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Jurisdiction of Italian court in case of breach of a shareholders' agreement concerning a company in another EU country

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Jurisdiction of Italian court in case of breach of a shareholders' agreement concerning a company in another EU country

If two Italian shareholders resident in Italy enter into a shareholders' agreement concerning their shareholdings in a Polish company, the Italian court nevertheless has jurisdiction over claims arising from a breach of the shareholders' agreement. company, Italian jurisdiction is nevertheless given for claims arising from the breach of the shareholders' agreement (Court of Cassation, judgment of 26 November 2020, 26984/20).