Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · EXHIBIT · ECF #440-18

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Defendant: Guo Wengui / Miles Guo / Ho Wan Kwok
Court: CTB
Case No.: 22-50073
ECF #: 440
Type: EXHIBIT
Filed: 2022-05-25

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EXHIBIT PAX 20

May 27, 2021 Hearing Transcript, PAX v. Kwok, Index. No. 652077/2017 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), Dkt. 833

22-50073

Ho Wan Kwok

IN RE:

PAX　20

5/25/2022 Admitted in Full

P.E.

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> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 COUNTY OF NEW YORK : CIVIL TERM : PART 61 ------------------------------------------X PACIFIC ALLIANCE ASIA OPPORTUNITY FUND L.P., Plaintiff, INDEX NO: -against- 652077/2017 KWOK HO WAN, a/k/a KWOK HO, a/k/a GWO WEN GUI, a/k/a GUO WENGUI, a/k/a GUO WENGUI, a/k/a WAN GUE HAOYUN, a/k/a MILES KWOK, a/k/a HAOYUN GUO, GENEVER HOLDINGS CORPORATION, and GENEVER HOLDINGS LLC, Defendants. ------------------------------------------X MICROSOFT TEAMS May 27, 2021 B E F O R E: THE HONORABLE BARRY OSTRAGER, J U S T I C E A P P E A R A N C E S: O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP Attorney for the Plaintiff Times Square Tower New York, New York 10036 BY: EDWARD MOSS, ESQ. STUART SARNOFF, ESQ. BAKER HOSTETLER, LLP Attorney for the Defendant 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10111 BY: MELISSA CARVALHO, ESQ. JOHN SIEGAL, ESQ. LAWALL & MITCHELL, LLC Attorney for the Defendant GENEVER 162 E. 64th Street New York, New York 10065 BY: AARON A. MITCHELL, ESQ. FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/01/2021 04:48 PM INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 833 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/01/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 440-18 Filed 05/25/22 Entered 05/26/22 15:30:37 Page 3 of

1　YANKWITT LLP

2　Attorney for the Defendant

Grand Street, Suite

3　New York, New York NY

BY:

DANIEL ALTER

ESQ.

21　Karen Mangano, CSR 22　Senior Court Reporter

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1　lawsuits for lawyers to represent

Mr.

Kwok in his individual 2　capacity in cases in which Golden Springs is not even a

3 party.

4　It pays the legal fees of a lawyer who represents 5　the entity that owns the yacht that's stonewalling me in 6　discovery like the

others.

7　It pays the maintenance on the Sherry-Netherland

8 apartment.

We know all of this because

Mr.

Kwok and his 9　lawyers admitted it in court filings and in discovery

10 responses.

11　I just want to put a fine point on it, your

Honor. 12 Mr.

Kwok has no money or assets according to him, but he 13　says he funded this entire entity and he uses it to pay 14　every single one of his expenses, his living

expenses.

15　What are we talking about here,

Judge?

How is this 16　discovery possibly not permitted under the

CPLR?

How is it 17　not permitted relevant to enforce a

judgment?

18　The opposition that they filed, your Honor, it's a 19　frivolous document, and I want to start with what's not in

20 here.

What's not in it is a dispute about any one of the 21　facts that I just covered about Golden

Springs.

They ignore 22　all of

them.

They can't dispute them because

Mr.

Kwok and 23　his lawyers admitted them in discovery responses and in 24　Court

filings.

So Golden Springs -- one of their arguments 25　is well, we have corporate

documents.

We respect the

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forum.

We have

employees.

But it doesn't dispute

2　that it only has one business which is to serve Highness

3 Kwok.

It doesn't even say what the business is besides a 4　family office for his

business.

They say we have employees 5　that include

security.

That's

Mr.

Kwok's bodyguard who 6　comes to -- who comes with him to my office when I depose 7　him and hands him bottled water because he's afraid that 8　we're agents of the communists and my water at my firm is 9　going to kill

him.

