Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #3780

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

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In re: : :

HO WAN KWOK, et al., : :

Debtors.1 : :

MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF PRAGER DREIFUSS AG FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2024

In accordance with the Order Establishing Procedures for Interim Compensation and

Reimbursement of Expenses for Retained Professionals, dated August 18, 2023 [Docket No.

2094] (the "Interim Compensation Order"),2 Prager Dreifuss AG ("Prager Dreifuss") hereby

submits this monthly statement (the "Monthly Fee Statement") seeking compensation for

services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred as Swiss law counsel to Luc A.

Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the "Trustee") appointed in the chapter 11 case

of Ho Wan Kwok, for the period from September 19, 2024 through and including October 31,

2024 (the "Fee Period"). By this Monthly Fee Statement, Prager Dreifuss respectfully requests

payment of 80% of all fees and 100% of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred for

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

services rendered during the Fee Period, in the amounts of CHF 75,441.00 and CHF 10,431.00, respectively.3

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a timekeeper summary that includes the name, hours, rate, and total fees earned for each Prager Dreifuss individual who provided services during the Fee Period.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is Prager Dreifuss' fee statement for services provided during the Fee Period.

3. Notice of this 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 of The 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

3 In accordance with Prager Dreifuss' retention order [Docket No. 3034], (a) Prager Dreifuss is authorized to charge a flat fee for disbursements in an amount equal to 2% of the total fees charged and (b) Prager Dreifuss is authorized to invoice its fees and expenses in Swiss Francs (CHF) and to have such fees and expenses paid in Swiss Francs (CHF), subject to the terms of the Interim Compensation Order.

Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 7 Times Square, New York, New York 10036 (Attn: Peter Friedman (pfriedman@omm.com) and Stuart M. Sarnoff (ssarnoff@omm.com) (collectively, the "Notice Parties").

4. Objections to this Monthly Fee Statement, if any, must be filed with the Court and served upon (i) Prager Dreifuss (Attn: Daniel Hayek (daniel.hayek@prager-dreifuss.com) and (ii) the Notice Parties by email no later than November 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (prevailing Eastern Time) (the "Objection Deadline"), setting forth the nature of the objection and the specific amount of fees or expenses at issue.

5. If no objections to this Monthly Fee Statement are filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, the estate shall promptly pay Prager Dreifuss 80% of the fees and 100% of the expenses identified in this Monthly Fee Statement.

6. To the extent that an objection to this Monthly Fee Statement is filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, the estate shall withhold payment of that portion of this Monthly Fee Statement to which the objection is directed and promptly pay the remainder of the 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.

Daniel Hayek PRAGER DREIFUSS AG Mühlebachstrasse 6 CH-8008 Zürich UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

In re: : :

HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1 : :

Debtors. : :

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The undersigned hereby certifies that on the date hereof, the foregoing Monthly Fee Statement was electronically filed. In addition, a copy of the Monthly Fee Statement was served by email on the Notice Parties. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF system.

Dated: November 4, 2024 By: /s/ G. Alexander Bongartz

New York, New York G. Alexander Bongartz (admitted pro hac vice) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6000 alexbongartz@paulhastings.com

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 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).

Sangiorgio, Shannon 71.20 175.00 12,460.00

Paul Hastings LLP Mr. Luc Despins 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 United States of America

Fees for services rendered between September 19, 2024 and October 31, 2024 in the matter of Ho Wan Kwok, as per the attached details.

VAT 0% export from CHF 104'687.25 CHF 0.00

Disbursements 2% (in lieu of itemized minor disbursements) CHF 1'886.00

Terms of payment 30 days net VAT No. CHE-115.724.136 MWST

Please arrange for payment under reference of the above invoice number to our following account: Zürcher Kantonalbank, 8001 Zürich

Prager Dreifuss AG ▪ Zürich, Bern, Brüssel ▪ www.prager-dreifuss.com

Invoice period: September 19, 2024 – October 31, 2024

19.09.2024 rev. of file OJY 0.00% 1.20 25.09.2024 Emails to OJA with law review articles re same GJ 0.00% 0.20

01.10.2024 Meeting with MMA and OJY reg. Memo on SSA 0.00% 0.35 01.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 0.10 01.10.2024 amend draft memo re MMA 0.00% 1.00 01.10.2024 conf. OJY re request letters MMA 0.00% 0.20 02.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 3.15

02.10.2024 work on letter HA 0.00% 0.70

02.10.2024 rev. request for information MMA 0.00% 0.80 02.10.2024 conf HA/SSA re memo on MMA 0.00% 0.25

03.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 5.60

03.10.2024 rev. letter to HA 0.00% 0.30 03.10.2024 Conf. OJY to give comments on letter HA 0.00% 0.30 03.10.2024 E-Mail to Luc and Alex re: letter HA 0.00% 0.50

Alex, first results data base HA 0.00% 0.70 03.10.2024 Review RFI input PH re OJY 0.00% 2.30 03.10.2024 review Swiss law regarding GJ 0.00% 1.00

