郭文贵破产案 · ORDER · ECF #3051

# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**

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In Re:

HO WAN KWOK*,* et al.,¹

Debtors.

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Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered) March 27, 2024

## **MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEARANCE OF JOANNA J. CLINE**

Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7(e), made applicable by Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9083-4, Joanna J. Cline, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP requests permission to withdraw her appearance on behalf of Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo") in this action.

In support of this motion, the undersigned states the following:

1. On or about December 23, 2022, Troutman Pepper's representation of Bravo was limited by agreement solely to the representation of Bravo in connection with the defense of adversary proceedings filed against Bravo in the jointly administered chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Ho Wan Kwok, Case No. 22-50073 (JAM), pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Connecticut division) (collectively "the Adversary Proceedings").

<span id="page-0-0"></span>¹ The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).

<span id="page-1-1"></span>2. The Adversary Proceedings have been settled by Order of this Cour[t2](#page-1-0) and releases have been exchanged. Accordingly, Troutman Pepper's role on behalf of Bravo Luck has been completed. Therefore, Troutman Pepper's involvement in these bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of Bravo has concluded.

3. In addition, for several months, Troutman Pepper has attempted on numerous occasions to contact the representative of Bravo but has received no response. Troutman Pepper has made clear to Bravo that it intends to withdraw its appearance for Bravo and has again, received no response or objection.

4. Therefore, because the purpose for which Troutman Pepper was retained in these cases has ended and given the length of time during which Troutman Pepper has been unable to communicate with Bravo, Troutman Pepper respectfully requests that it be permitted to formally withdraw as counsel to Bravo.

5. Bravo is hereby advised, pursuant to Local Bankruptcy Rule 9083-4 and District Court Local Rule 7(e), that failure to either engage successor counsel or file a pro se appearance will result in the granting of the motion to withdraw and may result in a dismissal or default being entered against Bravo.

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned respectfully requests that the Court enter the order attached hereto as **Exhibit A** to grant leave to Joanna J. Cline to withdraw her appearance in the above-captioned case.

<span id="page-1-0"></span>[²](#page-1-1) *Order Granting, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation Regarding Settlement with Bravo Luck Limited and Mileson Guo (a/k/a Qiang Guo and/or Guo Qiang)* entered as Docket No. 2153 in *In re Ho Wan Kwok*, Case No. 22-50073 (JAM).

Dated at Wilmington, Delaware, this 27th day of March, 2024.

/*s/ Joanna J. Cline*

Joanna J. Cline, Esq. (ad*mitted pro hac vice)* TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1709 Wilmington, DE 19899 Telephone: 302.777.6542 E-mail: joanna.cline@troutman.com

*Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited*

#### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

The undersigned certifies that on March 27, 2024, the foregoing *Motion to Withdraw Appearance of Joanna J. Cline* was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by United States first class mail, postage prepaid, to anyone unable to accept electronic filing, as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System.

