Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #3922

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 O'SULLIVAN MCCORMACK JENSEN & BLISS PC FOR COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES FOR PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1, 2024 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30, 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] 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 November 1, 2024 through and including November 30, 2024 (the "Fee Period"). By this Monthly Fee Statement, OMJB respectfully requests payment of 80% of all fees and 100% of all expenses actually and necessarily incurred for services rendered during the Fee Period, in the amounts of \$7,434.00 and \$207.48 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 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.

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a timekeeper summary that includes 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 rendered to Genever (US) are the same rates that OMJB charges generally for professional services rendered to its non-bankruptcy clients.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a summary of expenses incurred and reimbursement sought, by expense type, for the Fee Period.

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

4. 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 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").

5. Objections to this Monthly Fee Statement, if any, 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 [\(mmccormack@omjblaw.com\)] (ii) the Notice Parties by email no later than January 10, 2025 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.

6. If no objections to this Monthly Fee Statement are filed and received on or before the Objection Deadline, Genever (US) shall promptly pay OMJB 80% of the fees and 100% of the 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 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. Dated: December 20, 2024 Glastonbury, Connecticut

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

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In re: :

HO WAN KWOK, : :

Debtors. :

The undersigned hereby certifies that on December 20, 2024, 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.

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

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).

Name Bar Date Hourly Rate Hours Billed Total Fees Billed

Michael McCormack 1993 \$400 4.0 \$1,600.00 Timothy P. Jensen 1997 \$450 4.7 \$2,115.00 Amy E. Markim 2008 \$350 15.4 \$5,390.00 Melissa Gambardella \$125 1.5 \$187.50

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

Genever Holdings LLC c/o Luc Despins, Esq. Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 3726-001-Genever Holdings/AIG Property Casualty

Date Attorney Activity Time Rate Total

11/01/2024 MTM Revise depositionnotice re AIG deposition,draft list of topics re AIG deposition,email correspondence to Attny O'Connor re same 0.90 \$400.00 \$360.00 11/01/2024 MBG Draft 30b(6) depositionnotice on AIG. 0.40 \$125.00 \$50.00 11/01/2024 TPJ Attend to depositiontopics 0.90 \$450.00 \$405.00 11/02/2024 TPJ Review corporate witness depositiontopics; communications re same 0.50 \$450.00 \$225.00 11/03/2024 TPJ Communications re Wolfson deposition 0.20 \$450.00 \$90.00 11/04/2024 MBG Communications with court reporter re AIG 30b(6) deposition. 0.10 \$125.00 \$12.50 11/04/2024 AM Email correspondence with J. O'Connor, A. Wolfson, et al. re: Wolfson 30b6 deposition. 0.30 \$350.00 \$105.00 11/06/2024 MTM Email communications with AIG counsel re motion to modify scheduling order 0.10 \$400.00 \$40.00 11/06/2024 MTM Review of draft motion to modifyfact discovery deadline;email correspondence with counsel re same 0.10 \$400.00 \$40.00 11/09/2024 MTM Email communications with T. Garg re status conference transcript 0.10 \$400.00 \$40.00 11/13/2024 MBG Draft of OMJB Fee Application for October Fees and initial redaction of invoice re same. 0.40 \$125.00 \$50.00 11/14/2024 AM Review Wolfson documentproduction in preparation for Wolfson

11/16/2024 MTM Email communications re AIG deposition 0.20 \$400.00 \$80.00 Invoice No. 28372 - 12/11/2024 Case 22-50073 Doc 3922 Filed 12/20/24 Entered 12/20/24 13:48:51 Page 10 of 11

11/16/2024 TPJ Communications re Wolfson deposition; review documentsfor information to use for deposition 0.80 \$450.00 \$360.00

11/17/2024 TPJ Review and analysis of information for Wolfson depo 0.70 \$450.00 \$315.00 11/18/2024 AM Prepare for depositionof Wolfson by reviewing documents/potential exhibits and outlining examination. 3.50 \$350.00 \$1,225.00 11/18/2024 MBG Attention to court order converting hearing to remote proceeding. 0.10 \$125.00 \$12.50 11/18/2024 TPJ Communications re Wolfson deposition 0.50 \$450.00 \$225.00 11/18/2024 MTM Telephone conference with

(2.) review of documentsre preparation for deposition,email communications re Wolfson deposition(.6) 0.80 \$400.00 \$320.00

11/19/2024 AM Attend depositionof Wolfson Insurance. 4.20 \$350.00 \$1,470.00 11/19/2024 MTM Attend status conference with J. Manning re discovery deadlines; telephone conference with J. O'Connor re depositionsand status re potential mediation 0.50 \$400.00 \$200.00 11/19/2024 AM Continue preparing for depositionof Wolfson Insurance. 2.90 \$350.00 \$1,015.00 11/19/2024 AM Prepare and send exhibits to court reporter and AIG counsel. 0.20 \$350.00 \$70.00 11/19/2024 TPJ Review and pull additionaldocumentsfor use at Wolfson deposition (.8) Review fee application (.3) 1.10 \$450.00 \$495.00 11/19/2024 MBG Further revisions to October OMJB fee application and redactions to

11/19/2024 MTM Email correspondence to Attny O'Connor re AIG deposition(.1), email

11/20/2024 MTM Review proposed order re modification of scheduling order; email

summary re Wolfson depositiontestimony 0.30 \$400.00 \$120.00 11/20/2024 MBG Finalize and e-file OMJB October Fees Application and transmit to

Email to L. Despins re: 1.00 \$350.00 \$350.00

Expense 11/04/2024 Fees advancedto Logikcull INV273921 10/1/2024 - 10/31/2024 \$164.28 Expense 11/30/2024 Copying: Month of November \$43.20

Timothy Jensen 4.7 \$450.00 \$2,115.00

Michael McCormack 4.0 \$400.00 \$1,600.00 Melissa Gambardella 1.5 \$125.00 \$187.50

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

Payment is due upon receipt.