郭文贵破产案 · 裁定 · ECF #3458 · 中文译文

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美利坚合众国康涅狄格区破产法院）

HO WAN KWOK, et al.,（Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等人，）

Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)（案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)）

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8001 et seq., G Club Operations, LLC ("G Club Operations"), hereby files notice of its appeal from the Bankruptcy Court's August 14, 2024 Order Granting Second Motion For Extension of Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions (ECF No. 3417, the "Ruling"), granting the Trustee, Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee's (the "Trustee") First Supplemental Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee To Extend August 15, 2024 Deadline For Trustee To File Avoidance Actions (ECF No. 3329). A copy of the Ruling is attached hereto as Exhibit A.（请注意，根据《联邦破产诉讼规则》（Fed. R. Bankr. P.）第 8001 条及以下条款，G Club Operations, LLC（“G Club Operations”）特此提交针对破产法院2024年8月14日《准许受托人提起撤销权诉讼截止期限第二次延期动议的裁定》（ECF No. 3417，“该裁定”）的上诉通知，该裁定准许了第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（“受托人”）提交的《第 11 章受托人关于延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼的2024年8月15日截止期限的第一次补充动议》（ECF No. 3329）。该裁定的副本作为附件 A 附于本通知后。）

The names of all parties to the Court's order appealed from and the names, addresses and telephone numbers of their respective attorneys are as follows:（被上诉之法院裁定涉及的所有当事方名称，以及各自代理律师的姓名、地址和电话号码如下：）

Jeffrey M. Sklarz 代表 G Club Operations LLC Kellianne T. Baranowsky 53 Calle Palmeras, Suite 1401

One Audubon Street, 3rd Floor San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595) (the "Debtor"), 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).（1 本批第 11 章破产案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）（“债务人”）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财团受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知和联络）。）

Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 dskalka@npmlaw.com plinsey@npmlaw.com 代表 Luc A. Despins，第 11 章受托人 PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166

Nicholas A. Bassett (pro hac vice/特许出庭) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com

Douglass Barron (pro hac vice/特许出庭) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6079 douglassbarron@paulhastings.com

签署人：/s/ Kellianne Baranowsky Jeffrey M. Sklarz (ct20938) Kellianne Baranowsky (ct26684) Green & Sklarz LLC 700 State St, Suite 100 New Haven, CT 06511 (203) 285-8545 [jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com] kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com

I hereby certify that on the date set forth below a copy of the foregoing was served by CMECF and/or mail on anyone unable to accept electronic filing. Notice of this filing will be sent by email to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail 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.（本人特此证明，于下文列明之日期，上述文书之副本已通过 CM/ECF 系统送达，并/或通过邮寄方式送达给任何无法接收电子申报的主体。本申报的通知将通过法院电子申报系统自动通过电子邮件发送给所有当事方，或根据《电子申报通知》所载，通过邮寄方式发送给任何无法接收电子申报的主体。当事方可通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统查阅本次申报文书。）

Date: August 27, 2024 /s/ Kellianne Baranowsky（日期：2024年8月27日 签名：/s/ Kellianne Baranowsky）

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美利坚合众国康涅狄格区破产法院）

HO WAN KWOK, et al., 1（Ho Wan Kwok 等人，1）

Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)（第 11 章 案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)（合并审理））

ORDER GRANTING SECOND MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR TRUSTEE TO FILE AVOIDANCE ACTIONS（准许受托人提起撤销权诉讼截止期限第二次延期动议的裁定）

On February 15, 2024, the Court entered the Memorandum of Decision and Order Granting in Part Motion to Extend Deadlines (the "First Extension Order").2 (ECF No. 2921.) After notice and an evidentiary hearing held on February 13, 2024 (the "First Extension Hearing"), the First Extension Order granted, for the reasons stated therein, the Motion for Entry of Order Extending Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions (the "First Extension Motion") (ECF No. 2509), filed by Mr. Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the Chapter 11 trustee (the "Trustee") for the bankruptcy estate of Mr. Ho Wan Kwok. The First Extension Order extended the statutes of limitations set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549 from February 15, 2024 – the two-year anniversary of the voluntary filing by Mr. Kwok of his Chapter 11 petition – to August 15, 2024.（2024年2月15日，法院作出了《关于部分准许延长截止期限动议的决定备忘录及裁定》（“第一次延期裁定”）。2 (ECF No. 2921。) 在发出通知并于2024年2月13日举行证据听证会（“第一次延期听证会”）后，基于其中阐明的理由，第一次延期裁定准许了由 Luc A. Despins 先生以 Ho Wan Kwok 先生破产财团的第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）身份提交的《关于作出延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼截止期限裁定的动议》（“第一次延期动议”）(ECF No. 2509)。第一次延期裁定将《美国法典》第 11 编第 108 条、第 546 条及第 549 条（11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549）规定的诉讼时效从2024年2月15日（即 Kwok 先生自愿提交其第 11 章破产申请的两周年届满日）延长至2024年8月15日。）

