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

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

In re:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Tristan G. Axelrod taxelrod@brownrudnick.com William R. Baldiga wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com Kellianne Baranowsky kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com, aevans@gs-lawfirm.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;

Patrick M. Birney pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com

G. Alexander alexbongartz@paulhastings.com

Carollynn H.G. Callari ccallari@callaripartners.com

Scott M. Charmoy scottcharmoy@charmoy.com, ecf-3ae5beb98d9b@ecf.pacerpro.com;

Holley L. Claiborn holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov

Luc A. Despins lucdespins@paulhastings.com, matlaskowski@paulhastings.com;

Sam Della Fera, Jr. sdellafera@csglaw.com David S. Forsh dforsh@callaripartners.com

Taruna Garg tgarg@murthalaw.com, mgarcia@murthalaw.com Irve J. Goldman igoldman@pullcom.com, rmccoy@pullcom.com

James C. Graham jgraham@npmlaw.com, sgibbons@npmlaw.com;

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

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

Patrick R. Linsey plinsey@npmlaw.com, karguello@npmlaw.com;

Kristin B. Mayhew kmayhew@pullcom.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;

James M. Moriarty jmoriarty@zeislaw.com, cgregory@zeislaw.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;

Thomas J. Sansone tsansone@carmodylaw.com Stuart M. Sarnoff ssarnoff@omm.com, stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com

dskalka@npmlaw.com, smowery@npmlaw.com;

Jeffrey M. Sklarz jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; mbuckanavage@gs lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com, jsklarz@ecf.courtdrive.com

Tiffany Troy tiffanytroy@troypllc.com, troylaw@troypllc.com

U.S. Trustee USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV

Michael S. Weinstein mweinstein@golenbock.com Jay Marshall Wolman jmw@randazza.com, ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com

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

Attn: President or General Mgr Attn: President or General Mgr One Financial Center 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367 Peter M. Friedman

New York, NY 10008-2839 Steven E. Mackey

J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash Gabriel Sasson Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP Paul Hastings LLP 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor 200 Park Avenue

Office of the U.S. Trustee Attn: President or General Mgr 201 Varick Street, Room 410 Exchange, Suite 100

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)