--- type: court_doc id: "court_ctb_1038_0" court: "CTB" case_no: "22-50073" doc_number: 1038 doc_type: "ORDER" filed_date: "2022-10-27" lang: "en" machine_translated: false url: "https://mubeitech.com/en/court/court_ctb_1038_0" json_url: "https://mubeitech.com/api/court/court_ctb_1038_0" --- # Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #1038 AO 435　Case 22-50073　Doc 1038　Filed 10/27/22　Entered 10/27/22 13:39:42　Page 1 of 17 (Rev. 04/18)　ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS　FOR COURT USE ONLY TRANSCRIPT ORDER　DUE DATE: Please Read Instructions: 1. NAME　2. PHONE NUMBER　3. DATE Eric Henzy　(203) 368-4234　10/27/2022 ehenzy@zeislaw.com　4. DELIVERY ADDRESS OR EMAIL　5. CITY Bridgeport　6. STATE CT　7. ZIP CODE 8. CASE NUMBER　9. JUDGE　DATES OF PROCEEDINGS 22-50073　Judge Julie A. Manning　10/25/2022 10. FROM　10/25/2022 11. TO 12. CASE NAME　LOCATION OF PROCEEDINGS Ho Wan Kwok　Bridgeport 13. CITY　14. STATE　Connecticut 15. 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Baldiga Brown, Rudnik, Freed & Gesmer One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 (617) 330-9000 617-289-0420 (fax) wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 03/09/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 Assigned: 08/05/2022 representing Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor) Brown Rudnick LLP representing One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 617-856-8200 tfeinsmith(@brownrudnick.com (Creditor) Kellianne Baranowsky Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-8545 203-823-4546 (fax) kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com Assigned: 10/14/2022 Douglass E. Barron Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 212-318-6690 212-230-7690 (fax) douglassbarron@paulhastings.com Assigned: 07/22/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Nicholas A. Bassett Paul Hastings, LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 202-551-1902 202-551-0402 (fax) nicholasbassett(@paulhastings.com Assigned: 07/22/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Patrick M. Birney Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 (860) 275-8200 (860) 275-8299 (fax) pbirney@rc.com Assigned: 02/24/2022 representing BakerHostetler (Interested Party) Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Chapter 11 Trustee) Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Chapter 11 Trustee) representing Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor) 10/26/2, 3:53:58 22-50073 Doc 1038 Filed 10/27/22 G. Alexander Bongartz Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York. NY 10166 212-318-6472 212-303-7072 (fax) alexbongartz@paulhastings.com Assigned: 08/04/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Carollynn H.G. Callari Law Firm of Callari Partners, LLC One Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-202-3050 732-243-0163 (fax) ccallari@callaripartners.com Assigned: 03/16/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Andrew M. Carty Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-209-4800 212-209-4801 (fax) acarty(@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 04/15/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY John L. Cesaroni Zeisler & Zeisler PC 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) jcesaroni@zeislaw.com Assigned: 05/10/2022 Assigned: 07/14/2022 Holley L. Claiborn Office of The United States Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 representing Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Chapter 11 Trustee) Rui Ma representing (20 Largest Creditor) > Weican Meng (20 Largest Creditor) Zheng Wu (Creditor) representing Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor) representing Mei Guo (Interested Party) Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road representing Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor) U. S. Trustee representing Office of the U.S. Trustee Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 - ,-./01-234567896 :;6<=>>>:@0A= BCDD-EFDFGD0HICJ2KLMNCOFPC1 QRRSTUVWXYZ[Z\[ZYZZ qrstuvwxyrz{|r}~ HDDH0M4C22CDDE\_ 760H2-1-2L-3^FF 0MBH2PC23c4;66; ;6;?>>9:@0A= DLGN-MH2MK0LB0MH2PMFGC QRRSTUVWXY[ZZ[ZYZZ ¡¢Q£Qll¤¥¦¢§ |r}~q¨x© 0.bHJC@40DD0JH\_0J2-JM34 d2-`CG-@-DD-J\_D0ª0396BbDCCJ ,-.CJ3,966;6 ;9;?;6;?<686 ><;?; ,-./01-234567896 :;6<=>>?@ABCDEFGGFHDHH <==>?@ABCD[FGEFHDHH qrs^\_`sNttNu vJ:7.fw/.-9,xxy mlz{+|5w;}1J001 ~6J1:J/hiejkmjc lkjzjkzjj /,50110J3J:7.Jw/.-9,89:; <==>?@ABCDHFGIFHDHH T?@ABCGDFGHFHDHH ?