Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #925

METADATA

Defendant
Guo Wengui / Miles Guo / Ho Wan Kwok
Court
CTB
Case No.
22-50073
ECF #
925
Type
ORDER
Filed
2022-10-06

FULL TEXT

AO 435 Case 22-50073 Case 22-50073 Doc 925 Doc 920 Filed 10/06/22

Filed 10/05/22 Entered 10/06/22 13:24:52

Entered 10/05/22 13:48:20 Page 1 of 12

(Rev. 04/18) ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS FOR COURT USE ONLY TRANSCRIPT ORDER DUE DATE: Please Read Instructions:

1. NAME 2. PHONE NUMBER 3. DATE Eric Henzy (203) 368-4234 10/5/2022 4. DELIVERY ADDRESS OR EMAIL

ehenzy@zeislaw.com 5. CITY 6. STATE 7. ZIP CODE

Bridgeport CT 06604 8. CASE NUMBER 9. JUDGE 22-50073

Judge Julie A. Manning DATES OF PROCEEDINGS

10/4/2022 10/4/2022 10. FROM 11. TO 12. CASE NAME LOCATION OF PROCEEDINGS Ho Wan Kwok Bridgeport 13. CITY Connecticut 14. STATE 15. ORDER FOR ' APPEAL ' CRIMINAL ' CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT ' BANKRUPTCY ' ' NON-APPEAL CIVIL ' IN FORMA PAUPERIS ' OTHER (Specify)

16. TRANSCRIPT REQUESTED (Specify portion(s) and date(s) of proceeding(s) for which transcript is requested)

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22-50073 Ho Wan Kwok

Case type: bk Chapter: 11 Asset: Yes Vol: v Judge: Julie A. Manning Date filed: 02/15/2022 Date of last filing: 10/06/2022

Attorneys Laura Aronsson

O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-728-5841 laronsson@omm.com Assigned: 04/08/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

Kenneth Aulet

Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-209-4800 212-209-4801 (fax) kaulet@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 04/26/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

Tristan G. Axelrod

Brown Rudnick LLP One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 617-856-8456 617-289-0522 (fax) taxelrod@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 08/12/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

William Baldiga

Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 New York 212-209-4800 212-209-4801 (fax) wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 03/01/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

representing

Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor)

representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

Brown Rudnick LLP

One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 representing 617-856-8200 tfeinsmith(@brownrudnick.com (Creditor)

Verdolino & Lowey, P.C.

124 Washington Street Foxborough, MA 02035 (Creditor)

representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

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Carollynn H.G. Callari

Andrew M. Carty Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square

212-209-4801 (fax)
Assigned: 04/15/2022
LEAD ATTORNEY
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Assigned: 07/14/2022

203-368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) jcesaroni@zeislaw.com Assigned: 05/10/2022

John L. Cesaroni Zeisler & Zeisler PC 10 Middle Street 15th Floor

TERMINATED: 08/02/2022
212-209-4800

Law Firm of Callari Partners, LLC One Rockefeller Plaza, 10th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-202-3050 732-243-0163 (fax) ccallari@callaripartners.com Assigned: 03/16/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

representing Rui Ma
(20 Largest Creditor)
Weican Meng (20 Largest Creditor)
Zheng Wu (Creditor)
representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

representing
Mei Guo (Interested Party)

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road representing Greenwich, CT 06831

Holley L. Claiborn

Office of The United States Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 (203) 773-2210 (203) 773-2217 (fax) holley.1.claiborn@usdoj.gov Assigned: 02/28/2022

Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 U. S. Trustee

(Debtor)

Office of the U.S. Trustee Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 representing New Haven, CT 06510 (203)773-2210 USTPRegion02.NH.ECF(@USDOJ.GOV (U.S. Trustee)

representing Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

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New York, NY 10036 acarty@brownrudnick.com - Case 22-50073 Doc 925 Filed 10/06/22 Entered 10/06/22 13:24:52 Page 5 of 12

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860-548-2680 (fax) egoldstein@uks.com Assigned: 09/15/2022

Mia N. Gonzalez

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 212-728-5698 mgonzalez@omm.com Assigned: 04/08/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

James C. Graham

Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 (203)821-2000 (203)821-2009 (fax) jgraham@npmlaw.com Assigned: 07/20/2022

David V. Harbach, II

O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street NW Washington, DC 20006 202-383-5127 dharbach@omm.com Assigned: 02/25/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

Eric A. Henzy

Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-5495 203-549-0861 (fax) ehenzy@zeislaw.com Assigned: 07/14/2022

Assigned: 07/22/2022 Jeffrey L Jonas

Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 2122094800 212-209-4801 (fax) jjonas@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 04/21/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

representing

Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor)

Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Trustee)

representing

Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor)

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road representing Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

HK International Funds Investments (USA) representing Limited, LLC (Interested Party)

Ho Wan Kwok
representing

373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

Jonathan Kaplan

Pullman & Comley, LLC 90 State House Square Hartford, CT 06103 860-424-4379 860-424-4370 (fax) jkaplan@pullcom.com Assigned: 04/05/2022

Stephen M. Kindseth

Zeisler & Zeisler 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203) 368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) skindseth(@zeislaw.com Assigned: 04/11/2022

