Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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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
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July 17, 2023
Kwok Judge Holds LLC In Civil Contempt After Subpoena Row
The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 11 case of Chinese exile and accused criminal Ho Wan Kwok held a company connected to Kwok's daughter and possibly his son in civil contempt on Monday, but the jurist did not punish two attorneys whose moves she criticized during a hearing last week.
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July 14, 2023
Brown Rudnick Exits Kwok Ch. 11 After Leaving Criminal Case
Just days after being replaced in a criminal fraud case in the Southern District of New York, Brown Rudnick LLP moved to withdraw as counsel to Ho Wan Kwok, a business partner to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon, in Kwok's Chapter 11 case.
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July 11, 2023
Judge Threatens Attys With Contempt In Kwok Ch. 11
Two attorneys on Tuesday were threatened with contempt by a bankruptcy judge reviewing a Chapter 11 trustee's motion to sanction entities purportedly controlled by the daughter of Chinese exile and Chapter 11 debtor Ho Wan Kwok, questioning why the lawyers didn't make more of an effort to determine if the LLCs complied with subpoenas.
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July 05, 2023
US Trustee Questions Kwok-Connected Attys' Withdrawal Try
The U.S. Trustee's Office told a Connecticut bankruptcy judge that an attorney representing the daughter of an exiled bankrupt Chinese billionaire may be engaged in "purposeful strategic conduct" in his attempt to withdraw from an aspect of the Chapter 11 case.
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June 28, 2023
Ch. 11 Judge Approves $23M Sale Of Chinese Exile's Yacht
A Connecticut bankruptcy court judge has approved the $23 million sale of an exiled Chinese billionaire's luxury yacht, which had been the backdrop for the 2020 arrest of his business partner, former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
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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.