Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — criminal case · ECF #2296

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION

In Re:

Debtors.

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Chapter 11 Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) (Jointly Administered)

MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPEARANCE OF MARCY J. MCLAUGHLIN SMITH

Pursuant to Local Rule of Civil Procedure 7(e), made applicable by Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9083-4, Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP requests permission to withdraw her appearance on behalf of Bravo Luck Limited ("Bravo") in this action.

In support of this motion, the undersigned states that after October 27, 2023, Ms. McLaughlin Smith will no longer be employed by Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP and no longer represent Bravo.

The undersigned further states that Francis J. Lawall, Esq., and Joanna J. Cline, Esq., of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP have already appeared on behalf of, and will continue to represent, Bravo in this action.

1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (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 the 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).

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the undersigned respectfully requests that the Court enter the order attached hereto as Exhibit A to grant leave to withdraw her appearance in the above-captioned case.

Dated at Wilmington, Delaware, this 27th day of October, 2023.

/s/ Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith (DE No. 6184) (admitted pro hac vice) Hercules Plaza, Suite 5100 1313 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 777-6500 Fax: (302) 421-8390 E-mail: [marcy.smith@troutman.com]

Withdrawing Counsel for Bravo Luck Limited

The undersigned certifies that on October 27, 2023, the Motion to Withdraw Appearance of Marcy J. Mclaughlin Smith was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by United States first class mail, postage prepaid, to anyone unable to accept electronic filing, as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System. A. Electronic Notice Via CM/ECF Service List

Gregory F. Arcaro garcaro@grafsteinlaw.com; 5806@notices.nextchapterbk.com;

office@grafsteinlaw.com; ArcaroGR49801@notify.bestcase.com

Tristan G. Axelrod taxelrod@brownrudnick.com William R. Baldiga wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com Kellianne Baranowsky kbaranowsky@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com;

Douglass E. Barron douglassbarron@paulhastings.com Nicholas A. Bassett nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com; jonathonkosciewicz@paulhastings.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com; alexbongartz@paulhastings.com; ezrasutton@paulhastings.com; douglassbarron@paulhastings.com; ecf.frg@paulhastings.com; aviluft@paulhastings.com Patricia B. Bergamasco bergamasco@csglaw.com Patrick M. Birney pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com

G. Alexander Bongartz alexbongartz@paulhastings.com

Carollynn H.G. Callari ccallari@callaripartners.com

Scott M. Charmoy scottcharmoy@charmoy.com; ecf-3ae5beb98d9b@ecf.pacerpro.com;

Holley L. Claiborn holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov Brian J Clifford bclifford@sdvlaw.com; lucdespins@paulhastings.com

Keith N. Costa kcosta@otterbourg.com; kcosta@otterbourg.com; awilliams@otterbourg.com James J. Costello, Jr jjcostellojr@norris-law.com

Luc A. Despins lucdespins@paulhastings.com; matlaskowski@paulhastings.com;

Sam Della Fera, Jr. sdellafera@csglaw.com

Carolina A. Fornos carolina.fornos@pillsburylaw.com David S. Forsh dforsh@callaripartners.com

Lisa Fried lisa.fried@hsf.com;

Taruna Garg tgarg@murthalaw.com;

Irve J. Goldman igoldman@pullcom.com;

James C. Graham jgraham@npmlaw.com; sgibbons@npmlaw.com;

Lawrence S. Grossman LGrossman@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; ngolino@gs lawfirm.com; lawrencegrossman@ecf.courtdrive.com; mbuckanavage@gs

Jeffrey Hellman jeff@jeffhellmanlaw.com; christen@jeffhellmanlaw.com Eric A. Henzy ehenzy@zeislaw.com;

Zachary A. Intrater zintrater@braflaw.com

David G. Jordan djordan@sdvlaw.com;

Jonathan Kaplan jkaplan@pullcom.com; prulewicz@pullcom.com; rmccoy@pullcom.com

Stephen M. Kindseth skindseth@zeislaw.com;

Nancy Bohan Kinsella nkinsella@npmlaw.com; moshea@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com;

