Wisconsin Code § 183.1055

Effect of domestication
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(1) When a domestication becomes effective, all of the following apply:
(a) The domesticating entity becomes a domestic entity under
and becomes subject to the governing law of the jurisdiction in
which it has domesticated while continuing to be a domestic organization under and subject to the governing law of the domesticating entity.
(am) 1. Except as provided in this paragraph, no interest
holder shall have interest holder liability with respect to the domesticating or domesticated entity.
2. If, under the governing law of the domesticating entity,
one or more of the interest holders thereof has interest holder liability with respect to the domesticating entity, such interest
holder or holders shall continue to have such liability and any associated contribution and other rights to the extent provided in
such governing law with respect to the debts, obligations, and
other liabilities of the domesticating entity.
3. If, under the governing law of the domesticated entity, one
or more of the interest holders thereof will have interest holder liability after the domestication with respect to the domesticated
entity, such interest holder or holders will have such liability and
associated contribution and other rights to the extent provided in
such governing law with respect to the debts, obligations, and
other liabilities of the domesticated entity that accrue after the
domestication.
4. This paragraph does not affect liability under any taxation
laws.
(b) The title to all property owned by the domesticating entity
is vested in the domesticated entity without transfer, reversion, or
impairment.
(c) The domesticated entity has all debts, obligations, or other
liabilities of the domesticating entity.
(d) A civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding pending by
or against the domesticating entity may be continued as if the domestication did not occur, or the domesticated entity may be substituted in the proceeding for the domesticating entity.
(e) The non-United States organizational documents of the
domesticated entity are amended to the extent, if any, provided in
the plan of domestication and, to the extent such amendments are
to be reflected in a public record, as provided in the articles of
domestication.
(f) The United States organizational documents of the domesticated entity are as provided in the plan of domestication and, to
the extent such organizational documents are to be reflected in a
public record, as provided in the articles of domestication.
(g) Except as prohibited by other law or as otherwise provided
in the articles and plan of domestication, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the domesticating entity vest in the domesticated entity.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in the articles and plan of
domestication, if the domesticating entity is a partnership, limited liability company, or other entity subject to dissolution under
its governing law, the domestication does not dissolve the domesticating entity for the purposes of its governing law.
(3) A domesticated Wisconsin entity consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to enforce any debt, obligation, or
other liability owed by the domesticating or domesticated entity.

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