Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #2511

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Defendant: Guo Wengui / Miles Guo / Ho Wan Kwok
Court: CTB
Case No.: 22-50073
ECF #: 2511
Type: ORDER

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

| -------------------------------------------------------------- | x | |----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| | In re: | : : Chapter 11 | | HO WAN KWOK, et al., | : : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | | Debtors.1 | : : Jointly Administered : |

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#### **MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF O'SULLIVAN MCCORMACK JENSEN & BLISS PC FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 1, 2023 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2023**

In accordance with the *Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and ReimbursementofExpenses for RetainedProfessionals, datedAugust18, 2023* [DocketNo. 2094] (the "Interim Compensation Order"),2 O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC ("OMJB") hereby submits this monthly statement (the "Monthly Fee Statement") seeking compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred as Special Insurance Counsel to Genever Holdings LLC ("Genever (US)"), for the period from December 1, 2023 through and including December 31, 2023 (the "Fee Period"). By this Monthly Fee Statement, OMJB respectfully requests paymentof80% ofall fees and100% ofall expenses actuallyandnecessarily incurred for services rendered during the Fee Period, in the amounts of \$4,958.00 and \$380.84 respectively.

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 oftax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits oftax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate ofHo Wan Kwok (solely for purposes ofnotices and communications).

2 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Interim Compensation Order.

#### **SERVICES RENDERED AND EXPENSES INCURRED**

1. Attached hereto as ExhibitA is a timekeepersummarythatincludes the name, title, bar admission, hourly billing rate, aggregate hours, and amount of fees earned for each OMJB individual who provided services during the Fee Period. The rates charged by OMJB for services renderedto Genever(US) are the same rates thatOMJB charges generallyforprofessional services rendered to its non-bankruptcy clients.

2. Attachedhereto as ExhibitB is a summaryofexpenses incurredandreimbursement sought, by expense type, for the Fee Period.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is the fee statement ofOMJB for services provided during the Fee Period with redactions to protect certain privileged information.

#### **NOTICE AND OBJECTION PROCEDURES**

4. Notice ofthis Monthly Fee Statement will be given by email on the Notice Parties: (i) Luc A. Despins, as chapter 11 trustee for the estate of Ho Wan Kwok (lucdespins@paulhastings.com); (ii) Counsel for the Trustee, (x) Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 (Attn: G. Alexander Bongartz (alexbongartz@paulhastings.com) and Douglass Barron (douglassbarron@paulhastings.com)) and (y) Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., 195 Church Street, 13th Floor, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (Attn: Douglas S. Skalka (dskalka@npmlaw.com) and Patrick R. Linsey (plinsey@npmlaw.com)); (iii) the Office ofThe United States Trustee, Giaimo Federal Building, 150 Court Street, Room 302, New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (Attn: Holley L. Claiborn (holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov)); (iv) counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, Pullman & Comley, LLC, 850 Main Street, 8th Floor, PO Box 7006, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06601-7006 (Attn: Irve J. Goldman (igoldman@pullcom.com); and (v) counsel for Pacific Alliance AsiaOpportunityFundL.P., O'Melveny& Myers LLP, 7 Times Square, NewYork, New York 10036 (Attn: Peter Friedman (pfriedman@omm.com) and Stuart M. Sarnoff (ssarnoff@omm.com) (collectively, the "Notice Parties").

5. Objections to this Monthly Fee Statement, ifany, must be filed with the Court and served upon (i) Special Insurance Counsel to Genever Holdings LLC, O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC (Attn: Michael T. McCormack [$mmccormack@omjblaw.com$](mailto:mmccormack@omjblaw.com) (ii) the Notice Parties by email no later than **February 12, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) (the "Objection Deadline")**, setting forth the nature of the objection and the specific amount offees or expenses at issue.

6. Ifno objections to this Monthly Fee Statement are filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, Genever(US) shall promptly pay OMJB 80% ofthe fees and 100% ofthe expenses as identified in this Monthly Fee Statement.

7. To the extent that an objection to this Monthly Fee Statement is filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, the estates shall withhold payment of that portion of this Monthly Fee Statement to which the objection is directed and promptly pay the remainder ofthe fees and expenses in the percentages set forth above. To the extent such an objection is not resolved, it shall be preserved and scheduled for consideration at the next interim fee application hearing.

