Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Bermuda, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the courts of the State of New York, a judgment will be recognized and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, provided such judgment is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction, imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given, is final, is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty, and was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the Company has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the state of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. Any final judgment for a fixed or readily calculable sum of money rendered in any state or federal court in the state of New York having jurisdiction in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Peru without reexamination of the merits of the cause of action in respect of which the original judgment was given or retrial of the matters adjudicated upon or payment of any stamp, registration or similar tax or duty, provided that it is ratified by the Peruvian Courts (Xxxxxx de la República del Perú) if the following conditions and requirements are met: (i) such judgment is not related to matters under the exclusive jurisdiction of Peruvian courts (such as matters involving real estate property); (ii) the issuing court had jurisdiction under its own conflicts of law rules and under general principles of international law on jurisdiction; (iii) the defendant was adequately served and was guaranteed due process under the laws of the jurisdiction of the issuing court; (iv) the judgment is res judicata under the laws of the jurisdiction of the issuing court; (v) there is no pending litigation in Peru between the same parties for the same issue, which has been initiated before the commencement of the proceedings that concluded with such judgment; (vi) such judgment is not incompatible with a priorly rendered foreign judgment that fulfills the requirements of recognition and enforceability established by Peruvian law; (vii) such judgment is not contrary to Peruvian national sovereignty, public order or good morals; (viii) it has not been proven that the issuing court has denied enforcement of Peruvian judgments or engaged in a review of the merits thereof; (ix) such judgment has been (a) duly apostilled by the competent authority of the jurisdiction of the issuing court, in case of jurisdictions that are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, or (b) certified by Peruvian consular authorities, in case of jurisdictions that are not parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, and is accompanied by a certified and officially translated copy of such judgment in...
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final and conclusive judgment for a definite sum of money (but not in respect of any taxes, fine or other penalty) rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having competent jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or the Guarantor based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Company or the Guarantor by the courts of England and Wales, without re-litigation or re-examination of the matters adjudicated upon, provided that (i) the judgment was not obtained by fraud, (ii) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to English public policy, (iii) the judgment was not obtained in proceedings contrary to natural justice, (iv) the judgment is not inconsistent with an English judgment or a foreign judgment given earlier in respect of the same matter, (v) the judgment is not for multiple damages and (vi) enforcement proceedings are instituted within six years after the date of the judgment.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York (each, a “New York Court”) having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Company by the courts of Luxembourg, without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits; provided that (i) the judgment of the New York Court is final and enforceable (exécutoire) in the United States; (i) the New York Court had jurisdiction over the subject matter leading to the judgment; (iii) the New York Court has applied to the dispute the substantive law that would have been applied by Luxembourg courts; (iv) the judgment was granted following proceedings where the counterparty had the opportunity to appear and, if it appeared, to present a defense, and the decision of the New York Court must not have been obtained by fraud, but in compliance with the rights of the defendant; (v) the New York Court has acted in accordance with its own procedural laws; (vi) the judgment of the New York Court does not contravene Luxembourg international public policy; and (vii) the New York Court proceedings were not of a criminal or tax nature.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. A final and conclusive judgment of a competent foreign court (other than a court of jurisdiction to which the Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Xxx 0000 applies, and it does not apply to the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (Foreign Courts) against the Company based upon the Underwriting Agreement under which a sum of money is payable (not being a sum payable in respect of taxes or other charges of a like nature, in respect of a fine or other penalty, or in respect of multiple damages as defined in the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1981) may be the subject of enforcement proceedings in the Supreme Court of Bermuda under the common law doctrine of obligation by action on the debt evidenced by the judgment of such competent foreign court. A final opinion as to the availability of this remedy should be sought when the facts surrounding the foreign court’s judgment are known, but, on general principles, we would expect such proceedings to be successful provided that:
