Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #1935

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

In re:

Debtors.

The undersigned hereby certifies that on June 22, 2023, *HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC's and Mei Guo's (a) Objection to Trustee's Emergency Motion for Order Quashing Subpoenas and Denying Them Discovery in Connection With the Trustee's Motion to Sell the Lady May ("Sale Motion"), and (b) Cross-Motion to Adjourn the Hearing on the Sale Motion, together with a proposed form of Order Granting Cross-Motion to Adjourn the Hearing on the Sale Motion,* was filed electronically.

Notice of this filing has been sent by e-mail to each party designated as an "ECF Party" on the annexed Service List by operation of the Court's electronic filing system ("CM/ECF"), or by United States first-class mail to all other parties on the annexed service list who are unable to accept electronic filing pursuant to the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access the documents through the Court's CM/ECF system.

With respect to the Notice Parties, as defined in Local Bankr. R. 2004-1, the following parties will receive notice of this filing by CM/ECF: (i) the Debtor; (ii) the Chapter 11 Trustee;

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).

(iii) the United States Trustee; (iv) any official committee; and (v) any party that has filed a notice of appearance in the case; provided, however, that parties appearing in the case who are unable to receive electronic notice were served via U.S. Mail as set forth above.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing constitutes service upon all of the Notice Parties.

Dated: June 23, 2023 /s/ Sam Della Fera, Jr.

Roseland, New Jersey Sam Della Fera, Jr. (admitted pro hac vice) [sdellafera@csglaw.com] Lee Vartan (admitted pro hac vice) [lvartan@csglaw.com] Melissa F. Wernick (admitted pro hac vice) [mwernick@csglaw.com] CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC 105 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland, NJ 07068 Telephone: (973) 325-1500 Facsimile: (973) 325-1501 Attorneys for Mei Guo and HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC

Aaron A. Romney (ct28144) [aromney@zeislaw.com] James M. Moriarty (ct21876) [jmoriarty@zeislaw.com] ZEISLER & ZEISLER PC 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5485 Local Counsel for Mei Guo and HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC

In re Ho Wan Kwok Chapter 11 – Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)

Holley L. Claiborn, Esq. (ECF Party) Steven E. Mackey, Esq. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE

The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 Attorneys for the United States Trustee Richard C. Morrissey, Esq. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE

201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014

John L. Cesaroni, Esq. (ECF Party) Christopher Blau, Esq. (ECF Party) Eric A. Henzy, Esq. (ECF Party) Stephen M. Kindseth, Esq. (ECF Party) James M. Moriarty, Esq. (ECF Party) Aaron Romney, Esq. (ECF Party) ZEISLER & ZEISLER PC 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 Local Counsel for Mei Guo and HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 Debtor

Aaron A. Mitchell, Esq. (ECF Party) LAWALL & MITCHELL, LLC 55 Madison Avenue, Suite 400 Morristown, NJ 07960 Attorneys for Debtor, Ho Wan Kwok

Luc A. Despins, Esq, (ECF Party) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 Chapter 11 Trustee for Debtor

Douglas S. Skalka, Esq. (ECF Party) James C. Graham, Esq. (ECF Party) Patrick R. Linsey, Esq. (ECF Party) Lucas Bennett Rocklin, Esq. (ECF Party) Nancy Bohan Kinsella, Esq. (ECF Party) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTIETH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 Local Counsel for Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee

Douglass E. Barron, Esq. (ECF Party) G. Alexander Bongartz, Esq. (ECF Party) Avram Emmanuel Luft, Esq. (ECF Party) Gabriel Sasson, Esq. PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 Attorneys for Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee

Nicholas A. Bassett, Esq. (ECF Party) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Attorneys for Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee J. Ted Donovan, Esq. Kevin J. Nash, Esq. GOLDBERG WEPRIN FINKEL GOLDSTEIN LLP

1501 Broadway 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for Debtor Genever Holdings LLC

Tristan G. Axelrod, Esq. (ECF Party) William R. Baldiga, Esq. (ECF Party) BROWN RUDNICK LLP One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

Christopher A. Lilly, Esq. TROY GOULD PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367 Attorneys for Chao-Chih Chiu, Huizhen Wang, Yunxia Wu, and Keyi Zilkie Gregory A. Coleman COLEMAN WORLDWIDE ADVISORS, LLC P O Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839

Dundon Advisers LLC 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606

Stuart M. Sarnoff, Esq. (ECF Party) Diana Perez, Esq. Edward Moss, Esq. Daniel Shamah, Esq. Laura S. Aronsson, Esq. (ECF Party) Daniel L. Cantor, Esq. (ECF Party) Mia N. Gonzalez, Esq. (ECF Party) O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP

Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Attorneys for Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.