@ABCD[FGGFHDHH §u^¨©¨¨^\_QNsQªt y6w5~6+1-.L+xxy jjy6J,{0.w0 07¢:J,h¢mjmkk mcmlkjd mcjcdjd6 6-5w13K6w526+1-.L+89:; <==>?@ABCD[FHHFHDHH Rong Zhang (Creditor) Xiaodan Wang (Creditor) Michael S. Weinstein (Attornev) Assigned: 07/15/2022 Stuart M. Sarnoff O'Melveny & Myers LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 202-326-2293 ssarnoff(@omm.com Assigned: 02/25/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Bennett Silverberg Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-209-4800 212-209-4801 (fax) bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 03/01/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY Douglas S. Skalka Neubert, Pepe, and Monteith 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 (203) 821-2000 203-821-2009 (fax) dskalka@npmlaw.com Assigned: 07/14/2022 Jeffrey M. Sklarz Green & Sklarz LLC One Audubon Street 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511 203-285-8545 203-823-4546 (fax) jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com Assigned: 10/07/2022 Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor) Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 representing 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Chapter 11 Trustee) representing BakerHostetler (Interested Party) 10/12 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. representing (20 Largest Creditor) representing representing http 1026/2, 33680 22-50073 Doc 1038 Filed 10/27/22 Annecca H. Smith Robinson & Cole, LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 860-275-8325 860-275-8299 (fax) asmith@rc.com Assigned: 02/24/2022 John Troy Troy Law, PLLC 41-25 Kissena Blvd., Suite 110 Flushing, NY 11355 718-762-2332 johntroy@troypllc.com Assigned: 10/20/2022 Tiffany Troy Troy Law 41-25 Kissena Blvd, Suite 110 Flushing, NY 11355 718-762-1324 tiffanytroy@troypllc.com Assigned: 08/24/2022 Michael S. Weinstein Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LL 711 Third Avenue Assigned: 07/22/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY New York, NY 10017 212-907-7347 212-754-0330 (fax) mweinstein@golenbock.com Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 702-420-2001 jmw@randazza.com Assigned: 02/17/2022 Jay Marshall Wolman Peter J. Zarella McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, One State Street, 14th floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-241-2688 representing Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor) representing Troy Law, PLLC 41-00025 Kissena Blvd., Suite 103 Flushing, NY 11355 718-762-1324 troylaw@troypllc.com (Interested Party) representing Troy Law, PLLC (Creditor) representing representing Chong Shen Raphanella (Creditor) Rong Zhang (Creditor) Xiaodan Wang (Creditor) Logan Cheng c/o Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 (Creditor) representing Rui Ma (20 Largest Creditor) - Case 22-50073 Doc 1038 Filed 10/27/22 Entered 10/27/22 13:39:42 Page 14 of 17 +,-./00.012,34567 895:;<<5=>?>@.<5AB@C> DEEFGHIJKLMNOONOLOO PQRSTUVQUW XOLYZ[GIE\][IJF\^[\_ `aQUWPb X][IJF\^[\_ 1026/22, 伦雷朗 22-50073 Doc 1038 Filed 10/27/22 Eatered:100/27/22 Page 15 of 17 22-05003 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, v. Despins Case type: ap Related bankruptcy: 22-50073 Judge: Julie A. Manning Date filed: 04/11/2022 Date of last filing: 10/26/2022 Attorneys Patrick M. Birney Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 (860) 275-8200 (860) 275-8299 (fax) pbirney(a)rc.com Assigned: 05/06/2022 TERMINATED: 08/26/2022　representing　Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. TERMINATED: 08/26/22 (Defendant) John L. Cesaroni Zeisler & Zeisler PC 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) jcesaroni(a)zeislaw.com Assigned: 08/09/2022　representing　HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (Plaintiff) Assigned: 09/29/2022　representing　HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC (Counter-Defendant) Assigned: 10/19/2022　representing　Mei Guo (Counter-Defendant) Peter Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20006 202-383-5302 pfriedman(a)omm.com Assigned: 06/07/2022 TERMINATED: 08/26/2022　Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. representing TERMINATED: 08/26/22 (Defendant) James C. Graham Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 (203)821-2000 (203)821-2009 (fax) jgraham(@npmlaw.com Assigned: 08/17/2022　Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Defendant) Patrick R. Linsey Neubert Pepe & Monteith, P.C.　representing Luc A. 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