Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #4298-3

## **EXHIBIT C**

**Mediator's Report**

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

| In re: | |--------| | |

Chapter 11

Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)

Debtors.

Ho Wan Kwok, et al.,¹

(Jointly Administered)

## **PRE-LITIGATION/PRE-APPEARANCE SETTLEMENT REPORT**

I, Judge James J. Tancredi, respectfully submit this report pursuant to paragraph 2.iv. of the *Order Amending Order Directing Parties to Mediation, Appointing the Honorable James J. Tancredi as Mediator, and Amending Order Approving Procedures Applicable to Avoidance Claim Adversary Proceedings to Facilitate Consensual Pre-Litigation and Pre-Appearance Mediation* (MC-ECF No. 3465). I understand that Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee, and Brown Rudnick LLP have stipulated to submit their dispute to mediation. As the appointed mediator, I am pleased to report that the parties have reached a settlement (with minimal involvement by me) and, to the best of my knowledge, complied with the applicable Mediation Procedures in doing so.

In examining the claims and potential defenses and other facts and circumstances relating to the subject transfers based upon a proffer made to me by

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 and the Genever Debtor 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).

the Chapter 11 Trustee, along with the highly complex and contested nature of this bankruptcy case, I recommend that the Court find that the economics of the settlement agreement are fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Chapter 11 estate as measured by the standards of *In re Iridium Operating LLC*, 478 F.3d 452, 462 (2d Cir. 2007). I make no comment as to the terms of the settlement agreement due to the complexities of Brown Rudnick LLP's alleged relationship with the Debtor and his affiliates, leaving any such evaluation for further independent judicial scrutiny.

Dated: February 25, 2025 Hartford, Connecticut