Sara Pahlavan, Esq. (ECF Party) O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 28th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Attorneys for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity

Fund L.P. David V. Harbach II, Esq. (ECF Party)

Peter M. Friedman, Esq. (ECF Party) O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP 1625 Eye Street NW

Washington, DC 20006 Attorneys for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.

Derek L. Wright, Esq. Douglas E. Spelfogel, Esq. MAYER BROWN LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1001 Attorneys for Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.

Patrick M. Birney, Esq. (ECF Party) Annecca H. Smith, Esq. (ECF Party) ROBINSON & COLE LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 Attorneys for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P., Creditor

Alissa M. Nann, Esq. FOLEY & LARDNER LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016 Attorneys for Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.

781 Fifth Avenue Apt. 1801 New York, NY 10022-5520

Francis J. Lawall, Esq. (ECF Party) PEPPER HAMILTON LLP 3000 Two Logan Square 18th & Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799

Attorneys for Interested Party Bravo Luck Limited

Stretto 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC 777 Third Avenue, 12th Floor New York, NY 10017

Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Boulevard, #1012 Chicago, IL 60606 Peter J. Zarella, Esq. (ECF Party) McELROY, DEUTSCH, MULVANEY & CARPENTER, LLP

One State Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103-3102 Attorneys for Zheng Wu, Rui Ma, Weican Meng, Creditors

Carollynn H.G. Callari, Esq. (ECF Party) CALLARI PARTNERS, LLC One Rockefeller Plaza 10th Floor New York, New York 10020 Attorneys for Rui Ma and Zheng Wu

Samuel B. Davidoff, Esq. (ECF Party) WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY LLP 680 Maine Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024 Attorneys for Williams & Connolly LLP, Interested Party

Taruna Garg, Esq. (ECF Party) MURTHA CULLINA LLP 107 Elm Street Stamford, CT 06902 Attorneys for Creditor The Sherry-Netherland, Inc.

Evan S. Goldstein, Esq. UPDIKE, KELLY & SPELLACY, P.C. Goodwin Square 225 Asylum Street, 20th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for Hing Chi Ngok and Greenwich Land, LLC

James J. Healy, Esq. (ECF Party) COWDERY & MURPHY, LLC 280 Trumbull Street, 22nd Floor Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for Williams & Connolly LLP

Jeffrey Hellman, Esq. (ECF Party) LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY HELLMAN, LLC 195 Church Street, 10th Floor New Haven, CT 06510

Jonathan Kaplan, Esq. (ECF Party) PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Irve J. Goldman, Esq. (ECF Party) Kristin B. Mayhew, Esq. (ECF Party) PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC 850 Main Street, 8th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 Attorneys for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors

Andrew V. Layden, Esq. (ECF Party) Danielle L. Merola, Esq. (ECF Party) BAKERHOSTETLER 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 2300 Orlando, FL 32801

Sherry J. Millman, Esq. (ECF Party) Patrick N. Petrocelli, Esq. (ECF Party) STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038 Attorneys for Creditor The-Sherry-Netherland, Inc.

Scott D. Rosen, Esq. (ECF Party) Timothy D. Miltenberger, Esq. COHN BIRNBAUM & SHEA P.C. 100 Pearl Street, 12th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for Golden Spring (New York), Ltd., Interested Party

Thomas J. Sansone, Esq. (ECF Party) CARMODY TORRANCE SANDAK & HENNESSEY LLP 195 Church Street P.O. Box 1950 New Haven, CT 06509-1950 Attorneys for Rong Zhang, Xiaodan Wang and Chong Shen Raphanella, Creditors

TROY LAW PLLC 41-25 Kissena Boulevard, Suite 103 Flushing, NY 11355 Attorneys for Jia Yang Li, Jian Fan, Qiqhua Fan and Troy Law PLLC, Creditors

John Troy, Esq. (ECF Party) TROY LAW, PLLC 41-25 Kissena Boulevard, Suite 103 Flushing, NY 11355 Attorneys for Troy Law, PLLC, Interested Party Michael S. Weinstein, Esq. (ECF Party) GOLENBOCK EISEMAN ASSOR BELL & PESKOE LLP

771 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for Rong Zhang, Xiaodan Wang and Chong Shen Raphanella, Creditors