Dated: January 19, 2024 Glastonbury, Connecticut

#### GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC

By:*\_\_\_/s/Michael T. McCormack\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_*

Michael T. McCormack (ct13799) Timothy P. Jensen (ct18888) Amy E. Markim (ct27974) O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC 180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Tel: 860-258-1993 Fax: 860-258-1991 mmccormack@omjblaw.com tjensen@omjblaw.com amarkim@omjblaw.com

*Special Insurance Coverage Counsel for Debtor-In-Possession Genever Holdings LLC*

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

| ------------------------------------------------------ x | | | | | | |-------------------------------------------------------------|---|----------------------------|--|--|--| | | : | | | | | | In re: | : | Chapter 11 | | | | | | : | | | | | | 1 HO WAN KWOK, et al., | : | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | | | | | | : | | | | | | Debtors. | : | (Jointly Administered) | | | | | | : | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------x | | | | | |

## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

The undersigned hereby certifies that on January 19, 2024, the foregoing Monthly Fee

Statement was electronically filed. In addition, a copy ofthe Monthly Fee Statement was served

by email on the Notice Parties. Parties mayaccess this filing throughthe Court's CM/ECF system.

#### GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC

By:*\_\_/s/Michael T. McCormack\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_*

## **EXHIBIT A**

### **HOURS AND RATES PER TIMEKEEPER**

| Name | Bar Date | Hourly Rate Billed | Hours Billed | Total Fees Billed | |---------------------|----------|-----------------------|--------------|-------------------| | Timothy Jensen | 1997 | \$450 | 5.3 | \$2,385.00 | | Amy Markim | 2008 | \$350 | .3 | \$105.00 | | Michael McCormack | 1993 | \$400 | 6.8 | \$2,720.00 | | Melissa Gambardella | | \$125 | 7.9 | \$987.00 | | Total | | | 20.3 | \$6,197.50 |

## **EXHIBIT B**

### **SUMMARY OF ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES**

| Expense Category | Amount | | | |-------------------------------------------------------|----------|--|--| | Fees Advanced for Logikcull Invoice – | \$250.00 | | | | eDiscovery Program | | | | | Fees advanced to State Marshal Timothy J. | \$120.74 | | | | Bennett (invoice 12/07/2023) | | | | | Copying – Month ofDecember | \$2.80 | | | | PACER – Month ofDecember | \$7.30 | | | | TOTAL | \$380.84 | | |

## **EXHIBIT C**

#### **TIME AND EXPENSE DETAIL**

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180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone: 860-258-1993 [www.omjblaw.com](htt)

**INVOICE**

Invoice No. 27360 Date: 01/09/2024

Genever Holdings LLC 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

# **3726-001-Genever Holdings/AIG Property Casualty**

#### **Services**

| Date | Attorney | Activity | Time | Rate | Total | |------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|----------|---------------------| | 12/01/2023 | MBG | Review and revise Reply Brief to AIG Opposition to Genever MSJ; finalize same; revise and finalize Motion to Exceed Page Limit; attention to e filing Motion and Reply; transmit copies to L. Despins; revise Amended Complaint; preparation of Amended Complaint in final and exhibits to same; attention to e-filing Amended Complaint. | 1.80 | \$125.00 | \$225.00 | | 12/01/2023 | MTM | Revise, supplement and finalize reply brief re summary judgment (3.4); draft motion to file brief in excess of page limt (.5); revise, supplement and finalize amended complaint with exhibits (1.2) | 5.10 | | \$400.00 \$2,040.00 | | 12/04/2023 | MTM | Email correspondence to Mr. Despins re filing of amended complaint | 0.10 | \$400.00 | \$40.00 | | 12/04/2023 | MTM | Attention to issues re amended compliant; email communications with Attny Despins re same | 0.20 | \$400.00 | \$80.00 | | 12/04/2023 | TPJ | Communications re Pure subpoena | 0.20 | \$450.00 | \$90.00 | | 12/05/2023 | MBG | Attention to TPJ emails re discovery responses and PURE revised subpoena; attention to revisions and finalizing PURE subpoena and attachments; telcon and cover letter to marshal re service of same; email service copy to O'Connor; send AIG supplemental document production to L. Despins; share FM Global subpoena response with Attorney O'Connor; begin review and index of AIG supplemental document production. | 2.30 | \$125.00 | \$287.50 | | 12/05/2023 | TPJ | Attend to matters re Pure subpoena | 0.30 | \$450.00 | \$135.00 | | 12/05/2023 | TPJ | Review AIG discovery responses/production | 2.90 | | \$450.00 \$1,305.00 | | 12/06/2023 | MBG | Further review and index of AIG supplemental document production. | 1.10 | \$125.00 | \$137.50 | | 12/07/2023 | AM | Review correspondence from M. Bono. | 0.30 | \$350.00 | \$105.00 | | 12/12/2023 | MTM | Receipt and review of notice re summary judgment hearing; email | 0.20 | \$400.00 | \$80.00 |

