--- type: court_doc id: "court_ctb_1417_0" court: "CTB" case_no: "22-50073" doc_number: 1417 doc_type: "ORDER" filed_date: null lang: "en" machine_translated: false url: "https://mubeitech.com/en/court/court_ctb_1417_0" json_url: "https://mubeitech.com/api/court/court_ctb_1417_0" --- # Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #1417 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION -----------------------------------------------------------　x :　Chapter 11 In re:　: :　Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) HO WAN KWOK, et al.,　: :　(Jointly Administered) Debtors.　: -----------------------------------------------------------　x **BRAVO LUCK LIMITED'S REPLY TO MOVANTS' REVISED PROPOSED ORDER, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY CODE SECTIONS 327, 328, AND 363, FURTHER EXTENDING (I) SALE PROCESS OF SHERRY NETHERLAND APARTMENT AND (II) RETENTION OF SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY AS BROKER** Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo Luck") hereby files this response to the *Notice of Filing of Revised Proposed Order, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 327, 328, and 363, Further Extending (I) Sale Process of Sherry Netherland Apartment and (II) Retention Of Sotheby's International Realty As Broker* [Docket No. 1390] (the "Movants' Revised Proposed Order") filed by Luc Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the "Trustee") appointed in the chapter 11 case of Ho Wan Kwok (the "Individual Debtor"), Genever Holdings Corporation ("Genever (BVI)"), and Genever Holdings LLC ("Genever (US)" and, together with the Trustee, and Genever (BVI), the "Movants"). 1. On January 24, 2023, this Court held a hearing (the "Hearing") on the Movant's Motion, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 327, 328, and 363, for Entry of Order 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 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). *Further Extending (I) Sale Process of Sherry Netherland Apartment and (II) Retention of Sotheby's International Realty as Broker* [Docket No. 1257] (the "Extension Motion"),2 [t]o which Bravo Luck had filed the *Objection of Bravo Luck Limited to Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee, Genever Holdings Corporation, and Genever Holdings LLC, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 327, 328, and 363, for Entry of Order Further Extending (I) Sale Process of Sherry Netherland Apartment and (II) Retention of Sotheby's International Realty as Broker* [Docket No. 1288]. 2. At the Hearing, the Court continued the Extension Motion so the parties could try to reach a consensual form of order with respect to the Extension Motion. As indicated at the Hearing, the only issue to be resolved between the parties was the removal of Bravo Luck's and PAX's consent rights with respect to a form of sale agreement for the Sherry Netherland Apartment. 3. Following the Hearing, Bravo Luck confirmed to the Trustee that it was willing to remove the consent rights as requested. 4. The Movants' Revised Proposed Order, however, includes additional relief authorizing the Movants to market the Sherry Netherland Apartment for rent. This new requested relief related to rental of the Sherry Netherland Apartment was not properly noticed in a pending motion before this Court with opportunity for parties in interest to review and object. Moreover, rental of the Sherry Netherland Apartment is not contemplated by—and is inconsistent with—the Settlement Agreement and introduces a number of new issues which require proper notice and consideration. Bravo Luck respectfully asserts that such rental relief should be the subject of a separate motion, to provide Bravo Luck (and other parties in interest) with appropriate notice to consider such requested relief in due course. [C]apitalized terms used but not defined herein shall be ascribed the definitions given to them in the Extension Motion. 5. Therefore, Bravo Luck respectfully requests that the Court not enter the Movants' Revised Proposed Order, but rather enter the revised order granting the Extension Motion as attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Bravo Luck's Revised Proposed Order"). 6. A redline of Bravo Luck's Revised Proposed Order as compared to the Movants' Revised Proposed Order is attached hereto as Exhibit B. Dated: January 31, 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 31, 2023, *Bravo Luck Limited's Reply to Movants' Revised Proposed Order, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Code Sections 327, 328, and 363, Further Extending (I) Sale Process of Sherry Netherland Apartment and (II) Retention of Sotheby's International Realty as Broker* 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　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, Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367　Peter M. Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Gregory A. Coleman Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC PO Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839　Steven E. Mackey Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 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　Douglas E. Spelfogel Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP　Derek L. Wright 180 Maiden Lane　Mayer Brown LLP New York, NY 10038　1221 Avenue of the Americas Richard C. Morrissey Office of the U.S. Trustee 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014 Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602 New York, NY 10020-1001 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)