Ho Wan Kwok

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5:22-bk-50073

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Connecticut

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April 29, 2025
$10M Brown Rudnick Deal With Guo Trustee Gets Judge's OK

A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved a $10 million deal between Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee and the Chinese exile's onetime attorneys at Brown Rudnick LLP, and greenlighted 10 lesser settlements with other firms and luxury retailer Versace.
April 24, 2025
Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Can Spend $1.6M Maintaining NJ Mansion

The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's bankruptcy in Connecticut can spend an extra $600,000 to maintain a Mahwah, New Jersey, mansion connected to the convicted fraudster, a judge has ruled.
April 15, 2025
Boies Schiller Can't Escape Guo Clawback Claim, Judge Rules

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP must face a Chapter 11 trustee's nearly $654,000 clawback case for receiving cash from a company connected to since-convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled, advancing the case against the firm's motion to dismiss.
April 07, 2025
Brown Rudnick Inks $8M Deal With Guo Ch. 11 Trustee

Brown Rudnick LLP has agreed to pay nearly $8 million in a deal with the trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's Chapter 11 case in Connecticut to settle potential claims tied to the law firm's onetime work for the convicted fraudster.
April 04, 2025
Under The Radar: Bankruptcy News You May Have Missed

A bankruptcy judge approved the retention of a repossession agent that the trustee for Chinese exile Miles Guo used to recover a small private jet from his son, a federal court stood by a ruling that refused to let Sorrento Therapeutics shareholders probe a matter related to a former judge's romantic relationship, and shoe designer Zigi USA filed its Chapter 11 plan. These are some of the bankruptcy stories you may have missed in the last week.
April 04, 2025
Guo Trustee Properly Obtained Yacht And $37M, 2nd Circ. Told

The Second Circuit should affirm rulings that drew a $37 million escrow fund and a $23 million yacht into Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy estate, his Chapter 11 trustee has argued, asking the appellate court to uphold multiple prior rulings in his favor.
March 27, 2025
Guo Trustee Settles Clawbacks From Versace, Firms

The Chapter 11 trustee handling convicted Chinese exile Miles Guo's estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to approve 10 clawback settlements with Hodgson Russ LLP, BakerHostetler, luxury retailer Versace and others, ending claims totaling $8.6 million but keeping the terms under wraps for six months.
March 12, 2025
2nd Circ. Upholds Sanctions In Chinese Billionaire's Ch. 11

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday torpedoed an appeal from the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo — also known as Ho Won Kwok — and her attorney seeking to overturn a nearly $83,400 discovery sanction, saying the contempt ruling was merited.
March 05, 2025
Amazon, Others Must Face Guo Ch. 11 Clawback Claims

A Chapter 11 trustee can chase cash payments Chinese exile Miles Guo passed through nondebtor alter ego shell companies when buying goods and services from a long list of companies and law firms, a Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ruled.
February 18, 2025
Willkie DQ'd, Guo Clawbacks Continue

Franchise Group must find new bankruptcy counsel after a judge in Delaware found Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP was conflicted in its case. The court-appointed trustee investigating Miles Guo's shell companies got another deadline extension to chase down estate funds. Spirit Airlines is awaiting confirmation of its reorganization plan. And bankrupt bitcoin miner Rhodium Encore has hit back at its landlord in court, alleging a campaign of sabotage.

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