Governing Law Submission to Jurisdiction Clause Example from Business Contracts

Governing Law Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement (the "Claim"), directly or indirectly, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Except as set forth below, no Claim may be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court ...for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction over the adjudication of such matters, and each of the Underwriters and the Company consents to jurisdiction of such courts and personal service with respect thereto. Each of the Underwriters and the Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any Claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by any third party against any Underwriter or any indemnified party. EACH OF THE UNDERWRITERS AND THE COMPANY (ON ITS BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND AFFILIATES) WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. Each of the Underwriters and the Company agrees that a final, non-appealable judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the Underwriters and the Company, respectively, and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which each of the Underwriters and the Company, respectively, is or may be subject, by suit upon such final, non-appealable judgment. 29 18. UNDERWRITERS' INFORMATION. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Underwriters' Information consists solely of the following information in the Prospectus: (i) the last paragraph on the front cover page concerning the terms of the offering by the Underwriters; and (ii) the statements set forth in the sixth and eighteenth through twenty-third paragraphs under the heading "Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)," only insofar as such statements relate to the amount of selling concessions and reallowance or to over-allotment and stabilization activities that may be undertaken by the Underwriters, and the fourth and twenty-second paragraphs under the caption "Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)" in the Prospectus. View More