Key legal question
Whether the Swiss proceedings had to be stayed due to lis pendens under the Lugano Convention
Extracted holding
Yes. The Swiss court had to stay the case until the Luxembourg court decided on its jurisdiction.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 21 aCL, there was identity of parties, object, and cause. The liquidators in Luxembourg represented the investors collectively, so the claimant's interests coincided with those represented in Luxembourg, and both actions sought damages for the same alleged misleading information and delegation to BMIS.