I mean, Judge, this is not a real

10 company.

They pay for

Mr.

Kwok's

people.

11　If Tim Cook got sued for something unrelating to 12　his capacity in Apple, Apple doesn't pay those

fees.

Apple 13　doesn't pay his

maintenance.

This is

Mr.

Kwok's piggy bank 14　that he set up with his own

money.

15　The principal argument that is in Golden Spring's

papers is that Golden Springs is a third party and so we should only be entitled to information about assets that it holds for or transactions that it has conducted with Miles Kwok. 20 21 22 23 24 25 That's basically like saying it's a bank; right. You get that we subpoena the bank which we've done. We get Mr. Kwok's information, but we don't get information about the bank itself. We don't get information about the bank's other customers. That's a nice argument for a bank, but it completely ignores the context that Golden Springs is not a FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/01/2021 04:48 PM INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 833 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/01/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 440-18 Filed 05/25/22 Entered 05/26/22 15:30:37 Page 7 of 20

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1 2 3 4 5 third party. It is the entity that holds Mr. Kwok's money, and it is the entity that pays his legal expenses. So it's assets are his assets. It's transactions are his transactions. And it's financial information is his financial information.

The suggestion in the papers that Mr. Kwok and Miss Wang and all of his people should be able to pick and choose and determine which information at Golden Springs relates to Mr. Kwok and which doesn't is a recipe for disaster here, Judge.

Mr. Kwok denies even being involved with Golden Springs. He denies being involved with the entity that owns the boat that we all know he owns because he said he owns the boat on YouTube, the boat which, by the way, is still out of the jurisdiction 15 days incurring \$500,000 a day.

Mr. Kwok is the same guy who denies owning his apartment that Miss Wang says -- told the Court under oath that he owns it.

So the limitation that they're trying to put in here, only things relating to Mr. Kwok, that's nonsense in this case, and it's just a recipe for us to get nothing.

22 23 24 25 Golden Springs also argues on the subpoena that we have to prove alterego to get discovery into it's assets. Well, that's just made up. There is no case to support that. FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/01/2021 04:48 PM INDEX NO. 652077/2017 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 833 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/01/2021 Case 22-50073 Doc 440-18 Filed 05/25/22 Entered 05/26/22 15:30:37 Page 8 of 20

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standard.

It's a generous

2 standard.

The Court ordered Miss Wang's information to be 3　produced by the

banks.

They're not

alteregos.

She's not an

4 alterego.

Of course, we don't have to prove that it's an 5　alterego to get it's

information.

6　The Court found that Miss Wang might be hiding

Mr.

7　Kwok's assets and gave us access to her financial

8 information.

This is much

easier.

He's already said it's 9　his money, and he's using it to pay all of his

expenses.

I 10　mean, there's no credible opposition to this

motion.

11　Finally, there's some arguments about

scope.

You 12　know, I read it a few

times.

My subpoena is

astounding.

13　It's

blunderbuss.

It's a fishing

expedition.

It's

14 flagrant.

A lot of adjectives, but no

substance.

They 15　don't articulate any burden arguments at

all.

16　Usually you say, Judge, well, we ran some search 17　terms, and there are too many hits or this is going to be 18　too burdensome to get because it's on a different

server. 19 Nothing.

This is basically just a relevance argument that 20　we're asking for too

much.

21　If they want to have a discussion about search 22　terms and custodian and which laptops to collect, we welcome 23　that

discussion.

We welcome an actual discussion about 24　burden and

scope.

But not just saying, well, we think it's 25　too much without any showing -- any showing at all that

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there is an actual burden. I want to just end on one particular argument on the subpoena point because I expect Mr. Alter will focus on it. We ask -- we do. He's right. We ask for information about 60 people and entities, no one knowing to be associated with Kwok.