Jay M. Wolman, Esq. (ECF Party) RANDAZZA LEGAL GROUP, PLLC 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for Logan Cheng, Creditor

Jeffrey M. Sklarz, Esq. (ECF Party) Lawrence S. Grossman, Esq. (ECF Party) Kellianne Baranowsky, Esq. (ECF Party) GREEN & SKLARZ LLC One Audubon Street, Third Floor New Haven, CT 06511 Attorneys for BakerHostetler, Interested Party and G-Club Operations LLC, Interested Party Scott M. Charmoy, Esq. (ECF Party) CHARMOY & CHARMOY, LLC

1465 Post Road East, Suite 100 Westport, CT 06880 Attorneys for HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc. David M. S. Shaiken, Esq. (ECF Party) SHIPMAN, SHAIKEN & SCHWEFEL, LLC

Corporate Center West 433 South Main Street, Suite 319 West Hartford, CT 06110 Attorneys for Bravo Luck Limited Stephen G. Walko, Esq. (ECF Party) IVEY, BARNUM & O'MARA, LLC 170 Mason Street Greenwich, CT 06830 Interested Party

Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Esq. (ECF Party) TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100

1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Bravo Luck Limited Francis J. Lawall, Esq. (ECF Party) TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth and Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103 Attorneys for Bravo Luck Limited Julie A. Lavoie, Esq. (ECF Party) MURTHA CULLINA LLP

280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for The Sherry-Netherland, Inc. Anthony Sodono III, Esq. (ECF Party) Sari B. Placona, Esq. (ECF Party) McMANIMON, SCOTLAND & BAUMANN, LLC

75 Livingston Avenue, Second Floor Roseland, NJ 07068 Attorneys for HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc. Bonnie C. Mangan, Esq. (ECF Party) LAW OFFICES OF BONNIE C. MANGAN, P.C.

1050 Sullivan Avenue, A3 South Windsor, CT 06074 Local Counsel for HCHK Technologies, Inc., HCHK Property Management, Inc., and Lexington Property and Staffing, Inc.

Lisa J. Fried, Esq. (ECF Party) Marc J. Gottridge, Esq. (ECF Party) HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS NEW YORK LLP

450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for UBS AG Keith N. Costa, Esq. (ECF Party) BARCLAY DAMON LLP

545 Long Wharf Drive, 9th Fl. New Haven, CT 06511 Attorneys for Leonard S. D. Scudder

Christopher J. Major, Esq. (ECF Party) Austin D. Kim, Esq. (ECF Party) MEISTER SEELIG & FEIN PLLC 125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 Attorneys for Hing Chi Ngok and Greenwich Land, LLC Joanna J. Cline, Esq. (ECF Party) TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Bravo Luck Limited Stephen R. Cook, Esq. (ECF Party) BROWN RUDNICK LLP 2211 Michelson Drive, 7th Floor Irvine, CA 92612 Special (Criminal Defense) Counsel for Ho Wan Kwok

Stephen A. Best, Esq. (ECF Party) BROWN RUDNICK LLP 601 Thirteenth Street NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20005 Special (Criminal Defense) Counsel for Ho Wan Kwok

Trevor Bradley, Esq. (ECF Party) ROBINSON & COLE LLP 1055 Washington Boulevard Stamford, CT 06901 Attorneys for Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, LP Carolina Fornos, Esq. (ECF Party) PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

31 West 52nd Street New York, NY 10019 Attorneys for G|Club Operations, LLC

Ross G. Fingold, Esq. (ECF Party) STOKESBURY & FINGOLD, LLC 10 Waterside Drive, Suite 204 Farmington, CT 06032 Attorneys for Interested Party, Nodal Partners, LLC

Sabato P. Fiano, Esq. (ECF Party) ZELDES, NEEDLE & COOPER, P.C. 100 Lafayette Boulevard, 7th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 Attorneys for RCI Bridgeport, LLC David S. Forsh, Esq. (ECF Party) CALLARI PARTNERS, LLC

One Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY 10020 Attorneys for Creditor Weican Meng and Zheng Wu Richard N Freeth, Esq. (ECF Party) FREETH & ASSOCIATES, LLC

260 Madison Avenue 8th Floor New York, NY 10016 Attorneys for Himalaya Investment LLC and Jiaming Liu

Kathleen M. LaManna, :Esq. (ECF Party) Latonia C. Williams, Esq. (ECF Party) SHIPMAN & GOODWIN LLP 942 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 Attorneys for U.S. Bank National Association, as escrow agent