MELVENY & MYERS LLP（美迈斯律师事务所）\nPeter Friedman (pfriedman@omm.com)\nStuart Sarnoff (ssarnoff@omm.com)\nTimes Square Tower\n7 Times Square\nNew York, New York 10036\n电话：(212) 326-2000\n\nPacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. 代理律师","key_entities":[],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1248,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 07:26:01"}