Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Pashman Stein
- Sidley Austin
- Crowell & Moring
- Fox Rothschild
- Cole Schotz
- Gray Reed
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Womble Bond
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Houser LLP
- Shipman Shaiken
- Becker LLC
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Marino Zabel
- Parrett Porto
- Paul Hastings
- Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey LLP
- Neubert Pepe
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Golenbock Eiseman
- Randazza Legal Group
- Hogan Lovells
- Martocchio & Oliveira
- Zeisler & Zeisler
- Norris McLaughlin
- Weinberg Gross
- Robinson & Cole
- Lax & Neville
- ArentFox Schiff LLP
- Murphy & King
- Green & Sklarz
- Saxe Doernberger
- Goldberg Weprin
- Ivey Barnum
- Barton Gilman
- Baker & Hostetler
- Reid & Riege
- Stroock & Stroock
- Troy Law PLLC
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Cowdery Murphy
- McManimon Scotland
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Gilbride Tusa
- Hinckley Allen
- Barclay Damon
- Williams & Connolly
- Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC
- Togut Segal
- Pullman & Comley
- Kelley Drye
- Lazare Potter
- Tarter Krinsky
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Sheppard Mullin
- Clyde & Co
- Arnall Golden
- Updike Kelly
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Brown Rudnick
- Troutman
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Akerman LLP
- Wilson Elser
- DLA Piper
- Faegre Drinker
- ArentFox Schiff
- Finn Dixon
- K&L Gates
- Shipman & Goodwin
- McElroy Deutsch
- Olshan Frome
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Law Offices of Jeffrey Hellman
Companies
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
- Corporate Creations
- Apple Inc.
- B&H Foto & Electronics Corp.
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Marcum LLP
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Microsoft Corp.
- Stretto Inc.
- American Express Co.
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- Sotheby's
- RV Retailer LLC
- Zeta Interactive Corp.
- Compass Minerals International, Inc.
- DBS Group Holdings
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Fox News Network LLC
- Meta Platforms Inc.
- UBS Group AG
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April 11, 2023
Kwok's Ch. 11 Trustee Wants To Move $37M Yacht By May
Attorneys for the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the sprawling Connecticut bankruptcy of Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok, also known as Guo Wengui, told a judge Tuesday that they plan to move a $37 million yacht to the Newport, Rhode Island, area and sell it for the benefit of Kwok's creditors.
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April 10, 2023
Trustee In Kwok Ch. 11 Can Examine Big Banks, Realty Cos.
The trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of accused fraudster Ho Wan Kwok received approval from a Connecticut bankruptcy judge Monday to extend his investigation of the billionaire's finances to a sprawling list of banks and real estate entities with which he did business.
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April 05, 2023
Kwok Withdraws Request To Remove Ch. 11 Trustee
Ho Wan Kwok, the Chinese exile recently arrested and charged with perpetrating a billion-dollar fraud scheme, has withdrawn a request to remove the trustee overseeing his Connecticut-based Chapter 11 estate, a Wednesday federal court filing indicates.
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March 28, 2023
Law Firm, Parties Appeal Sanctions Order In Kwok Bankruptcy
A New Jersey law firm and several parties, including a debtor's daughter and a company she purports to solely own, have appealed a Connecticut bankruptcy judge's sanctions order in the case of Ho Wan Kwok, the Chinese businessman recently arrested and charged with perpetrating a $1 billion fraud scheme.
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March 27, 2023
Chinese Exile Ho Wan Kwok Loses $37M Yacht To Trustee
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Monday afternoon determined that a $37 million yacht, the Lady May, must now be included in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy estate of Ho Wan Kwok, an exiled Chinese businessman recently arrested and charged in connection with a $1 billion fraud scheme.
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March 24, 2023
Ho Wan Kwok Trustee Seeks To Maintain, Insure $25M Yacht
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge on Friday granted a request to convene an emergency motion hearing Monday morning to decide whether a trustee can access $500,000 from a repair fund to "preserve" the Lady May, a $25 million yacht connected to exiled Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok.
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March 21, 2023
Attys Seek Insurance For Arrested Businessman's $25M Boat
Bankruptcy attorneys on Tuesday promised to lead a 24-hour scramble to find insurance for a $25 million yacht connected to exiled Chinese businessman Ho Wan Kwok, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2022 and was arrested last week for allegedly perpetrating a $1 billion fraud scheme.
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March 13, 2023
Firm Sanctioned Over Subpoena In Exiled Billionaire's Ch. 11
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has sanctioned an attorney and the law firm Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC for failing to comply with demands for documents and financial records in connection to the Chapter 11 case of former billionaire Ho Wan Kwok.
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February 17, 2023
Trustee Seeks To Bar Bankrupt Billionaire From Luxury Apts.
A Chapter 11 trustee for Ho Wan Kwok wants a federal judge to block the now-bankrupt Chinese billionaire and his family from accessing a swanky set of apartments and potentially "living a luxurious lifestyle" on the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City, federal court filings indicate.
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February 08, 2023
Chinese Exile Seeks 5th Amendment Protection In Ch. 11 Case
A man long described as an exiled Chinese billionaire is asserting Fifth Amendment privileges against a bankruptcy judge's order to compel cooperation with a Chapter 11 trustee's examination of his affairs while simultaneously appealing a separate contempt order, a pair of filings in Connecticut federal court indicate.