Decision no 2440/2019 of the Multi-Member Court of Athens re. a distributor/suppliers’ dispute for claims exceeding € 1.200.000, deriving from a terminated distributorship agreement – Lack of jurisdiction of the Greek Courts/Lugano Convention

A former exclusive distributor claimed compensation of more than € 1.200.000 for abusive termination of the distributorship agreement.
The supplier claimed that the Greek Courts were not competent due to a valid jurisdiction clause that was agreed between the parties, according to which, for all disputes deriving from the agreement, including tort, Geneva’s Courts are exclusively competent.
Also, according to the Court, the agreement between the parties re. Court’s jurisdiction was made according to article 23 para 1 of Lugano Convention and therefore it was legitimate.
Nikos Grigoriadis argued for the supplier.