Question juridique clé
Whether the creditor made a sufficient Swiss connection for attachment under Art. 271(1)(4) SchKG.
Solution extraite
The alleged debt was not shown to have a sufficient connection with Switzerland.
Motifs extraits
Execution of the charterparty took place outside Switzerland; payments from a Swiss account to a US account only made the presence of assets in Switzerland plausible, which is not a relevant connecting factor. The supposed active role of the Swiss bank in the documentary credit was not established and, in any event, concerned a different contract.