Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- Lax Neville
- Parrett Porto
- Womble Bond
- The Quinlan Law Firm LLC
- Tarter Krinsky
- Olshan Frome
- McManimon Scotland
- Shipman Shaiken
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Marino Zabel
- Kelley Drye
- Spector Rubin
- Brown Rudnick
- Pashman Stein
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Troutman
- Crowell & Moring
- Williams & Connolly
- Paul Hastings
- Barton Gilman
- DLA Piper
- Neubert Pepe
- Wiggin & Dana
- Cole Schotz
- Weinberg Gross
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Mason Pollick
- K&L Gates
- Murphy & King
- Hinckley Allen
- Baker & Hostetler
- Eversheds Sutherland
- Houser LLP
- Norris McLaughlin
- Becker LLC
- Martocchio & Oliveira
- Zeisler & Zeisler
- Spencer Fane
- Arnold & Porter
- Offit Kurman
- Fox Rothschild
- Green & Sklarz
- Sidley Austin
- Goldberg Weprin
- Ivey Barnum
- Reed Smith
- Akerman LLP
- Gibson Dunn
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Reid & Riege
- Stroock & Stroock
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- ArentFox Schiff
- Husch Blackwell
- Wilson Elser
- Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Troy Law PLLC
- Randazza Legal Group
- Clyde & Co
- Cowdery Murphy
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Haynes Boone
- Hogan Lovells
- Faegre Drinker
- Gilbride Tusa
- Saxe Doernberger
- HSF Kramer
- Streusand Landon
- Togut Segal
- Pullman & Comley
- Lazare Potter
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Barclay Damon
- Sheppard Mullin
- Arnall Golden
- Updike Kelly
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Finn Dixon
- Shipman & Goodwin
- McElroy Deutsch
- Law Offices of Jeffrey Hellman
Companies
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
- Corporate Creations
- B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- Marcum LLP
- Douglas Elliman Realty LLC
- Aviva SA
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Fox News Network LLC
- American Express Co.
- Stretto Inc.
- Cloudflare Inc.
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Sotheby's
- Aviva PLC
- RV Retailer LLC
- Microsoft Corp.
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Zeta Interactive Corp.
- Apple Inc.
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- DBS Group Holdings
- Amazon.com Inc.
- UBS Group AG
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June 21, 2023
Kwok Daughter Sues Bankruptcy Judge To Vacate $68M Order
Mei Guo, the daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, is suing U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Julie A. Manning in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, asking another federal judge for relief from multimillion-dollar orders against Guo and her company in connection with the sprawling Chapter 11 matter.
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June 20, 2023
Kwok Trustee Seeks To Quash Subpoena On Yacht Sale
The court-appointed trustee in the bankruptcy case of exiled Chinese billionaire and alleged fraudster Ho Wan Kwok asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge Monday to quash subpoenas from Kwok's daughter Mei Guo concerning the $24 million sale of a yacht that has long been at the center of the case, saying the court has rejected her arguments that she is the yacht's owner.
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June 13, 2023
Trustee Says Paul Hastings May Pull Attys From Kwok Ch. 11
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the multi-million-dollar Connecticut bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, citing a pressing need for swift investigative action, testified Tuesday that his law firm, Paul Hastings LLP, may be tempted to pull associate attorneys from the sprawling case "in a matter of weeks" if the firm's recent $12 million fee request languishes without resolution.
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June 07, 2023
US Bank Seeks Exit From $37M Kwok Ch. 11 Escrow Feud
Noting an ongoing feud between Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's daughter and Kwok's Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustee, U.S. Bank National Association has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to order the parties to hammer out an agreement as to who controls a $37 million escrow account while the court, not the bank, holds the cash at issue.
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June 06, 2023
Kwok Trustee Says Daughter, Biz Interfered With $37M Escrow
An admittedly "upset" Chapter 11 trustee on Tuesday accused both the daughter of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok and her affiliated company in Connecticut bankruptcy court of standing between him and a $37 million escrow funding that a judge determined belonged to Kwok's sprawling bankruptcy estate.
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June 05, 2023
Connecticut Cases To Watch: A Midyear Report
Courts in Connecticut are working through thorny legal issues involving controversies of national interest and headline-grabbing public figures, and significant decisions in high-dollar civil cases are possible before the end of 2023.
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June 02, 2023
Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Disputes $76M Claim By Son's Co.
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the sprawling Connecticut bankruptcy of alleged fraudster and Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok is objecting to claims surrounding the ownership of three posh New York City apartments or, in the alternative, more than $76 million that have been filed against the estate by a company allegedly owned by Kwok's own son.
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June 02, 2023
Billionaire Car Dealer Offers $24M For Bankrupt Exile's Yacht
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the bankruptcy estate of exiled Chinese billionaire and alleged fraudster Ho Wan Kwok has signed a $24 million deal to sell the Lady May — the yacht upon which Steve Bannon, an adviser to President Donald Trump, was arrested — to a company connected to billionaire car dealer Herb Chambers, a late Friday filing in Connecticut bankruptcy court indicates.
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May 30, 2023
Paul Hastings' $12M Kwok Ch. 11 Fee Bill 'Only The Beginning'
Calling it one of the most "complex and challenging" individual Chapter 11 cases ever filed, Paul Hastings LLP asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Tuesday for $12.3 million in attorney fees covering eight months of work on exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's case, adding the request is "only the beginning."
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May 26, 2023
Chinese Exile Kwok Seeks To Reverse Ch. 11 Contempt Order
Exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok is asking a Connecticut federal court to reverse a contempt finding in his bankruptcy case, saying the order he is accused of ignoring was nebulous but that he made a good-faith attempt to follow it.