Mr. Alter quips in the brief, well, known by whom? Known by whom? Known by us, Judge. Known by us based on spending a lot of money and lot of time to dig through public records, court filings, social media accounts because that's the game Mr. Kwok has forced us to play.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The reason we have to ask for this information is because Golden Springs is the hub. We can't spend the rest of our lives chasing 100 entities. I mean, my grandkids would be doing this. Golden Springs is the entity that has the information. It's produced documents relating to Shiny Times, the entity that was involved in the underlying case. It has the documents. It is the hub of the empire. If it doesn't have information about a couple of these entities, if we're wrong about one or two, okay, fine. Then they should run the search and tell us they don't have it and not produce it. But run the search terms, collect the ESI and provide the documents.

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1　\$500,000 a day in contempt

penalties.

I understand that

Mr.

2　Kwok believes that these court proceedings are a game of 3　evasion that he -- that he wants to

play.

4　And let me hear from counsel for Golden

Springs. 5 MR. ALTER:

Good afternoon, your

Honor.

It's 6　Daniel Alter, and we've just heard a lot of talk but 7　relatively little truth, and I'd like to step back and 8　clarify some issues that were quite

muddied.

9　First of all, to correct two specifically 10　inaccurate statements, it's my understanding that

Mr.

Kwok 11　has never said that he is entirely unrelated or has no 12　connection to Golden

Springs.

Quite the

opposite.

He said 13　that it is his family

office.

So let's be accurate about

14 that.

15　The second thing is that, you know, apparently

16　they take the position that

Mr.

Kwok has entirely funded 17　Golden

Springs.

Well, I don't see the evidence of

that.

18　What I see is a statement in the record that he initially 19　provided capital to Golden Springs, but I see no evidence 20　that he's continued to do so or that the capital there now 21　is

his.

Let me step back a moment and talk about

this.

22　THE

COURT:

Before you do so,

Mr.

Alter, because 23　rightly or wrongly,

Mr.

Kwok has exhausted the Court's 24　patience with his

antics.

25　It's quite undisputed that Golden Springs has

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alteregos of Mr. Kwok, but it's not necessary for the judgment creditor to establish that Golden Springs is an alterego of Mr. Kwok.

23 24 25 MR. ALTER: You know, your Honor, we haven't - that's not our position. That's the straw man that has been presented.

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COURT:

Well, be that as it may, unless you can 2　persuade me otherwise, I am granting the judgment creditor's

3　motions in their

entirety.

4　As

Mr.

Moss outlined, he is perfectly prepared to 5　meet and confer and discuss limitations on specific requests 6　that he's made if you can then state to him good cause for

7 that.

But we're past playing games

here. 8 MR. ALTER:

Well, your Honor, I'm not here to play 9　games, and if the Court has made it's decision, would it 10　allow me to make my

record.

11　THE

COURT: Yes.

Make your

record. 12 MR. ALTER: Okay.

Thank you, your

Honor.

13　First of all, our argument is not that you have to 14　pierce the corporate veil in order to get third-party 15　discovery under the CPLR for judgment

creditors.

It's a 16　relevance argument, and we've already said that there are 17　aspects such as discovery as between Golden Spring and the 18　actual judgment debtor is relevant and

appropriate.

So we 19　haven't taken a position that is all out of line with what 20　the law

provides.

21　What we have said and what

Mr.

Moss has proven in 22　his argument is they take the position that

Mr.

Kwok is 23　Golden Spring and Golden Spring is

Mr. Kwok;

and therefore, 24　they are entitled to go through the entire file of Golden

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Well, you know, your Honor, that's called piercing the corporate veil, and it's our position that if they want documents independent of the judgment debtor where they make no connection or efforts to make a connection whatsoever, then, yes, they do have to pierce the corporate veil, but that isn't the sum total of our argument.

Our argument is that the requests are exceedingly overbroad and that they are irrelevant. And in fact, let's go for a moment to the facts that Mr. Moss says are overwhelming in this case.

