Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #4207
METADATA
- Defendant
- Guo Wengui / Miles Guo / Ho Wan Kwok
- Court
- CTB
- Case No.
- 22-50073
- ECF #
- 4207
- Type
- ORDER
- Filed
- 2023-08-18
Monthly Fee Statement — In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073, ECF No. 4207 (Filed 2023-08-18). Prager Dreifuss AG, Swiss counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins, submits its monthly fee statement for February 1, 2025 through February 28, 2025, requesting interim payment of 80% of fees (CHF 72,595.00) and 100% of expenses (CHF 1,814.90).
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION
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 FEBRUARY 1, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 2025
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 February 1, 2025 through and including February 28,
2025 (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 72,595.00 and CHF 1,814.90, respectively.
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 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 April 3, 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.
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 X
In re: : :
HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1 : :
: Debtors. :
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: March 13, 2025 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).
Vomvoris, Eleonora 26.95 300.00 8,085.00
Invoice period: February 1, 2025 – February 28, 2025
03.02.2025 Research: re OJY 0.00% 3.40
03.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.50
03.02.2025 conf OJY regarding GJ 0.00% 1.50 03.02.2025 conf OJY regarding GJ 0.00% 1.00 04.02.2025 Draft:
04.02.2025 rev. comments Alex on MMA 0.00% 0.30 04.02.2025 Review: new Documents re OJY 0.00% 1.80 04.02.2025 conf OJY re additional information on MMA 0.00% 0.30 04.02.2025 Draft: Response to OJY 0.00% 1.15 04.02.2025 Draft: Email PH re General considerations OJY 0.00% 0.25 04.02.2025 Call: Alex B. re OJY 0.00% 0.90
05.02.2025 rev. comments Alex on MMA 0.00% 0.30
06.02.2025 rev. emails re MMA 0.00% 0.20 06.02.2025 rev.
07.02.2025 conf OJY re update client on MMA 0.00% 0.40 10.02.2025 Review: Responses from OJY 0.00% 3.55 10.02.2025 E-Mail: to PH re OJY 0.00% 0.35
10.02.2025 E-Mail Luc and Alex re: HA 0.00% 0.40 10.02.2025 Conf. OJY re HA 0.00% 0.50 10.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.30 11.02.2025 Review: New Documents from Trustee OJY 0.00% 1.30 11.02.2025 Research: re OJY 0.00% 0.85
11.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20
11.02.2025 conf OJY regarding GJ 0.00% 0.40
12.02.2025 review of ; conf OJY GJ 0.00% 4.50 12.02.2025 final review of MMA 0.00% 2.00
12.02.2025 Discussion: re internal D. Hayek OJY 0.00% 1.20 13.02.2025 Review: Data re OJY 0.00% 0.60 13.02.2025 Call: PH re OJY 0.00% 0.60
13.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20 14.02.2025 Dratf: Information Requests re OJY 0.00% 3.50 17.02.2025 Draft: Response letter to OJY 0.00% 7.15 18.02.2025 Draft: Response letter to OJY 0.00% 5.20 18.02.2025 rev. draft answer letter MMA 0.00% 0.60 18.02.2025 Draft: Letters to OJY 0.00% 3.20 18.02.2025 conf OJY re draft answer letter MMA 0.00% 0.30 19.02.2025 conf HA re draft answer letter MMA 0.00% 0.20 19.02.2025 rev. draft letter to MMA 0.00% 1.00 19.02.2025 Update Call Alex MMA 0.00% 0.30 19.02.2025 Research re EVS 0.00% 0.90 19.02.2025 final read , discuss w. team HA 0.00% 3.10 20.02.2025 Draf: Response letters to OJY 0.00% 5.50 20.02.2025 Draft: Response letter to OJY 0.00% 2.75 20.02.2025 email Alex re MMA 0.00% 0.50 20.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20 20.02.2025 rev. updated draft letter to MMA 0.00% 0.40 21.02.2025 Draft: Letter to OJY 0.00% 4.10
21.02.2025 rev. draft letter to MMA 0.00% 0.25
21.02.2025 conf. HA/GJ/OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.40 21.02.2025 rev. and correspondence with HA 0.00% 0.70
OJY) with Team (MMA, GJ and HA 0.00% 0.50
21.02.2025 E-mails Luc and Alex re: HA 0.00% 0.30
23.02.2025 Call Luc re: next steps with HA 0.00% 0.50 24.02.2025 Discussion: internal re next steps D.Hayek OJY 0.00% 1.75 24.02.2025 Conf. OJY re overview of EVS 0.00% 0.90 24.02.2025 Review of Documents re EVS 0.00% 3.95
24.02.2025 Conf. Teams re: HA 0.00% 1.50 24.02.2025 conf HA/OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.30 25.02.2025 conf HA/OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.25
25.02.2025 Email: to PH re OJY 0.00% 1.00 25.02.2025 conf OJY re email to Luc re MMA 0.00% 0.20 25.02.2025 Discussion: Internal re next steps with D.Hayek OJY 0.00% 0.85 25.02.2025 Internal discussion re next steps: EVS 0.00% 2.55 25.02.2025 Call: with PH re OJY 0.00% 0.30 25.02.2025 Call Paul Hastings re MMA 0.00% 0.30 25.02.2025 Conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.30 25.02.2025 Research: re OJY 0.00% 2.95 25.02.2025 Review of Documents re EVS 0.00% 1.00 25.02.2025 Research re EVS 0.00% 1.50
26.02.2025 Reasearch re EVS 0.00% 2.25 26.02.2025 Research: re OJY 0.00% 1.85 26.02.2025 Call: re RFIs with PH OJY 0.00% 0.75
26.02.2025 Call Luc re: next steps with HA 0.00% 0.70
26.02.2025 Conf. MMA und OJY re: next steps etc. HA 0.00% 0.40
26.02.2025 conf OJY/EVS re MMA 0.00% 0.40 26.02.2025 E-Mail Luc re MMA 0.00% 0.20 26.02.2025 Call Luc re: next steps with MMA 0.00% 0.70
28.02.2025 rev. email OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20 28.02.2025 conf OJY re outreach to MMA 0.00% 0.20 28.02.2025 emails Luc and Alex re MMA 0.00% 0.60 28.02.2025 review law; call with OJA re GJ 0.00% 2.00 28.02.2025 Conf. OJY re EVS 0.00% 1.05 28.02.2025 Discussion: Internal re next steps with D.Hayek, M.Meili
28.02.2025 Memo service of EVS 0.00% 4.45 27.02.2025 Conf. Mark re: Call Alex HA 0.00% 0.20 27.02.2025 Call Alex re: advice on HA 0.00% 0.70 27.02.2025 Call Alex re MMA 0.00% 0.30 27.02.2025 conf EVS re MMA 0.00% 0.20 27.02.2025 conf HA/GJ re MMA 0.00% 0.20 27.02.2025 conf OJY re MMA 0.00% 0.20 27.02.2025 conf EVS re MMA 0.00% 0.40
26.02.2025 review emails; legal research re
26.02.2025 Conf OJY/EVS re MMA 0.00% 0.30 26.02.2025 Conf. HA/OJY re: next steps MMA 0.00% 0.30
12.03.2025 Disbursements 0.00% 1'814.90
Vomvoris, Eleonora 26.95 300.00 8'085.00
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