Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #3052

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

In Re:

Debtors.

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Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered) March 27, 2024 MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEARANCE OF FRANCIS J. LAWALL

Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7(e), made applicable by Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9083-4, Francis J. Lawall, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP requests permission to withdraw his appearance on behalf of Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo") in this action.

In support of this motion, the undersigned states the following:

1. On or about December 23, 2022, Troutman Pepper's representation of Bravo was limited by agreement solely to the representation of Bravo in connection with the defense of adversary proceedings filed against Bravo in the jointly administered chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings of Ho Wan Kwok, Case No. 22-50073 (JAM), pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Connecticut division) (collectively "the Adversary Proceedings").

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. The Adversary Proceedings have been settled by Order of this Court2 and releases have been exchanged. Accordingly, Troutman Pepper's role on behalf of Bravo Luck has been completed. Therefore, Troutman Pepper's involvement in these bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of Bravo has concluded.

3. In addition, for several months, Troutman Pepper has attempted on numerous occasions to contact the representative of Bravo but has received no response. Troutman Pepper has made clear to Bravo that it intends to withdraw its appearance for Bravo and has again, received no response or objection.

4. Therefore, because the purpose for which Troutman Pepper was retained in these cases has ended and given the length of time during which Troutman Pepper has been unable to communicate with Bravo, Troutman Pepper respectfully requests that it be permitted to formally withdraw as counsel to Bravo.

5. Bravo is hereby advised, pursuant to Local Bankruptcy Rule 9083-4 and District Court Local Rule 7(e), that failure to either engage successor counsel or file a pro se appearance will result in the granting of the motion to withdraw and may result in a dismissal or default being entered against Bravo.

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned respectfully requests that the Court enter the order attached hereto as Exhibit A to grant leave to Francis J. Lawall to withdraw his appearance in the above-captioned case.

[2] *Order Granting, Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019, Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and Genever Holdings Corporation Regarding Settlement with Bravo Luck Limited and Mileson Guo (a/k/a Qiang Guo and/or Guo Qiang)* entered as Docket No. 2153 in In re Ho Wan Kwok, Case No. 22-50073 (JAM).

Dated at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 27th day of March, 2024.

/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 E-mail: francis.lawall@troutman.com

Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited

The undersigned certifies that on March 27, 2024, the foregoing Motion to Withdraw Appearance of Francis J. Lawall was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by email 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.

- Gregory F. Arcaro garcaro@grafsteinlaw.com; 5806@notices.nextchapterbk.com; office@grafsteinlaw.com; ArcaroGR49801@notify.bestcase.com Laura Aronsson laronsson@omm.com Tristan G. Axelrod taxelrod@brownrudnick.com Henry P. Baer hbaer@fdh.com; csommer@fdh.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 bergamasco@csglaw.com Richard J Bernard rbernard@foley.com, [NORTHEAST-LitigationDocket@foley.com;] cathy.greer@faegredrinker.com Patrick M. Birney pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com Christopher H. Blau cblau@zeislaw.com G. Alexander Bongartz alexbongartz@paulhastings.com Trevor L. Bradley tbradley@rc.com Stephen P Brown, Esq stephen.brown@wilsonelser.com, Denise.Morgan@wilsonelser.com Carollynn H.G. Callari ccallari@callaripartners.com Daniel Cantor dcantor@omm.com John F. Carberry jcarberry@cl-law.com Michael A. Carbone mcarbone@pppclaw.com, vsteele@pppclaw.com Dennis M. Carnelli dcarnelli@npmlaw.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 Brian J Clifford bclifford@sdvlaw.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com Michael T. Conway mconway@lpgmlaw.com - A. Electronic Notice Via CM/ECF Service List

Keith N. Costa kcosta@otterbourg.com; kcosta@otterbourg.com; awilliams@otterbourg.com