If you look at the submission that was actually presented on this motion, there is absolutely no facts presented with regard to the 64 nonparties for which they seek discovery having nothing to do with the judgment debtor. Just -- not even having anything to do with Golden Spring. They just want discovery to 64 nonparties.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Now your Honor, we heard Mr. Moss say that he knows there is a connection. Well, wouldn't it be enlightening for the Court to know what that connection is before there is a ruling that Golden Spring has to produce documents that otherwise are clearly irrelevant. So that's why we assert that those documents should not be discovered unless and until Mr. Moss and PAX comes forward with actual proof that there is a connection. We don't have that.

And with regard to the proof, the overwhelming

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1　proof that Golden Spring is

Mr.

Kwok and

Mr.

Kwok is Golden 2　Spring, at least from the record I've seen, your Honor, and 3　I do not call your Honor's history -- historical 4　recollection into question, but what has been presented on 5　this record is Golden Spring initially helped to capitalize 6　a

company.

A lot of folks do

that.

7　Secondly, Golden Spring pays for attorneys and has 8　contributed to paying for apartment

expenses.

Well,

okay.

9　Three, employees of Golden Spring have attended 10　family interests that have to do with the Guo

family.

Well, 11　it's a family

company.

It's a family

office.

12　And Golden Spring's parent has apparently produced 13　documents in response to discovery

requests.

So yes, 14　there's a connection as

Mr.

Kwok has said, but there isn't 15　an identity of entity between

Mr.

Kwok and Golden Spring, 16　and that's why we referred in our papers to the fact that if 17　that is the case, the law is very clear they do need to 18　pierce the corporate veil and they absolutely would need to 19　pierce the corporate veil to get

injunction.

Because as we 20　stated, as much as the Court has lost patience, and I 21　understand your Honor's position, the law is clear that an 22　entity as a matter of due process can not be enjoined 23　without actually being a

party.

24　And even if an entity were brought into a 25　litigation as a party, the Courts are

constrained.

They can

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not grant prejudgment asset freezes, and that is exactly what PAX is trying to do now. They are trying to enjoin Golden Spring from expending any of it's own assets for any purpose, and that is contrary to the law.

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Now, they argue that your Honor has a power to enforce restraining orders. Of course you do. And Golden Spring was served with a restraining order, and Golden Spring acts at it's peril if it transfers any property with which Mr. Kwok -- in which Mr. Kwok has an interest, but a Court's enforcement of a restraining notice is not the tantamount to an injunction. It's an after-the-fact litigation based upon allegations that there had been a violation of the notice. They're two entirely separate things.

So your Honor, respectfully, there isn't either a jurisdictional basis for the injunction nor is there a compelling factual basis for one because they have the relief that the CPLR has provided for.

Now, if the Court is going to go ahead and enter certain orders as your Honor has described, I request a few things, a few clarification points.

22 23 24 25 First of all, we would request the Court post a bond. Order that PAX post a bond. They are seeking an injunction against Golden Spring from using any of it's assets. And pursuant to the CPLR 6312(b), a bond is FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/01/2021 04:48 PM INDEX NO. 652077/2017 Case 22-50073 Doc 440-18 Filed 05/25/22 Entered 05/26/22 15:30:37 Page 16 of

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1　just securing whatever documents it wants and enjoining all 2　of it's

assets.

That's necessary under the

law.

3　Thank you, your

Honor.

4　THE

COURT:

All

right.

I take your

points.

5　Nothing that you've said suggests that Golden 6　Springs hasn't paid seven figures worth of

Mr.

Kwok's 7　expenses in the immediate recent

past.

Nothing that you 8　said alters the fact that

Mr.

Kwok flaunts the Court's 9　orders at

will.

10　You're correct that PAX needs to post a \$500,000

11 bond.

You're correct that I should stay these orders until 12　June 1st at five

p.m.

to enable you to seek appellate 13　relief, and you're correct that Golden Spring may pay it's 14　employees in accordance with a schedule listing the identity 15　of the employees and the amount of their compensation which 16　you'll provide to

Mr. Moss.