1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (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 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).（1 本批第 11 章破产案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（又名郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及诸多其他化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 及 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为：Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财团受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于接收通知和联络）。）

2 The First Extension Order is incorporated herein by reference.（2 第一次延期裁定通过引用并入本裁定。）

On July 19, 2024, the Trustee filed the First Supplemental Motion to Extend August 15, 2024 Deadline for Trustee to File Avoidance Actions (the "Second Extension Motion"). (ECF No. 3329.) On July 22, 2024, the Clerk of Court issued a Notice of Hearing, scheduling the Second Extension Motion for hearing on August 13, 2024, setting an objection deadline of August 6, 2024, and a reply deadline of August 9, 2024. (ECF No. 3332.) On July 25, 2024, the Trustee timely filed a certificate of service demonstrating service in accordance with a previously entered order limiting notice of the Second Extension Motion (the "Order Limiting Notice"). (ECF No. 3323).（2024年7月19日，受托人提交了《关于延长受托人提起撤销权诉讼的2024年8月15日截止期限的第一次补充动议》（“第二次延期动议”）。(ECF No. 3329。) 2024年7月22日，法院书记官签发了《听证通知》，排定于2024年8月13日就第二次延期动议举行听证会，并设定提出异议的截止日期为2024年8月6日，答复截止日期为2024年8月9日。(ECF No. 3332。) 2024年7月25日，受托人及时提交了送达证书，证明已根据先前作出的限制第二次延期动议通知范围的裁定（“限制通知裁定”）进行了送达。(ECF No. 3323)。）

On August 6, 2024, timely objections to the Second Extension Motion (the "Objections") were filed by Ms. Hing Chi Ngok, G Club Operations, LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc., Apple Inc., FFP (BVI) Ltd., Ogier, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, and Weddle Law PC (the "Objectors"). (ECF Nos. 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3379.) On August 9, 2024, the Trustee timely filed a reply (the "Reply"). (ECF No. 3391.) On August 12, 2024, the Trustee filed a list of witnesses and exhibits. (ECF No. 3395.)（2024年8月6日，Hing Chi Ngok 女士、G Club Operations, LLC、Meta Platforms, Inc.、Apple Inc.、FFP (BVI) Ltd.、Ogier、Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP 以及 Weddle Law PC（“异议人”）就第二次延期动议及时提交了异议（“异议”）。(ECF Nos. 3373, 3374, 3375, 3376, 3379。) 2024年8月9日，受托人及时提交了答复（“答复”）。(ECF No. 3391。) 2024年8月12日，受托人提交了证人及证据清单。(ECF No. 3395。)）

On August 13, 2024, an evidentiary hearing was held (the "Second Extension Hearing"). The Trustee testified and was subject to cross-examination during the Second Extension Hearing, and the parties advanced their arguments. At the conclusion of the Second Extension Hearing, the Court took the Second Extension Motion under advisement.（2024年8月13日，法院举行了证据听证会（“第二次延期听证会”）。在第二次延期听证会期间，受托人出庭作证并接受了交叉询问，各方陈述了各自的主张。在第二次延期听证会结束时，法院决定对第二次延期动议保留裁决。）