James J. Costello, Jr jjcostellojr@norris-law.com

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

Sam Della Fera, Jr. sdellafera@csglaw.com

William S. Fish wfish@hinckleyallen.com, jmccarthy@hinckleyallen.com Carolina A. Fornos carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com David S. Forsh dforsh@callaripartners.com

Lisa Fried lisa.fried@hsf.com; stephanie.morano@hsf.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. Grossman Grossman@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs lawfirm.com; lawrencegrossman@ecf.courtdrive.com; mbuckanavage@gs

Michael John Grudberg mgrudberg@tarterkrinsky.com Carl T. Gulliver carlgulliver@cgulliverlaw.com, CarlGulliverLawLLC@jubileebk.net

Jeffrey Hellman jeff@jeffhellmanlaw.com; christen@jeffhellmanlaw.com Eric A. Henzy ehenzy@zeislaw.com; cjervey@zeislaw.com

Zachary A. Intrater zintrater@braflaw.com

David G. Jordan djordan@sdvlaw.com; kryan@sdvlaw.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;

Ivan J. Ladd-Smith ladd-smith@spearsmanning.com Kathleen M. LaManna klamanna@goodwin.com; bankruptcy@goodwin.com;

Scott A. Lessne slessne@crowell.com, scott-lessne-2280@ecf.pacerpro.com

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

Avram Emmanuel Luft aviluft@paulhastings.com

Bonnie C. Mangan bonnie.mangan@manganlaw.com; becky.avery@manganlaw.com

Joseph Martini jmartini@spearsmanning.com

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

Melissa Rose McClammy mmcclammy@pastore.net Michael T. McCormack mmccormack@omjblaw.com; mgambardella@omjblaw.com

Robert Rush Miller rmiller@laxneville.com

James M. Moriarty jmoriarty@zeislaw.com; cgregory@zeislaw.com Jon P. Newton jnewton@reidandriege.com, umongrain@rrlawpc.com

Joseph M. Pastore, III jpastore@pastore.net 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 Tyler W. Rutherford trutherford@pastore.net Thomas J. Sansone tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff ssarnoff@omm.com; stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com

Eric T. Schmitt eschmitt@quinlanfirm.com

Douglas S. Skalka 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

Michael P. Thompson mpthompson@grsm.com; tbernier@grsm.com

Tiffany Troy tiffanytroy@troypllc.com; troylaw@troypllc.com U.S. Trustee USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV

Michael S. Weinstein mweinstein@golenbock.com

Latonia C. Williams lwilliams@goodwin.com; bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com;

Jay Marshall Wolman jmw@randazza.com; ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com

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

Affiliated Adjustment Group, Ltd. 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W3 Lake Success, NY 11042

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

Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 801 US Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408

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

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 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

Yuanlin Liu 192 Pendleton Dr. Amherst, VA 24521 Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

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

Edmiston and Company Limited 2 Marina Plaza Newport, RI 02840

Xiaoming Liu 5-16-50 Nemotomachi Tajimi City Gifu Prefecture, 5070065

Ning Zhao 3611 Summer Ranch Dr. Katy, TX 77694

The foregoing and the attached notice were also served by United States first class mail,

postage prepaid, upon:

Bravo Luck Limited[1] P.O. Box 957 Offshore Incorporations Centre Road Town Tortola British Virgin Islands

Qiang Guo 5 Princess Gate, G3 London, SW7 1QJ United Kingdom

/s/ Francis J. Lawall Francis J. Lawall (admitted pro hac vice) [M]ovant does not have a postal service address for Bravo Luck. Therefore, we are using prior service addresses utilized by the Trustee in other matters within the Kwok bankruptcy cases. UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

In Re:

Debtors.

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Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Francis J. Lawall has filed the enclosed Motion to Withdraw Appearance in the above-captioned case, and that failure to either engage successor counsel or file a pro se appearance will result in the granting of the motion to withdraw and may result in a dismissal or default being entered against you, or other action adverse to your interests being taken in the bankruptcy case.

Dated at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 27th day of March, 2024.

/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 E-mail: francis.lawall@troutman.com Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited

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).