Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker & Hostetler
- Barclay Damon
- Barton Gilman
- Brown Rudnick
- Carmody Torrance
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Cole Schotz
- Cowdery Murphy
- Crowell & Moring
- Faegre Drinker
- Finn Dixon
- Goldberg Weprin
- Golenbock Eiseman
- Green & Sklarz
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hinckley Allen
- Hogan Lovells
- Houser LLP
- Ivey Barnum
- Kelley Drye
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Lax & Neville
- Lazare Potter
- Marino Zabel
- McElroy Deutsch
- McManimon Scotland
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Murphy & King
- Murtha Cullina
- Neubert Pepe
- Olshan Frome
- O'Melveny & Myers
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Parrett Porto
- Pashman Stein
- Paul Hastings
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Pullman & Comley
- Randazza Legal Group
- Reid & Riege
- Robinson & Cole
- Saxe Doernberger
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Shipman Shaiken
- Sidley Austin
- Stroock & Stroock
- Tarter Krinsky
- Togut Segal
- Troutman Pepper
- Troy Law PLLC
- Updike Kelly
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Elser
- Womble Bond
- Zeisler & Zeisler
Companies
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Corporate Creations
- DBS Group Holdings
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- Fox News Network LLC
- Marcum LLP
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Sotheby's
- Stretto Inc.
- UBS Group AG
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
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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.
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January 24, 2023
Chinese Billionaire Hit With Contempt Ruling In Ch. 11 Case
A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday found exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok in civil contempt for ignoring a corporate governance order and making "bad faith" moves that stymied the transfer of two companies to a Chapter 11 trustee.
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November 22, 2022
Chinese Billionaire Accused Of Harassing Ch. 11 Foes
Exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok is facing accusations in Connecticut bankruptcy court that he is orchestrating a harassment campaign against a major creditor and the Chapter 11 trustee in his case that includes targeting the trustee's children.
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June 21, 2022
Revlon Case Opens, And LATAM Lands Its Ch. 11 Plan
Cosmetics behemoth Revlon Inc. filed for bankruptcy in the midst of a liquidity crisis, a South American airline brings its Chapter 11 plan in for a landing, and the next phase in Puerto Rico's restructuring nears a creditor vote. This is the week in bankruptcy.