Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #1564

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

In re:

Chapter 11

Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)

HO WAN KWOK *et al.*, [1](#page-0-0)

<span id="page-0-1"></span>Debtors.

(Jointly Administered)

#### **MOTION TO APPEAR REMOTELY FOR THE MARCH 21, 2023 STATUS CONFERENCE**

Pursuant to 11 U.S.C § 105(a) and Rule 1001 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the "Bankruptcy Rules"), Bravo Luck Limited, by and through its undersigned counsel, respectfully moves the Court for permission for attorney Francis J. Lawall of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP to appear remotely for Bravo Luck at the hearing currently scheduled for March 21, 2023.

### **BACKGROUND AND REQUESTED RELIEF**

1. On March 17, 2023, Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee appointed in the above-captioned case, filed the *Emergency Request for Status Conference* [Docket No. 1559] (the "Request") requesting that the Court schedule a status conference during the week of March 20, 2023 to provide the Court with updates regarding the Lady May, the Sherry Netherland Apartment, ongoing Bankruptcy Rule 2004 discovery, and pending adversary proceedings.

<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 March 20, 2023, the Court entered an order [Docket No. 1561] scheduling a status conference for March 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. (ET) (the "Status Conference") to address the items raised in the Request, as well as the Debtor's motion to continue a hearing on its motion to remove the Trustee [Docket No. 1557], two motions to extend time filed in Adversary Proceeding No. 23-05002 [Adv. Pro. Docket Nos. 29 and 31], and the motion to expedite a hearing filed in Adversary Proceeding No. 22-05003 [Adv. Pro. Docket No. 149]. The order scheduling the Status Conference did not provide an option for remote participation.

3. Bravo Luck is a defendant in several adversary proceedings before the Court, all of which involve the Sherry Netherland Apartment, wishes to have Mr. Lawall participate in the Status Conference. However, Mr. Lawall is currently in Philadelphia, PA and, given the short notice of the Status Conference, has not made arrangements to travel to Bridgeport, CT. Further, only a narrow subset of the issues to be addressed at the Status Conference involve Bravo Luck. Bravo Luck respectfully submits that allowing Mr. Lawall to appear remotely at the Status Conference is reasonable under these circumstances and will comport with Bankruptcy Rule 1001 and promote a just, speedy, and inexpensive adjudication of the Status Conference.

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Bravo Luck respectfully requests that its undersigned counsel, Mr. Lawall, be permitted to appear remotely before this Court at the Status Conference

Dated: March 20, 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 March 20, 2023, the *Motion to Appear Remotely for the March 21, 2023 Status Conference* 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 | | Patricia B. Bergamasco | Pbergamasco@csglaw.com | | Patrick M. Birney | pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com | | Christopher H. Blau | cblau@zeislaw.com | | G. Alexander Bongartz | alexbongartz@paulhastings.com | | 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 | | Keith N. Costa kcosta@otterbourg.com; | |

| kcosta@otterbourg.com;awilliams@otterbourg.com | | |------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | Samuel Bryant Davidoff | sdavidoff@wc.com | | Luc A. Despins | lucdespins@paulhastings.com, | | | matlaskowski@paulhastings.com; | | | davidmohamed@paulhastings.com | | Melissa I Falk Wernick | mwernick@csglaw.com | | Sam Della Fera, Jr. | sdellafera@csglaw.com | | David S. Forsh | dforsh@callaripartners.com | | Richard N Freeth | rfreeth@freethfirm.com | | Lisa Fried | lisa.fried@hsf.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. Grossman | LGrossman@gs-lawfirm.com, aevans@gs | | | lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs-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 | |-----------------------|-------------------------------------| | Julie A Lavoie | jlavoie@murthalaw.com | | Patrick R. Linsey | plinsey@npmlaw.com, | | | karguello@npmlaw.com; | | | NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net | | Avram Emmanuel Luft | aviluft@paulhastings.com | | | | | Bonnie C. Mangan | bonnie.mangan@manganlaw.com, | | | becky.avery@manganlaw.com | | 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 | | Sari B. Placona | splacona@msbnj.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 | | Anthony Sodono, III | asodono@msbnj.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 Attn: President or General Mgr One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

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

Gregory A. Coleman Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC PO Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839

J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036

Sherry Millman Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038

Richard C. Morrissey Office of the U.S. Trustee 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014

Edward Moss, Diana Perez, Stuart Sarnoff, and Daniel Shamah O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square

Dundon Advisers LLC Attn: President or General Mgr 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606

Peter M. Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Steven E. Mackey Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510

Gabriel Sasson Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

Douglas E. Spelfogel Derek L. Wright Mayer Brown LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1001

Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Blvd. #1012 Chicago, IL 60606

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

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*)