And I think that addresses your

17 concerns. 18 MR. ALTER:

With one exception, your Honor, and I 19　appreciate the Court's response to those

concerns.

The

20 attorneys.

The attorneys that Golden Springs has been 21　permitted here today to

pay.

22　THE

COURT:

There's no

issue.

Just need to 23　identify the attorneys and the fees that you're paying to

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COURT:

And, you know, I note that

Mr.

Kwok has

2　apparently no concern for the \$500,000 a day sanction for 3　flagrantly violating prior orders of the Court with respect 4　to the boat that Golden Spring's is paying to maintain and

5 transport.

And if my calculation is correct, the total of 6　the contempt sanctions to date is \$7.5

million. 7 Mr.

Kwok is just not free to live in New York at an 8　ultra-luxurious condominium, the cost of which he's paid for 9　by Golden Springs and ignore the processes of the New York

10 courts.

11　Now does anybody else wish to be

heard? 12 MR. MITCHELL:

Your Honor, Aaron

Mitchell.

I 13　represent the Genever

defendants.

Just one point of

14 clarification.

15　As you're well aware, your Honor, the Genever 16　New York which owns the co-op is in bankruptcy so Golden 17　Spring is not paying the maintenance for that

apartment.

18　I believe

Mr.

Moss is aware as well there was a 19　security deposit paid which the surety is drawing down on 20　which I just want to make that clear for the

record.

21　THE

COURT:

That is a fair and appropriate

22 clarification.

23　It doesn't alter the fact that prior to the fact 24　that Genever which is another one of

Mr.

Kwok's many 25　companies was paying for

Mr.

Kwok's luxury

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1 Mr.

Moss has been pursuing enforcement of a

2　judgment for years now, and it's been my misfortune to have 3　to have presided over these many, many, many motions and 4　hearings, none of which are producing the results that the 5　Court has ordered because

Mr.

Kwok directly or indirectly 6　through his companies ignores Court

orders.

7　But Golden Springs presumably will comply with the

But Golden Springs presumably will comply with the Court's order, and Golden Springs, you know, may seek a stay in the Appellate Division either tomorrow or today or on June 1. And if the Appellate Division stays the Court's order, then the Court's order will be stayed.

Otherwise, the Court expects Golden Springs to comply with the Court's orders subject to PAX's posting of \$500,000 bond in the event it's determined that there's any overreach here and subject to Golden Springs being able to pay identified lawyers and identified employees in accordance with the schedule.

MR. SARNOFF: Your Honor, this is Stuart Sarnoff. May I just ask one clarification?

THE COURT: Yes. 21 22 23 24 MR. SARNOFF: The obligation of PAX to post a bond, is that specifically in respect of the restraining order part of the -- of your decision today? THE COURT: Yes.

MR. SARNOFF: And separate -- so there is no --

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1 THE COURT: With respect to the restraining order. 2 MR. SARNOFF: So there is no -- there is no stay 3 with respect to the obligation of Golden Spring to comply 4 with the subpoena. Is that correct? 5 THE COURT: That's correct. 6 MR. SARNOFF: Thank you, sir. 7 THE COURT: Anything else from anybody else? 8 All right.

The Court will enter a memorandum order

9 consistent with the transcript of the proceedings of today. 10 I would strongly urge counsel to order an expedited copy of 11 the transcript of proceedings of today so that in the event 12 Golden Springs seeks a stay from the the Appellate Division, 13 there is a clear record reflecting what the Court has 14 ordered. 15 Have a nice day and a nice weekend.

Everybody stay

16 safe and thank you.

18 CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND ACCURATE TRANSCRIPT OF THE ORIGINAL MINUTES TAKEN OF THIS PROCEEDING.

22　______________________________ KAREN MANGANO, CSR 23　Senior Court Reporter SO ORDERED: June 1, 2021

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