Peruvian Payments: The Story of a Tangled Web

• Author: Cecil C. Kuhne III
• Pages: 153-158

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Peruvian Payments:

The Story of a

Tangled Web

J. S. Service Center v.

General Electric Technical Services

937 F.Supp. 216 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Contractual ag reements in the international rea lm can sometimes get a

little messy. Sercenco and General Electric entered into an agreement

in which Sercenco was designated as GE’s service sa les representative

for Peru. Among other things, the contract specica lly forbid viola-

tions of antibribery laws such as the FCPA, and it also required st rict

compliance with GE’s written policy against br ibing foreign ocials to

procure sales.

Sercenco’s problems with GE arose out of events relating to a main-

tenance agreement that Sercenco had entered into with Electricidad