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# Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #4306

**Monthly Fee Statement — In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073, ECF No. 4306 (Filed 2023-08-18). Kobre & Kim (GCC) LLP, special UAE counsel to Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins, submits its monthly fee statement for February 1, 2025 through February 28, 2025, requesting payment of 80% of fees ($46,602.40) and 100% of expenses ($604.18).**


UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

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In re:　:
:
Chapter 11
HO WAN KWOK, et al.,　:
:
Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)
Debtors.1　:
:
Jointly Administered

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MONTHLY FEE STATEMENT OF KOBRE & KIM (GCC) LLP 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 Kobre & Kim (GCC) LLP ("Kobre & Kim") hereby

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

services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred as special counsel in the United Arab

Emirates (the "UAE") 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, Kobre &

Kim respectfully requests payment of 80% of all fees and 100% of all expenses actually and

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.

necessarily incurred for services rendered during the Fee Period, in the amounts of \$46,602.40 and \$604.18, respectively.
SERVICES RENDERED AND EXPENSES INCURRED

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

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is Kobre & Kim's fee statement for services provided during the Fee Period.
NOTICE AND OBJECTION PROCEDURES

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) Kobre & Kim (Attn: Paul Hughes (paul.hughes@kobrekim.com) and (ii) the Notice Parties by email no later than May 1, 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 Kobre & Kim 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.

Dated: April 10, 2025

By: /s/ Paul Hughes

Paul Hughes KOBRE & KIM (GCC) LLP Office 27-01, Level 27 ICD Brookfield DIFC Dubai, UAE
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

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In re:　:
:
Chapter 11
HO WAN KWOK, et al.,1　:
:
Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)
Debtors.　:
:
(Jointly Administered)
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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: April 10, 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

Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee

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).
Exhibit A

Name　Hours　Rate　Amount

Paul Hughes　11.3　\$1,875.00　\$21,187.50
Emily Beirne　16.1　\$1,300.00　\$20,930.00
Associate　15.2　\$1,050.00　\$15,960.00
Analyst　0.3　\$585.00　\$175.50
TOTAL　42.9　58,253.00
Exhibit B

Fee Statement

Luc Despins Invoice No. 471766 March 28, 2025
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION
Schedule of Professional Services

Date/Tkpr　Description
of Work　Rate　Hours　Amount

02/03/2025
ERB　Attention
to　\$1,300.00　1.3　\$1,690.00
02/05/2025
PRH　Prepare
for call with
Luc and Al
Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
PRH　Attend
call Luc and Al Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.5　937.50
PRH　Update
from
Paul
Hastings
regarding
and
confer Emily.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
NAE　Call with Tamimi and client followed by debrief with
Tamimi and Paul Hughes.　1,050.00　0.6　630.00
NAE　Prepare
for call with
client and Al Tamimi.　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
02/06/2025
PRH　Review and approve detailed email of instructions Al
Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.5　937.50
NAE　Attention
to
materials
to
be shared
with Tamimi.　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NAE　Update
client
on
next
steps
and
confer
with
Paul
Hughes.　1,050.00　0.4　420.00
NAE　Draft and send briefing note to Tamimi and liaise with
Paul on the same.　1,050.00　0.5　525.00
02/07/2025
NAE　Consider　0.4　420.00

02/10/2025
PRH　Review
query
from
Paul
Hastings
and
liaise
Emily
regarding response.　1,875.00　0.2　375.00
PRH　Prepare
for call with Al Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
PRH　Review
detailed
note
from
Al
Tamimi,
confer
Nada
regarding response, amend and approve response.　1,875.00　0.6　1,125.00
PRH　Attend
call with Al Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.7　1,312.50
ERB　Attention
to　1,300.00　2.8　3,640.00
ERB　Confer
Nada
and
Paul
regarding　1,300.00　0.2　260.00

Luc Despins Invoice No. 471766 March 28, 2025
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION

Date/Tkpr　Description
of Work　Rate　Hours　Amount

NAE　Review
note
from
Tamimi
and
follow
up
with
related
queries;
confer
with
Paul
Hughes
on
strategy.　1,050.00　0.8　840.00
NAE　Prep
for and attend
call with Tamimi.　1,050.00　0.7　735.00
02/11/2025
ERB　Attention
to　1,300.00　0.6　780.00
02/13/2025
PRH　Review
queries
from
Paul
Hastings,
review
amend
and
approve
Emily response.　1,875.00　0.6　1,125.00
ERB　Review
and
comment
upon
client
update
email.　1,300.00　0.2　260.00
ERB　Review
;
related
correspondence with client.　1,300.00　0.3　390.00
ERB　Prepare
and
send
correspondence
to
client
regarding　1,300.00　0.4　520.00
NAE　Address
client's
queries
regarding　1,050.00　1.8　1,890.00