| | | | Services Subtotal | | \$6,197.50 | |------------|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------|------------| | 12/27/2023 | TPJ | Attend to AIG deficiency letter | 1.00 | \$450.00 | \$450.00 | | 12/20/2023 | MBG | Review attorney communications and prepare redacted OMJB November invoice; finalize Statement of Monthly fees and e-file with court; attention to service on Notice Parties of same. | 0.80 | \$125.00 | \$100.00 | | 12/20/2023 | MTM | Revise and finalize monthly fee statement; email communications with Attny Bongartz re same | 0.30 | \$400.00 | \$120.00 | | 12/20/2023 | MTM | Attention to additional redaction issues re fee application | 0.10 | \$400.00 | \$40.00 | | 12/19/2023 | MBG | Review OMJB invoice and draft Fee Application for November time and expenses. | 0.60 | \$125.00 | \$75.00 | | 12/19/2023 | MTM | Revise and supplement draft monthly fee application and attention to redactions re legal invoice | 0.50 | \$400.00 | \$200.00 | | 12/14/2023 | MBG | Finalize Motion for Continuance of MSJ hearing. | 0.20 | \$125.00 | \$25.00 | | 12/13/2023 | MTM | Revise, supplement and finalize motion to continue MSJ hearing; email communications with Attny Despins re same | 0.30 | \$400.00 | \$120.00 | | 12/12/2023 | TPJ | Outlining AIG discovery compliance | 0.90 | \$450.00 | \$405.00 | | 12/12/2023 | MBG | Review court notice of hearing re Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; draft Motion for Continuance of same. | 1.10 | \$125.00 | \$137.50 | | | | correspondence with Attny O'Connor re same; attention to motion for continuance of hearing | | | |

#### **Expenses**

| Type | Date | Activity | Total | |------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------| | | Expense 12/14/2023 | Fees advanced to Logikcull INV154507 11-30-2023 | \$250.00 | | | | Expense 12/27/2023 Fees advanced to Timothy J Bennett State Marshall invoice 12-7-2023 | \$120.74 | | | Expense 12/31/2023 | PACER: Month of December | \$7.30 | | | Expense 12/31/2023 | Copying: Month of December | \$2.80 | | | | | |

**Expenses Subtotal \$380.84**

| Time Keeper | Time | Rate | Total | |---------------------|------|------------------|------------| | Timothy Jensen | 5.3 | \$450.00 | \$2,385.00 | | Amy Markim | 0.3 | \$350.00 | \$105.00 | | Michael McCormack | 6.8 | \$400.00 | \$2,720.00 | | Melissa Gambardella | 7.9 | \$125.00 | \$987.50 | | | | Invoice Subtotal | \$6,578.34 | | | | Invoice Total | \$6,578.34 |

## **Detailed Statement of Account**

#### **Other Invoices**

| Invoice Number | Due On | Amount Due | Payments Received | Balance Due | |----------------|------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| | 27021 | 09/25/2023 | \$99,873.56 | \$80,469.56 | \$19,404.00 | | 27098 | 10/11/2023 | \$35,374.76 | \$28,534.76 | \$6,840.00 | | 27168 | 11/14/2023 | \$24,998.95 | \$20,063.45 | \$4,935.50 | | 27274 | 12/08/2023 | \$31,249.41 | \$0.00 | \$31,249.41 |

#### **Current Invoice**

| Invoice Number | Due On | Amount Due | Payments Received | Balance Due | |----------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|-------------| | 27360 | 01/09/2024 | \$6,578.34 | \$0.00 | \$6,578.34 | | | | | Balance Due on All Invoices | \$69,007.25 | | | | | TOTAL AMOUNT DUE | \$69,007.25 |

Please make all amounts payable to: O'Sullivan McCormack Jensen & Bliss PC *REDACTED*

Payment is due upon receipt.

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180 Glastonbury Boulevard, Suite 210 Glastonbury, CT 06033 Phone: 860-258-1993 [www.omjblaw.com](htt)

# **INVOICE**

Invoice No. 27360 Date: 01/09/2024

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