A. Electronic Notice Via CM/ECF Service List

| Gregory F. Arcaro | garcaro@grafsteinlaw.com; 5806@notices.nextchapterbk.com; | |------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | office@grafsteinlaw.com; ArcaroGR49801@notify.bestcase.com | | Laura Aronsson | laronsson@omm.com | | Tristan G. Axelrod | taxelrod@brownrudnick.com | | Henry P. Baer | hbaer@fdh.com;<br>csommer@fdh.com | | William R. Baldiga | wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com | | Kellianne Baranowsky | kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; | | | kbaranowsky@ecf.courtdrive.com | | Daniel D. Barnes | dbarnes@csglaw.com | | Douglass E. Barron | douglassbarron@paulhastings.com | | Nicholas A. Bassett | nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com; jonathonkosciewicz@paulhastings.com; | | | lucdespins@paulhastings.com; alexbongartz@paulhastings.com; | | | ezrasutton@paulhastings.com; douglassbarron@paulhastings.com; | | | ecf.frg@paulhastings.com; aviluft@paulhastings.com | | Patricia B. Bergamasco | bergamasco@csglaw.com | | Richard J Bernard | rbernard@foley.com, NORTHEAST-LitigationDocket@foley.com; | | | cathy.greer@faegredrinker.com | | Patrick M. Birney | pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com | | Christopher H. Blau | cblau@zeislaw.com | | G. Alexander Bongartz | alexbongartz@paulhastings.com | | Trevor L. Bradley | tbradley@rc.com | | Stephen P Brown, Esq | stephen.brown@wilsonelser.com, Denise.Morgan@wilsonelser.com | | Carollynn H.G. Callari | ccallari@callaripartners.com | | Daniel Cantor | dcantor@omm.com | | John F. Carberry | jcarberry@cl-law.com | | Michael A. Carbone | mcarbone@pppclaw.com, vsteele@pppclaw.com | | Dennis M. Carnelli | dcarnelli@npmlaw.com | | John L. Cesaroni | jcesaroni@zeislaw.com | | Scott M. Charmoy | scottcharmoy@charmoy.com; ecf-3ae5beb98d9b@ecf.pacerpro.com; | | | charmoysr97992@notify.bestcase.com | | Holley L. Claiborn | holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov | | Brian J Clifford | bclifford@sdvlaw.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com |

| Michael T. Conway | mconway@lpgmlaw.com | |------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Keith N. Costa | kcosta@otterbourg.com;<br>kcosta@otterbourg.com; awilliams@otterbourg.com | | James J. Costello, Jr | jjcostellojr@norris-law.com | | Samuel Bryant Davidoff | sdavidoff@wc.com | | Luc A. Despins | lucdespins@paulhastings.com; matlaskowski@paulhastings.com; | | | davidmohamed@paulhastings.com | | Sam Della Fera, Jr. | sdellafera@csglaw.com | | Janie Eddy | jeddy@sdvlaw.com | | Paul Fenaroli | pfenaroli@pastore.net | | Sabato P. Fiano | sfiano@znclaw.com | | Ross G. Fingold | rfingold@lawssf.com | | William S. Fish | wfish@hinckleyallen.com, jmccarthy@hinckleyallen.com | | Carolina A. Fornos | carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com | | David S. Forsh | dforsh@callaripartners.com | | Richard N Freeth | rfreeth@freethfirm.com | | Lisa Fried | lisa.fried@hsf.com;<br>stephanie.morano@hsf.com | | Adam Friedman | afriedman@olshanlaw.com | | Peter Friedman | pfriedman@omm.com | | Taruna Garg | tgarg@murthalaw.com;<br>mgarcia@murthalaw.com | | Irve J. Goldman | igoldman@pullcom.com;<br>rmccoy@pullcom.com | | Evan S. Goldstein | egoldstein@uks.com | | Mia N. Gonzalez | mgonzalez@omm.com | | Marc Gottridge | marc.gottridge@hsf.com | | James C. Graham | jgraham@npmlaw.com; sgibbons@npmlaw.com; | | | NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | Robert J. Grand | rgrand@laxneville.com | | Lawrence S. Grossman | LGrossman@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs | | | lawfirm.com; lawrencegrossman@ecf.courtdrive.com; mbuckanavage@gs | | | lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com | | Michael John Grudberg | mgrudberg@tarterkrinsky.com | | Carl T. Gulliver | carlgulliver@cgulliverlaw.com, CarlGulliverLawLLC@jubileebk.net | | David V. Harbach, II | dharbach@omm.com | | James J. Healy | jhealy@cowderymurphy.com | | Jeffrey Hellman | jeff@jeffhellmanlaw.com; christen@jeffhellmanlaw.com | | Eric A. Henzy | ehenzy@zeislaw.com;<br>cjervey@zeislaw.com | | Frederick Hyman | FHyman@crowell.com | | Zachary A. Intrater | zintrater@braflaw.com | | Ryan T. Jareck | rjareck@coleschotz.com | | Timothy P. Jensen | tjensen@omjblaw.com | | David G. Jordan | djordan@sdvlaw.com;<br>kryan@sdvlaw.com | | Jonathan Kaplan | jkaplan@pullcom.com;<br>prulewicz@pullcom.com; rmccoy@pullcom.com | | Austin D Kim | adk@msf-law.com | | Stephen M. Kindseth | skindseth@zeislaw.com;<br>cjervey@zeislaw.com | | Nancy Bohan Kinsella | nkinsella@npmlaw.com; moshea@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com; | | | npm.bankruptcy@gmail.com | | John Joseph Kuster | jkuster@sidley.com | | Ivan J. Ladd-Smith | ladd-smith@spearsmanning.com | | Kathleen M. LaManna | klamanna@goodwin.com; bankruptcy@goodwin.com; | | | bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com |