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon any of the Transaction Documents would be enforceable against the Company by the courts of a province or territory of Canada and any court competent to hear an appeal therefrom (each a “Canadian Court”), without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits, provided that: (i) the action to enforce the judgment must be commenced within any applicable limitation period, (ii) a Canadian Court will have the discretion to stay or decline to hear the enforcement action if there is another subsisting judgment in any jurisdiction relating to the same cause of action as the judgment, (iii) the Canadian Court will render judgment only in Canadian dollars and (iv) an action on the judgment may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; and further subject to the following defenses: (A) if the judgment was obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to the principles of natural justice, (B) if the judgment is for a claim which would be characterized as based on a foreign revenue, expropriatory, penal or other public law, (C) if the judgment is contrary to public policy or to an order made by the Attorney General of Canada under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada) or by the Competition Tribunal under the Competition Act (Canada) in respect of certain judgments referred to in these statutes; or if the judgment has been satisfied or is void under New York law.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. (A) Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the federal or state courts of the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands would recognize as a valid judgment, a final and conclusive judgment in personam obtained in the federal or state courts of the United States against the Company based upon the Transaction Documents under which a sum of money is payable (other than a sum of money payable in respect of multiple damages, taxes or other charges of a like nature or in respect of a fine or other penalty) or, in certain circumstances, an in personam judgment for non-monetary relief, and would give a judgment based thereon provided that (a) such courts had proper jurisdiction over the parties subject to such judgment; (b) such courts did not contravene the rules of natural justice of the Cayman Islands; (c) such judgment was not obtained by fraud; (d) the enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands; (e) no new admissible evidence relevant to the action is submitted prior to the rendering of the judgment by the courts of the Cayman Islands; and (f) there is due compliance with the correct procedures under the laws of the Cayman Islands. (B) Except as otherwise described in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any U.S. federal or New York state court located in the State of New York having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Company based upon any of the Transaction Documents would be declared enforceable against the Company by PRC courts, subject to compliance with relevant requirements under the PRC civil law and rules of civil procedures.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Any final judgment for a fixed or determined sum of money rendered by any New York Court having jurisdiction under its own laws in respect of any suit, action or proceeding against the Selling Shareholder based upon this Agreement would be declared enforceable against the Selling Shareholder by the courts of Luxembourg without reconsideration or reexamination of the merits.
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments. Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Deposit Agreement, the Company has agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of any New York state or federal court in the City of New York in which the relevant suit or proceeding may be instituted. The enforcement of foreign judgments will be recognized by the Argentine Courts provided that the requirements of Articles 517 through 519 of the Civil and Commercial Procedure Code (approved by Law No. 17,454, as amended) are met, as follows: (a) the judgment, which must be final in the jurisdiction where rendered, was issued by a court competent in accordance with Argentine laws regarding conflict of laws and jurisdiction and other principles and rules of international law and resulted from (i) a personal action or (ii) an in rem action with respect to property which was transferred to Argentina during or after the prosecution of the foreign action; (b) the defendant against whom enforcement of the judgment is sought was personally served with the summons, and in accordance with due process of law, was given an opportunity to defend against the foreign action; (c) the judgment must be valid in the jurisdiction where rendered and its authenticity must be established in accordance with the requirements of Argentine law; (d) the judgment does not violate the principles of public policy of Argentine law (including Argentine Law No. 24,871); and (e) the judgment is not contrary to a prior or simultaneous judgment of an Argentine court. In addition, (i) in respect of any document in a language other than Spanish (including, without limitation a foreign judgment and other documents related thereto), a duly legalized translation by a sworn public translator into the Spanish language shall be submitted to the relevant court, (ii) the filing of claims with the Argentine judicial system shall be subject to the payment of a court tax to be paid by the person filing a claim and which tax rates vary from one jurisdiction to another (the current court tax in the courts sitting in the City of Buenos Aires is levied at a rate of 3% of the amount claimed in conformity with Article 2 of Argentine Law No. 23,898, and (iii) pursuant to Argentine Law No. 26,589, as amended, certain mediation procedures must be exhausted prior to the initiation of lawsuits in Argentina (with the exception, among others, of bankruptcy and executory proceedings, which executory proceedings include the enforcement of foreign judgments, in which case mediatio...