Assigned: 05/10/2022
Assigned: 07/14/2022 Dylan Kletter

Brown Rudnick LLP 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103 860-509-6500 dkletter@brownrudnick.com Assigned: 02/15/2022 TERMINATED: 08/02/2022

Patrick R. Linsey

Neubert Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 195 Church St 13th Fl New Haven, CT 06510 203-821-2000 203-821-2009 (fax) plinsey@npmlaw.com Assigned: 07/11/2022

Avram Emmanuel Luft

Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 212-318-6079 212-303-7079 (fax) aviluft(@paulhastings.com Assigned: 07/22/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

representing

Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (Creditor Committee)

HK International Funds Investments (USA) representing Limited, LLC (Interested Party)

representing
Mei Guo (Interested Party)
representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road representing Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

> Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP

200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Trustee)

Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Trustee)

Steven E. Mackey

Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 (203) 773-2210 Assigned: 03/22/2022

Kristin B. Mayhew

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter 30 Jeliff Lane Southport, CT 06890 (203) 319-4011 203-259-0251 (fax) kmayhew@mdmc-law.com Assigned: 03/15/2022

Timothy D. Miltenberger

Cohn Birnbaum & Shea P.C. 100 Pearl Street 12th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-493-2200 Tmiltenberger@cbshealaw.com Assigned: 03/31/2022 TERMINATED: 08/17/2022

Aaron A Mitchell

Lawall & Mitchell, LLC 55 Madison Ave Suite 400 Morristown, NJ 07960 973-285-3280 aaron@lmesq.com Assigned: 07/11/2022

James M. Moriarty

Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-4234 203-549-0907 (fax) jmoriarty(a)zeislaw.com Assigned: 07/20/2022

Sara Pahlavan

O'Melveny & Myers LLP Two Embarcadero Center

106/22, 11:40 AS 22-50073 - Doc 925 - Filed 10/06/22 - EBATOF Collect 20/06/22 13:24:52 - Page 8 of 12

representing U. S. Trustee Office of the U.S. Trustee Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510 (203)773-2210 USTPRegion02.NH.ECF(@USDOJ.GOV (U.S. Trustee)

Rui Ma representing (20 Largest Creditor)

> Weican Meng (20 Largest Creditor)
Zheng Wu (Creditor)
representing (Interested Party)
representing
Golden Spring (New York) LTD
PRO SE

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831

(Debtor)
representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

representing Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. (20 Largest Creditor)

28th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-3823 415-984-8953 spahlavan@omm.com Assigned: 05/05/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

Lucas Bennett Rocklin

Neubert, Pepe, Monteith, P.C. 195 Church Street,13th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 203-821-2000 203-821-2009 (fax) lrocklin@npmlaw.com Assigned: 07/15/2022

Aaron Romney

Zeisler & Zeisler PC 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 203-368-4234 203-367-9678 (fax) aromney(a)zeislaw.com Assigned: 04/11/2022

Assigned: 05/10/2022
Assigned: 07/14/2022

Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue representing New York, NY 10166 212-318-6001 lucdespins@paulhastings.com (Trustee)

Luc A. Despins

HK International Funds Investments (USA) representing Limited, LLC (Interested Party)

representing
Mei Guo (Interested Party)
representing

Ho Wan Kwok 373 Taconic Road Greenwich, CT 06831 (Debtor)

Scott D. Rosen

Cohn Birnbaum & Shea P.C. 100 Pearl Street 12th Floor Hartford, CT 06103-4500 (860) 493-2200 860-727-0361 (fax) srosen@cb-shea.com Assigned: 03/28/2022 TERMINATED: 08/17/2022

Assigned: 08/12/2022

Cohn Birnbaum & Shea, P.C. representing (Attorney)

Golden Spring (New York) LTD

Thomas J. Sansone Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP 195 Church Street P.O. Box 1950 New Haven, CT 06509-1950

(203) 784-3100 203-784-3199 (fax) representing Chong Shen Raphanella

(Creditor)
representing (Interested Party)
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Michael S. Weinstein

Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LL 711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 212-907-7347 212-754-0330 (fax) mweinstein@golenbock.com Assigned: 07/22/2022 LEAD ATTORNEY

representing
Chong Shen Raphanella (Creditor)
Rong Zhang (Creditor)
Xiaodan Wang (Creditor) Jay Marshall Wolman

Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street, 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 702-420-2001 jmw(@randazza.com Assigned: 02/17/2022

Peter J. Zarella

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, One State Street, 14th floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-241-2688 860-522-2796 (fax) pzarella@mdmc-law.com Assigned: 03/22/2022

Logan Cheng c/o Randazza Legal Group, PLLC 100 Pearl Street 14th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 (Creditor)

representing
representing Rui Ma (20 Largest Creditor)
Weican Meng (20 Largest Creditor)
Zheng Wu (Creditor)

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT

Honorable Julie A. Manning
Tuesday October 04 2022
12:00 22- Ho Wan Kwok
PM 50073
Ch: 11
Trustee: Luc A. Despins

Matter: #874; (HY) Motion for Protective Order filed by Patrick R. Linsey on behalf of Luc A. Despins, Trustee

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