| Julie A Lavoie | jlavoie@murthalaw.com | |------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Barry R Lax | blax@laxneville.com | | Andrew V. Layden | alayden@bakerlaw.com | | Scott A. Lessne | slessne@crowell.com, scott-lessne-2280@ecf.pacerpro.com | | Brian David Linder | linder@clayro.com | | Patrick R. Linsey | plinsey@npmlaw.com; karguello@npmlaw.com; | | | NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | Avram Emmanuel Luft | aviluft@paulhastings.com | | Christopher J. Major | cjm@msf-law.com | | Bonnie C. Mangan | bonnie.mangan@manganlaw.com; becky.avery@manganlaw.com | | Amy E. Markim | amarkim@omjblaw.com | | Joseph Martini | jmartini@spearsmanning.com | | Katherine E. Mateo | kmateo@olshanlaw.com | | Kristin B. Mayhew | kmayhew@pullcom.com; kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com; bdangelo@mdmc | | | law.com | | Shlomo Maza | shlomomaza@paulhastings.com | | Melissa Rose McClammy | mmcclammy@pastore.net | | Michael T. McCormack | mmccormack@omjblaw.com;<br>mgambardella@omjblaw.com | | Jason E. Meade | jmeade@steptoe.com | | Danielle L. Merola | dmerola@bakerlaw.com | | Robert Rush Miller | rmiller@laxneville.com | | Sherry J. Millman | smillman@stroock.com | | Aaron A Mitchell | aaron@lmesq.com | | James M. Moriarty | jmoriarty@zeislaw.com; cgregory@zeislaw.com | | Jon P. Newton | jnewton@reidandriege.com, umongrain@rrlawpc.com | | Sara Pahlavan | spahlavan@omm.com | | Joseph M. Pastore, III | jpastore@pastore.net | | Patrick N. Petrocelli | ppetrocelli@stroock.com | | Sari B. Placona | splacona@msbnj.com | | Lucas Bennett Rocklin | lrocklin@npmlaw.com; NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | Aaron Romney | aromney@zeislaw.com; swenthen@zeislaw.com | | Scott D. Rosen | srosen@cb-shea.com; msullivan@cbshealaw.com; dtempera@cbshealaw.com | | Tyler W. Rutherford | trutherford@pastore.net | | Thomas J. Sansone | tsansone@carmodylaw.com | | Stuart M. Sarnoff | ssarnoff@omm.com; stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com | | John T. Shaban | john@levinelevinelaw.com | | Eric T. Schmitt | eschmitt@quinlanfirm.com | | Jordan W. Schur | jschur@houser-law.com | | Douglas S. Skalka | dskalka@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com; | | | NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | Jeffrey M. Sklarz | jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; mbuckanavage@gs | | | lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com, jsklarz@ecf.courtdrive.com | | Michael B. Sloan | msloan@msf-law.com | | Annecca H. Smith | asmith@rc.com | | Anthony Sodono, III | asodono@msbnj.com | | Philip Tafet | tafet@mintzandgold.com | | Michael P. Thompson | mpthompson@grsm.com; tbernier@grsm.com | | John Troy | johntroy@troypllc.com | | Tiffany Troy | tiffanytroy@troypllc.com; troylaw@troypllc.com |