Having considered: (i) the Second Extension Motion, the Objections, and the Reply; (ii) the testimony of the Trustee and the arguments of the parties during the Second Extension Hearing; (iii) the pleadings filed in relation to the First Extension Motion and the testimony of the Trustee and arguments of the parties during the First Extension Hearing; and (iv) matters of which the Court may take judicial notice, the Court finds, for the reasons stated in the First Extension Order, in the Second Extension Motion, during the Second Extension Hearing, and herein, that the Trustee has established cause exists under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(b) to grant the Second Extension Motion, which cause includes without limitation: (1) the pendency of the criminal action styled United States v. Kwok, 23 cr 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y. July 18, 2024) from March 2023 through the date of the entry of this Order and its impact on these cases and the multitude of related adversary proceedings; (2) Mr. Kwok's ongoing contempt of court and failure to perform his statutory duties under 11 U.S.C. § 521; (3) other parties' ongoing contempt of court; (4) the complexity and extent of Mr. Kwok's financial affairs; and (5) the Trustee's diligence in his investigation. The Court is unpersuaded by the arguments of the Objectors to the contrary, including without limitation the arguments that: (a) despite the completely different procedural and factual context in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. \_\_\_, 144 S. Ct. 2071 (2024), to which context the Supreme Court of the United States explicitly restricted its holding, the decision in that case mandates the denial of the Second Extension Motion; and (b) the facts and circumstances of these jointly administered Chapter 11 cases are, at this time, no longer extraordinary. While the Trustee will ultimately conclude his investigation, that time has not yet come. Accordingly, pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006, it is hereby（经审酌：(i) 第二次延期动议、异议及答复；(ii) 受托人在第二次延期听证会期间的证词及各方当事人的论辩；(iii) 与第一次延期动议相关的诉答文书以及受托人在第一次延期听证会期间的证词和各方论辩；以及 (iv) 法院可依职权予以司法认知的事项，基于第一次延期裁定中、第二次延期动议中、第二次延期听证会期间以及本裁定中阐明的事由，法院认定受托人已证明依据《联邦破产诉讼规则》第 9006(b) 条（Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(b)）存在准许第二次延期动议的正当理由，该正当理由包括但不限于：(1) 案号为 United States v. Kwok, 23 cr 118 (AT) (S.D.N.Y.（纽约南区）July 18, 2024) 的刑事诉讼自2023年3月起至本裁定作出之日止的未决状态，及其对本批案件和众多相关对席诉讼程序所产生的影响；(2) Kwok 先生持续藐视法庭并未能履行《美国法典》第 11 编第 521 条（11 U.S.C. § 521）规定的法定义务；(3) 其他当事方持续藐视法庭；(4) Kwok 先生财务状况的复杂性与广泛性；以及 (5) 受托人在其调查中的尽责勤勉。法院未被异议人的相反主张所说服，包括但不限于以下主张：(a) 尽管 Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., 603 U.S. \_\_\_, 144 S. Ct. 2071 (2024) 一案具有完全不同的程序和事实背景，且 Supreme Court of the United States（美国联邦最高法院）已明确将其判决限定于该等背景，但该案的裁决仍强制要求驳回第二次延期动议；以及 (b) 这些合并审理的第 11 章案件的事实和情况在当前已不再具有非同寻常性。受托人终将结束其调查，但目前该时刻尚未到来。据此，依照《联邦破产诉讼规则》第 9006 条（Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006），特此）

ORDERED: The Second Extension Motion (ECF No. 3329) is granted as set forth herein; and it is further（裁定如下：第二次延期动议 (ECF No. 3329) 依本裁定所述予以准许；且进一步）

ORDERED: The time limitations set forth in 11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549 for the Trustee to commence avoidance actions and other actions on behalf of the estate, as well as for amending any pending complaints, are extended through and including February 15, 2025, which date may be further extended upon notice and a hearing; and it is further（裁定如下：《美国法典》第 11 编第 108 条、第 546 条及第 549 条（11 U.S.C. §§ 108, 546, and 549）规定的供受托人代表破产财团提起撤销权诉讼和其他诉讼，以及修改任何未决起诉状的时间限制，延长至2024年2月15日止（含当日），经通知和听证程序后，该日期可进一步延长；且进一步）

ORDERED: The terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry; and it is further（裁定如下：本裁定的各项条款与条件自作出之日起立即生效并具有执行力；且进一步）

ORDERED: The Trustee is authorized to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted herein; and it is further（裁定如下：授权受托人采取一切必要行动以落实本裁定所准许的救济；且进一步）

ORDERED: The Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the interpretation or implementation of this Order.（裁定如下：法院对由本裁定的解释或执行所产生的或与之相关的一切事项保留管辖权。）

Dated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 14th day of August, 2024.（2024年8月14日订于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。）