NAE　Further
amends
to
draft
email
on　1,050.00　0.4　420.00
02/14/2025
PRH　Review
updated
advice
from
local
counsel
and
confer
Nada
regarding
nextsteps
and
approve
email
to
clients.　1,875.00　0.4　750.00
PRH　Review
further
queries
from
Paul
Hastings
team
and
review,
amend and approve
email in response.　1,875.00　0.4　750.00
NAE　Address
client's
follow
up
queries
regarding　1,050.00　0.5　525.00
NAE　Review
and
consider
note
from
Tamimi.　1,050.00　0.5　525.00
02/15/2025
PRH　Review
further
queries
from
Paul
Hastings
and
instructions
to
team
regarding
response,
review
and
approve response.　1,875.00　0.4　750.00
PRH　Review
and
approve
email
update
to
Luc
regarding　1,875.00　0.2　375.00
NAE　Attention
to
Client's
further
query
as
to
and
liaise with
team
on response.　1,050.00　0.2　210.00

Case 22-50073 Doc 4306 Filed 04/10/25 Entered 04/10/25 15:39:42 Page 9 of 11

Luc Despins Invoice No. 471766 March 28, 2025
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION

Date/Tkpr　Description
of Work　Rate　Hours　Amount

02/18/2025
ERB　Attention to　1,300.00　4.1　5,330.00

NAE　Draft
query
to　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NAE　Call
with　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NRS　Prepare
email
to　585.00　0.3　175.50
02/19/2025
PRH　Review
further
queries
from
Paul
Hastings,
confer
Emily regarding response.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
PRH　Update from Nada regarding
, review
amend
and
approve
email
out
to
and
response
from
and review and amend Emily response
to Paul Hastings.　1,875.00　0.7　1,312.50
ERB　Attend
to　1,300.00　2.9　3,770.00
NAE　Research
on
use
of
and consider related
challenges.　1,050.00　0.5　525.00
NAE　Analyze
rules
on　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NAE　Correspond with team in
relation to
and
consider
client's
additional queries.　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NAE　Attention to registrar's response on　1,050.00　0.2　210.00
02/20/2025
PRH　Detailed review of
,
amending
and
commenting and liaising with Emily.　1,875.00　1.5　2,812.50
ERB　Amendments
to　1,300.00　0.2　260.00
NAE　Progress
strategies
for　1,050.00　2.0　2,100.00
; conduct legal research on

Case 22-50073 Doc 4306 Filed 04/10/25 Entered 04/10/25 15:39:42 Page 10 of 11

Luc Despins Invoice No. 471766 March 28, 2025
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION

Date/Tkpr　Description
of Work　Rate　Hours　Amount

02/21/2025
PRH　Review
final
version
of　1,875.00　0.4　750.00
ERB　Work
on　1,300.00　1.7　2,210.00
ERB　Confer
Paul
Hughes
regarding　1,300.00　0.3　390.00
NAE　Progress
and
consider
framework
for　1,050.00　1.8　1,890.00
02/24/2025
PRH　Review,
amend
and
approve
Nada
email
to
Paul
Hastings, discuss approach and review response.　1,875.00　0.5　937.50
NAE　Confer with client.　1,050.00　0.2　210.00
NAE　Draft
client
email
summarizing
the
strategy
for
the
UAE and confer with team on the same.　1,050.00　0.5　525.00
02/25/2025
PRH　Prepare
for call on UAE
strategy with Luc and team.　1,875.00　0.5　937.50
PRH　Review
client
comments
on
and
confer Emily regarding next steps.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
PRH　Call with Luc and team concerning
and next steps.　1,875.00　0.5　937.50
PRH　Review comments from Paul Hastings on
and confer Emily regarding next
steps.　1,875.00　0.4　750.00
PRH　Attend
to
follow
up
items
following
call
with
Luc
and
team concerning　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
PRH　Review,
amend and approve
email to Tamimi.　1,875.00　0.2　375.00
NAE　Correspond
with Tamimi to　1,050.00　0.3　315.00
NAE　Prep
for and attend client
call.　1,050.00　0.9　945.00
02/26/2025
ERB　Confer Nada and Paul regarding　1,300.00　0.4　520.00
NAE　Call
with Tamimi to
agree on　1,050.00　0.2　210.00

Case 22-50073 Doc 4306 Filed 04/10/25 Entered 04/10/25 15:39:42 Page 11 of 11

Luc Despins Invoice No. 471766 March 28, 2025
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION

Date/Tkpr　Description
of Work　Rate　Hours　Amount

02/27/2025
ERB　Update
;
review
Paul
Hasting team comments.　1,300.00　0.5　650.00
02/28/2025
PRH　Review
amend
and
approve
email
Emily
to
Paul
Hastings.　1,875.00　0.3　562.50
ERB　Correspondence with client.　1,300.00　0.2　260.00
Total
Current Fees　\$58,253.00
Schedule of Disbursements

Total Current Disbursements　\$604.18

02/01/2025　Thomson
Reuters
-
West
-
Online Database　375.09
02/01/2025　Thomson
Reuters
-
West -
Special
Online Database　\$229.09
Date　Description　Amount

Total Current Fees & Disbursements \$58,857.18