03.10.2024 conf SSA regarding GJ 0.00% 0.50

03.10.2024 rev. emails on the draft request for information MMA 0.00% 0.20 04.10.2024 Assess Input re OJY 0.00% 2.40 04.10.2024 Draft RFI re OJY 0.00% 4.35 04.10.2024 amend memo on MMA 0.00% 1.30 04.10.2024 Call re Luc and Alex re next steps OJY 0.00% 0.80 04.10.2024 Instructing OJY 0.00% 1.00 04.10.2024 Conf. OJY re: draft letter to HA 0.00% 0.50 04.10.2024 Call Luc and Alex re: next steps, investigations in HA 0.00% 0.70

05.10.2024 E-Mail to Luc HA 0.00% 0.10

07.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 5.55 07.10.2024 Finializing RFI OJY 0.00% 2.55

07.10.2024 rev. extract of HA 0.00% 0.30 07.10.2024 Conf. OYJ re: and e-mail to be drafted HA 0.00% 0.30 07.10.2024 Deal. w. motion to obtain Certificate of Finality (District

07.10.2024 Meeting with MMA reg. memo on SSA 0.00% 0.30 07.10.2024 conf HA/SSA re memo on MMA 0.00% 0.30 07.10.2024 conf OJY re request letter MMA 0.00% 0.30 07.10.2024 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20 08.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 1.70

08.10.2024 rev. various and anwser e-mails of Alex HA 0.00% 0.50 08.10.2024 Conf. OJY re: Lettrs to HA 0.00% 0.50 08.10.2024 rev. and answer E-mail Alex on fees HA 0.00% 0.50 08.10.2024 rev. memo on MMA 0.00% 0.80

09.10.2024 rev.

09.10.2024 rev. drafts requests for information MMA 0.00% 0.40 09.10.2024 amend memo on MMA 0.00% 0.80 10.10.2024 Revision of Memo SSA 0.00% 6.85 10.10.2024 Finalising Drafts and Annexes OJY 0.00% 1.55

10.10.2024 conf SSA re memo on MMA 0.00% 0.70

14.10.2024 Meeting with OJY reg. Memo on SSA 0.00% 0.80 14.10.2024 Conf re Memo OJY 0.00% 0.55 14.10.2024 Editing down of the memo reg. SSA 0.00% 1.70 14.10.2024 Letter re RFIs OJY 0.00% 1.95

15.10.2024 Revision of memo on SSA 0.00% 0.55 16.10.2024 Memo finalisation OJY 0.00% 0.70

16.10.2024 Conf. Olli and Marc: re: Call HA 0.00% 0.30 16.10.2024 E-Mail to Luc Despins HA 0.00% 0.30 16.10.2024 rev. memo on HA 0.00% 0.90 16.10.2024 Research reg. SSA 0.00% 2.10

17.10.2024 legal research and conf OJY re GJ 0.00% 1.50

18.10.2024 Draft next RFIs OJY 0.00% 6.95

re document request, conf OJY MMA 0.00% 0.25 20.10.2024 General Questions from Trustee OJY 0.00% 5.60 21.10.2024 Review of comments and questions reg. memo on SSA 0.00% 0.75 21.10.2024 General Questions from Trustee OJY 0.00% 7.35 21.10.2024 Meeting with OJY reg. revision of memo SSA 0.00% 0.80 21.10.2024 Revision of memo reg. SSA 0.00% 4.25 21.10.2024 rev. and discuss draft answers to Alex HA 0.00% 0.50 21.10.2024 Call w, Luc and Alex re: HA 0.00% 1.00 21.10.2024 Meeting with HA and OJY reg. Memo on SSA 0.00% 0.60 21.10.2024 Update Call OJY 0.00% 1.10 21.10.2024 Call with HA, OJY, Luc Despins and Alex Bongartz SSA 0.00% 1.00 21.10.2024 conf OJY re questions trustee on

22.10.2024 Draft re longer Memo OJY 0.00% 2.85

22.10.2024 rev. content of stick, Conf. OJY HA 0.00% 0.70 23.10.2024 Draft re Memo OJY 0.00% 5.40 23.10.2024 Revision of memo SSA 0.00% 0.50

call Paul Hastings re status and next steps

1.10 23.10.2024 Creating an overview of SSA 0.00% 0.50

Conf. OJY re: Update etc.

31.10.2024 rev. additional request letter MMA 0.00% 0.60

31.10.2024 call criminal prosecution re MMA 0.00% 0.20 31.10.2024 re additional Questions OJY 0.00% 2.40 31.10.2024 Federal Prosecution OJY 0.00% 0.30

31.10.2024 Creating an overview of SSA 0.00% 4.10 30.10.2024 rev.

30.10.2024 conf OJY re comments client on

30.10.2024 rev. memo on MMA 0.00% 1.00 30.10.2024 RFI feedback OJY 0.00% 2.05 30.10.2024 rev.

30.10.2024 Proof reading of memo reg. SSA 0.00% 0.70

30.10.2024 Creating an overview of SSA 0.00% 7.50 29.10.2024 review memo on GJ 0.00% 0.70 29.10.2024 email to client re MMA 0.00% 1.00 29.10.2024 emails to client re MMA 0.00% 1.00 29.10.2024 E-Mails Luc and Alex HA 0.00% 0.20

01.11.2024 Disbursements 0.00% 1'886.00

Sangiorgio, Shannon 71.20 175.00 12'460.00