Kathleen M. LaManna klamanna@goodwin.com; bankruptcy@goodwin.com;

Patrick R. Linsey plinsey@npmlaw.com; karguello@npmlaw.com;

Avram Emmanuel Luft aviluft@paulhastings.com

Bonnie C. Mangan bonnie.mangan@manganlaw.com; becky.avery@manganlaw.com

Kristin B. Mayhew kmayhew@pullcom.com; kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com; bdangelo@mdmc

Melissa Rose McClammy mmcclammy@pastore.net Michael T. McCormack mmccormack@omjblaw.com; mgambardella@omjblaw.com

James M. Moriarty jmoriarty@zeislaw.com;

Joseph M. Pastore, III jpastore@pastore.net

Patrick N. Petrocelli ppetrocelli@stroock.com Lucas Bennett Rocklin lrocklin@npmlaw.com;

Aaron Romney aromney@zeislaw.com;

Scott D. Rosen srosen@cb-shea.com; msullivan@cbshealaw.com; dtempera@cbshealaw.com Thomas J. Sansone tsansone@carmodylaw.com Stuart M. Sarnoff ssarnoff@omm.com;

Douglas S. Skalka dskalka@npmlaw.com; smowery@npmlaw.com;

Jeffrey M. Sklarz jsklarz@gs-lawfirm.com; aevans@gs-lawfirm.com; mbuckanavage@gs lawfirm.com; eross@gs-lawfirm.com, jsklarz@ecf.courtdrive.com

Michael P. Thompson mpthompson@grsm.com; tbernier@grsm.com

Tiffany Troy tiffanytroy@troypllc.com;

U.S. Trustee USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV

Michael S. Weinstein mweinstein@golenbock.com

Latonia C. Williams lwilliams@goodwin.com; bankruptcyparalegal@goodwin.com;

Jay Marshall Wolman jmw@randazza.com;

B. United States First Class Mail, Postage Prepaid, Service List

Affiliated Adjustment Group, Ltd. 3000 Marcus Avenue, Suite 3W3 Lake Success, NY 11042

Brown Rudnick LLP Attn: President or General Mgr One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

Corporate Creations Network, Inc. 801 US Highway 1 North Palm Beach, FL 33408

Dundon Advisers LLC Attn: President or General Mgr 10 Bank Street, Suite 1100 White Plains, NY 10606

Chao-Chih Chiu, Huizhen Wang Yunxia Wu, Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367

Gregory A. Coleman Coleman Worldwide Advisors, LLC PO Box 2839 New York, NY 10008-2839

J. Ted Donovan and Kevin J. Nash Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP 1501 Broadway 22nd Floor New York, NY 10036

Sherry Millman Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 180 Maiden Lane New York, NY 10038

Richard C. Morrissey Office of the U.S. Trustee 201 Varick Street, Room 1006 New York, NY 10014

Edward Moss, Diana Perez, Stuart Sarnoff, and Daniel Shamah O'Melveny & Myers LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036

Alissa M. Nann Foley & Lardner LLP 90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016

Irve Goldman, Esq. Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06601

Peter M. Friedman O'Melveny & Myers LLP 1625 Eye Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

Steven E. Mackey Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510

Gabriel Sasson Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

Douglas E. Spelfogel Derek L. Wright Mayer Brown LLP 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020-1001

Stretto Attn: President or General Mgr 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Blvd. #1012 Chicago, IL 60606

Genever Holdings Corporation P.O. Box 3170 Road Town Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Genever Holdings LLC 781 Fifth Avenue Apt. 1801 New York, NY 10022-5520

Epiq Corporate Restructuring, LLC 777 Third Avenue 12th Floor New York, NY 10017

Yuanlin Liu 192 Pendleton Dr. Amherst, VA 24521 Edmiston and Company Limited 2 Marina Plaza Newport, RI 02840

Xiaoming Liu 5-16-50 Nemotomachi Tajimi City Gifu Prefecture, 5070065

Ning Zhao 3611 Summer Ranch Dr. Katy, TX 77694

/s/ Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith Marcy J. McLaughlin Smith (admitted pro hac vice)