Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Nature of Suit:
Firms
- Norris McLaughlin
- Gray Reed
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Faegre Drinker
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Houser LLP
- Shipman Shaiken
- Becker LLC
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Parrett Porto
- Baker & Hostetler
- DLA Piper
- McElroy Deutsch
- Clyde & Co
- Olshan Frome
- Neubert Pepe
- Saxe Doernberger
- Cole Schotz
- Finn Dixon
- Goldberg Weprin
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Weinberg Gross
- Akerman LLP
- Womble Bond
- Golenbock Eiseman
- Randazza Legal Group
- Barclay Damon
- Fox Rothschild
- Wilson Elser
- K&L Gates
- Hogan Lovells
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Pashman Stein
- Martocchio & Oliveira
- Zeisler & Zeisler
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Robinson & Cole
- Lax & Neville
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Murphy & King
- Arnall Golden
- Green & Sklarz
- Ivey Barnum
- Barton Gilman
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Hinckley Allen
- Reid & Riege
- Stroock & Stroock
- Marino Zabel
- Sidley Austin
- Troy Law PLLC
- Cowdery Murphy
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Brown Rudnick
- McManimon Scotland
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Gilbride Tusa
- Williams & Connolly
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Sheppard Mullin
- Togut Segal
- Pullman & Comley
- Troutman
- Kelley Drye
- Lazare Potter
- Paul Hastings
- Arnold & Porter
- Tarter Krinsky
- Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Crowell & Moring
- Updike Kelly
- ArentFox Schiff
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Law Offices of Jeffrey Hellman
Companies
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
- Corporate Creations
- B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Apple Inc.
- Marcum LLP
- Zeta Interactive Corp.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- Stretto Inc.
- American Express Co.
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- Sotheby's
- RV Retailer LLC
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- DBS Group Holdings
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Fox News Network LLC
- UBS Group AG
Sectors & Industries:
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July 31, 2024
Guo Judge Wants To Know If $26.5M Mansion Will Be Safe
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ordered an alleged shell company to explain whether it will stop funding a security detail at an uninsured $26.5 million New Jersey mansion that federal prosecutors and a Chapter 11 trustee are eyeing as an asset that could reimburse a Chinese exile's creditors and fraud victims.
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July 22, 2024
Giuliani In Limbo, Guo Faces Ch. 11 Trustee Suit
The court-appointed watchdog for Miles Guo's bankruptcy has unpaused a civil racketeering conspiracy case against the Chinese billionaire after his criminal RICO case resulted in a conviction, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 case has still yet to be dissolved, and a new bankruptcy judge has ascended to the bench in New York.
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July 19, 2024
Guo Trustee Reboots Civil RICO Case After NY Conviction
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the Connecticut bankruptcy of Chinese exile Miles Guo has filed a notice that lifts a March stay on civil RICO and alter ego claims after the debtor's criminal conviction this week on racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering charges in the Southern District of New York.
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June 14, 2024
Defense Atty Group Backs Law Firm In Guo Trustee Clawback
The New York Council of Defense Lawyers has slammed a Chapter 11 trustee's attempt to claw back legal fees from an Empire State law firm that represented three nondebtor entities associated with bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo, saying it "burdens the Sixth Amendment" right to counsel.
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June 13, 2024
Judge Orders $2.9M Chinese Dissident's Fund Share Sale
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge approved a request by the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing exiled Chinese billionaire Miles Guo's case to liquidate $2.9 million in investment fund shares held by Lamp Capital LLC, a shell company whose assets the judge already determined belonged to Guo's estate.
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May 30, 2024
Troutman Pepper Fights Kwok Trustee's $2M Clawback Claim
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has defended its legal work for three entities connected to Ho Wan Kwok, saying the Chinese exile and alleged criminal fraudster's Chapter 11 trustee cannot avoid $2 million in payments to the firm because it earned its fees in good faith.
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May 24, 2024
Exiled Chinese Businessman Is No $1B Fraudster, Jury Told
Exiled Chinese businessman and purported billionaire Guo Wengui ran legitimate companies in support of a broad movement that opposed the Chinese Communist Party, his attorney told a Manhattan federal jury Friday, rather than what prosecutors say was a multifaceted $1 billion fraud.
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May 17, 2024
Paul Hastings Team Seeks $2.6M In New Kwok Ch. 11 Fees
With senior attorneys and Chapter 11 trustee Luc A. Despins billing close to $2,000 an hour, Paul Hastings LLP has filed two motions seeking court approval to be paid an additional $2.6 million in fees for work performed on Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy in January and February.
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May 13, 2024
Kwok Trustee Seeks Expanded Role For BVI Law Firm
The Chapter 11 trustee in Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's bankruptcy case has asked a Connecticut judge for permission to hire Harney Westwood and Riegels LP as Cayman Islands counsel, a move that would expand the firm's reach beyond its current status as British Virgin Islands counsel to the estate.
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May 06, 2024
Kwok Ch. 11 Trustee Pounces On Co-Defendant's Guilty Plea
The Chapter 11 trustee seeking to wrangle a company from an individual who allegedly received it from Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok's former chief of staff Yanping "Yvette" Wang says Wang's guilty plea in New York criminal court negates her attempt to slow-walk a Connecticut bankruptcy court adversary proceeding.