Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #1385

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

In re:

Chapter 11

HO WAN KWOK *et al.*,

<span id="page-0-1"></span>Debtors. [1](#page-0-0) Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)

Jointly Administered

January 25, 2023

# **BRAVO LUCK LIMITED'S MOTION TO QUASH SUBPOENA**

Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo"), by and through its undersigned counsel, pursuant to Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the "Civil Rules"), made applicable to these proceedings by Rule 9016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the "Bankruptcy Rules"), and Bankruptcy Rule 2004 hereby moves to quash the *Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination*, served on Bravo on January 11, 2023 (the "Rule 2004 Subpoena") by Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the "Trustee" ). In support of its motion, Bravo respectfully submits *Bravo Luck's Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Quash Subpoena* (the "Memorandum of Law"), filed concurrently herewith, and states as follows.

#### **BACKGROUND**

1. On February 15, 2022, Ho Wan Kwok (the "Debtor") filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in this Court and on July 8, 2022, the Court entered an order [Bankr. Docket No. 523] appointing the Trustee.

## **ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED**

<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).

2. On January 11, 2023, the Trustee served the Rule 2004 Subpoena on Bravo, seeking both testimony and the production of documents from Bravo. A copy of the Rule 2004 Subpoena is attached to the Memorandum of Law as Exhibit A.

3. On January 24, 2023, as set forth in the *Declaration of Francis J. Lawall*, attached hereto as **Exhibit A**, in accordance with D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 37(a), incorporated in these proceedings pursuant to L. Bankr. R. 7037-1, counsel for Bravo conferred with counsel to the Trustee via telephone to discuss the issues raised in this motion and in the Memorandum of Law in a good faith attempt to reach an agreeable resolution of such issues.

4. On January 25, 2023, Bravo sent counsel to the Trustee a letter voicing various objections to the Rule 2004 Subpoena, a copy of which is attached to the Memorandum of Law as Exhibit B.

5. Additional factual background regarding the motion is set forth in the Memorandum of Law and incorporated herein by reference.

## **RELIEF REQUESTED**

6. Bravo respectfully requests that the Court enter an order, substantially in the form attached hereto as **Exhibit B**, quashing the Rule 2004 Subpoena for the reasons set forth in the Memorandum of Law, and grant such other and further relief as may be just and proper.

Dated: January 25, 2023

*/s/ Francis J. Lawall*

Francis J. Lawall, Esq. TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP 3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth and Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103 Telephone: (215) 981-4481 francis.lawall@troutman.com

*and*

David M. S. Shaiken (ct02297) Shipman, Shaiken & Schwefel, LLC 433 South Main Street, Suite 319 West Hartford, CT 06110 Telephone: (860) 606-1703 Fax: (866) 431-3248 david@shipmanlawct.com

*Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited*

## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

The undersigned certifies that on January 25, 2023, the *Bravo Luck Limited's Motion to Quash Subpoena* 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

| Laura Aronsson | laronsson@omm.com | | |------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--| | Tristan G. Axelrod | taxelrod@brownrudnick.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 | | | Patrick M. Birney | pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com | | | Christopher H. Blau | cblau@zeislaw.com | | | G. Alexander | alexbongartz@paulhastings.com | | | Bongartz | | | | Carollynn H.G. Callari | ccallari@callaripartners.com | | | Daniel Cantor | dcantor@omm.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 | | | Samuel Bryant | sdavidoff@wc.com | | | Davidoff | | | | Luc A. Despins | lucdespins@paulhastings.com, matlaskowski@paulhastings.com; | | | | davidmohamed@paulhastings.com | | | Sam Della Fera, Jr. | sdellafera@csglaw.com | | | David S. Forsh | dforsh@callaripartners.com | | | Peter Friedman | pfriedman@omm.com | | | Taruna Garg | tgarg@murthalaw.com, mgarcia@murthalaw.com | | | Irve J. Goldman | igoldman@pullcom.com, 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 | | | | | | | Lawrence S. | LGrossman@gs-lawfirm.com, aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs | | | Grossman | lawfirm.com; lawrencegrossman@ecf.courtdrive.com; | | | | mbuckanavage@gs-lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com | | | 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, cjervey@zeislaw.com | | | Jonathan Kaplan | jkaplan@pullcom.com, prulewicz@pullcom.com; rmccoy@pullcom.com | | | Stephen M. Kindseth | skindseth@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com | | | | | | | Nancy Bohan Kinsella | nkinsella@npmlaw.com, moshea@npmlaw.com; | | | | smowery@npmlaw.com; npm.bankruptcy@gmail.com | | | Andrew V. Layden | alayden@bakerlaw.com | | | Patrick R. Linsey | plinsey@npmlaw.com, karguello@npmlaw.com; | | | | NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | | Avram Emmanuel | aviluft@paulhastings.com | | | Luft | | | | Kristin B. Mayhew | kmayhew@pullcom.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com; | | | | bdangelo@mdmc-law.com | | | Danielle L. Merola | dmerola@bakerlaw.com | | | Sherry J. Millman | smillman@stroock.com | | | Aaron A Mitchell | aaron@lmesq.com | | | James M. Moriarty | jmoriarty@zeislaw.com, cgregory@zeislaw.com | | | Sara Pahlavan | spahlavan@omm.com | | | Patrick N. Petrocelli | ppetrocelli@stroock.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 | | | Thomas J. Sansone | tsansone@carmodylaw.com | | | Stuart M. Sarnoff | ssarnoff@omm.com, stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com | | | Douglas S. Skalka<br>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 | | | Annecca H. Smith | asmith@rc.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 | | Michael S. Weinstein | mweinstein@golenbock.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

| Brown Rudnick LLP | Dundon Advisers LLC | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Attn: President or General Mgr | Attn: President or General Mgr | | One Financial Center | 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 | | Boston, MA 02111 | White Plains, NY 10606 | | Chao-Chih Chiu, Huizhen Wang Yunxia Wu,<br>Keyi Zilkie<br>c/o TroyGould PC<br>1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor<br>Attn: Christopher A. Lilly<br>Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367 | Peter M. Friedman<br>O'Melveny & Myers LLP<br>1625 Eye Street, NW<br>Washington, DC 20006 | | Gregory A. Coleman<br>Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC<br>PO Box 2839<br>New York, NY 10008-2839 | Steven E. Mackey<br>Office of the U.S. Trustee<br>The Giaimo Federal Building<br>150 Court Street, Room 302<br>New Haven, CT 06510 | | J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash | Gabriel Sasson | | Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP | Paul Hastings LLP | | 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor | 200 Park Avenue | | New York, NY 10036 | New York, NY 10166 | | Sherry Millman<br>Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP<br>180 Maiden Lane<br>New York, NY 10038 | Douglas E. Spelfogel<br>Derek L. Wright<br>Mayer Brown LLP<br>1221 Avenue of the Americas<br>New York, NY 10020-1001 | | Richard C. Morrissey | Stretto | | Office of the U.S. Trustee | Attn: President or General Mgr | | 201 Varick Street, Room | 410 Exchange, Suite 100 |

1006 New York, NY 10014

Irvine, CA 92602

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

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

*/s/ Francis J. Lawall* Francis J. Lawall (admitted *pro hac vice*)