| U.S. Trustee | USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV | |----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------| | Lee Vartan | Ivartan@csglaw.com | | Stephen G. Walko | swalko@ibolaw.com | | Thomas M. Walsh | twalsh@csglaw.com | | David H. Wander | dhw@dhclegal.com | | Michael S. Weinstein | mweinstein@golenbock.com | | Melissa F. Wernick | mwernick@csglaw.com | | Latonia C. Williams | lwilliams@goodwin.com; bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com; | | | bankruptcy@goodwin.com | | Jay Marshall Wolman | jmw@randazza.com; ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com | | Peter J. Zarella | pzarella@mdmc-law.com |

#### B. United States First Class Mail, Postage Prepaid, Service List

Affiliated Adjustment Group, Ltd. 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W3 Lake Success, NY 11042

Brown Rudnick LLP Attn: President or General Mgr One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

Chao-Chih Chiu, Huizhen Wang Yunxia Wu, Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367

Gregory A. Coleman Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC PO Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839

J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036

Sherry Millman Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038

Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 801 US Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408

Dundon Advisers LLC Attn: President or General Mgr 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606

Peter M. Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Steven E. Mackey Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510

Gabriel Sasson Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

Douglas E. Spelfogel Derek L. Wright Mayer Brown LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1001

Richard C. Morrissey Office of the U.S. Trustee 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014

Edward Moss, Diana Perez, Stuart Sarnoff, and Daniel Shamah O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036

Alissa M. Nann Foley & Lardner LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016

Irve Goldman, Esq. Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06601

Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC 777 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10017

Xiaoxiao Lin 24 Sonrisa Irvine, CA 92620

Yuanlin Liu 192 Pendleton Dr. Amherst, VA 24521 Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Blvd. #1012 Chicago, IL 60606

Genever Holdings Corporation P.O. Box 3170 Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Genever Holdings LLC 781 Fifth Avenue Apt. 1801 New York, NY 10022-5520

Edmiston and Company Limited 2 Marina Plaza Newport, RI 02840

Xiaoming Liu 5-16-50 Nemotomachi Tajimi City Gifu Prefecture, 5070065

Ning Zhao 3611 Summer Ranch Dr. Katy, TX 77694

<span id="page-8-1"></span>The foregoing and the attached notice were also served by United States first class mail,

postage prepaid, upon:

Bravo Luck Limited[1](#page-8-0) P.O. Box 957 Offshore Incorporations Centre Road Town Tortola British Virgin Islands

Qiang Guo 5 Princess Gate, G3 London, SW7 1QJ United Kingdom

*/s/ Joanna J. Cline* Joanna J. Cline (admitted *pro hac vice*)

<span id="page-8-0"></span>¹ [M](#page-8-1)ovant does not have a postal service address for Bravo Luck. Therefore, we are using prior service addresses utilized by the Trustee in other matters within the Kwok bankruptcy cases.

# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**

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In Re:

HO WAN KWOK*,* et al.,¹

Debtors.

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Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)

March 27, 2024

# **NOTICE**

### TO: BRAVO LUCK LIMITED

**PLEASE TAKE NOTICE** that Joanna J. Cline has filed the enclosed Motion to Withdraw Appearance in the above-captioned case, and that failure to either engage successor counsel or file

a pro se appearance will result in the granting of the motion to withdraw and may result in a

dismissal or default being entered against you, or other action adverse to your interests being taken

in the bankruptcy case.

Dated at Wilmington, Delaware, this 27th day of March, 2024.

/*s/ Joanna J. Cline* Joanna J. Cline, Esq. (ad*mitted pro hac vice)* TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1709 Wilmington, DE 19899 Telephone: 302.777.6542 E-mail: joanna.cline@troutman.com *Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited*

<span id="page-9-0"></span>¹ The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).