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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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.
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May 23, 2023
Chinese Exile, Wife Say Ch. 11 Trustee's Probe Going Too Far
Chinese exile Ho Wan Kwok and his wife have asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to reject discovery motions filed by the trustee in his Chapter 11 case, accusing him of attempting to intimidate Kwok's supporters and seek evidence to use in other proceedings.
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May 17, 2023
Exiled Billionaire's Ch. 11 Trustee Seeks Jet Sale Proceeds
The court-appointed trustee of exiled Chinese billionaire Ho Wan Kwok's Chapter 11 estate has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy court for custody of a number of shell companies and $10 million in proceeds from the sale of a private jet, which the trustee said was nominally owned by Kwok's daughter but was actually owned by Kwok.