Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Swiss commercial court had jurisdiction despite the foreign context and the nature of the relief sought.
Decisão extraída
The commercial court was not barred from hearing the case by exclusive Lugano jurisdiction rules, because the claim did not concern the validity, nullity, or dissolution of a company in the sense of Art. 16 No. 2 LugÜ.
Fundamentação extraída
The action targeted an obligation of the respondent to create an economically equivalent state by reorganizing assets; it was not a direct claim about the validity or dissolution of a company, and the relevant foreign company was not even a party.