Paul Hastings LLP’s Conflict of Interest in Miles Guo’s Bankruptcy Case

The judge asked Luc A. Despins to provide information on Paul Hastings LLP. As the trustee has the right to employ the law firm that he works for, he recommended Paul Hastings LLP, which makes it easy for him to legally take the money. Therefore, Luc A. Despins proposed to the judge to employ Paul Hastings LLP, where he is a partner. Half of Paul Hastings LLP’s revenues come from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), such as from Bruno Wu, Hainan Airlines, Ma Mingzhe (Ping An Insurance) and Jack Ma (Alibaba), which have direct conflict of interest with Miles Guo. Paul Hastings LLP also has a long-term partnership with Pan Shiyi (SOHO), and Miles Guo’s partners, partners of Miles’ family and family companies.

Over the past few years, Pacific Alliance Group (PAG) clearly indicated that all of firms that once belonged to Miles’ partners also employed Paul Hastings LLP as legal counsel. PAG’s legal fees accounted for less 0.04‰ of Paul Hastings LLP’s annual revenue, which is USD 1.5 billion. Jia Yan, the partner of Paul Hastings LLP, is a member of the CCP and also a student of Wang Huning, a current Standing Committee member of the CCP. The other partner of Paul Hastings LLP is the son of the political commissar from the Ministry of Security, and many partners are members of the CCP.

Paul Hastings LLP received many awards from Communist China. Paul Hastings LLP is still representing PAG until June 2022, and the law firm is also representing many other Communist Chinese companies till today. It is clear that Luc is in direct conflicting interest with Miles.