Arbitral Digest

Matter

HACO and Others v [M] [O] and Others (Paris Court of Appeal RG 21/06317)

  1. 23 September 2020France

    23 September 2020France

    Decision of the Montpellier Judicial Court supporting judge dated 23 September 2020

    Montpellier Judicial Court, supporting judge

    Decision summary
    The supporting judge declined to retain the initially proposed arbitrator and appointed [S] and [L] as arbitrators; they then appointed [W] as president of the arbitral tribunal.

    5 months and 7 days later · 160 days

  2. 2 March 2021Arbitration

    2 March 2021Arbitration

    Partial arbitral award on jurisdiction dated 2 March 2021

    Decision summary
    The arbitral tribunal held that it was validly constituted and competent to hear the dispute arising from the 9 December 2019 promise to transfer the shares of Magic Yachts, while reserving the merits of the parties' claims.

    Supporting details

    12 participants
    Société HACO
    Monsieur [A] [X]
    Monsieur [R] [X]
    S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X]
    S.A. CATANA GROUP
    Monsieur [M] [O]
    Monsieur [K] [O]
    Monsieur [J] [Y]
    Monsieur [P] [Y]
    Institution
    Arbitrator
    Philippe [W]
    Arbitrator
    [S]
    Arbitrator
    [L]

    2 months and 30 days later · 91 days

  3. 1 June 2021France

    1 June 2021France

    Judgment of the Perpignan Commercial Court dated 1 June 2021

    Perpignan Commercial Court

    Decision summary
    The court held that the state courts lacked jurisdiction over the consorts [O]' claim arising from the promise to transfer the Magic Yachts shares and its arbitration clause.

    4 months and 5 days later · 127 days

  4. 6 October 2021France

    6 October 2021France

    Decision of the Perpignan Judicial Court dated 6 October 2021

    Perpignan Judicial Court

    Decision summary
    The court rejected the consorts [O]' application to recuse an arbitrator in the arbitration concerning the Magic Yachts share-transfer promise.

    1 month and 17 days later · 48 days

  5. 23 November 2021France

    23 November 2021France

    Judgment of the Montpellier Court of Appeal dated 23 November 2021

    Montpellier Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The court reversed the 1 June 2021 Perpignan Commercial Court judgment and held that the state courts lacked jurisdiction over the dispute between the consorts [O] and the [X] parties.

    6 months and 1 day later · 182 days

  6. 24 May 2022France

    24 May 2022France

    Case management order of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 24 May 2022

    Paris Court of Appeal, case management judge

    Decision summary
    The case management judge held that the document-disclosure incident had become moot, referred the request to reject submissions to the trial formation, ordered the consorts [O] to pay EUR 3,000 under Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, and reserved the costs.

    1 month and 4 days later · 35 days

  7. 28 June 2022France

    28 June 2022France

    Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal in case RG 21/06317 dated 28 June 2022

    Paris Court of Appeal, International Commercial Chamber, Pole 5, Chamber 16

    Case no.
    RG 21/06317
    Decision summary
    The court held the annulment appeal admissible but rejected the challenge to the 2 March 2021 partial award on jurisdiction. It rejected the claims for abusive proceedings and a civil fine, ordered the four [O] and [Y] appellants jointly to pay EUR 80,000 under Article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, and ordered them to pay the costs.

    Supporting details

    7 authorities · 17 participants
    Monsieur [M] [O]
    Representative
    Me Jean-Jacques FANET (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Representative
    Me Dominique ANASTASI (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Monsieur [K] [O]
    Representative
    Me Jean-Jacques FANET (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Representative
    Me Dominique ANASTASI (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Monsieur [J] [Y]
    Representative
    Me Jean-Jacques FANET (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Representative
    Me Dominique ANASTASI (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Monsieur [P] [Y]
    Representative
    Me Jean-Jacques FANET (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Representative
    Me Dominique ANASTASI (For: Monsieur [M] [O] · Monsieur [K] [O] · Monsieur [J] [Y] · Monsieur [P] [Y])
    Société HACO
    Representative
    Me Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Representative
    Me Marc BERNIE (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Monsieur [A] [X]
    Representative
    Me Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Representative
    Me Marc BERNIE (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Monsieur [R] [X]
    Representative
    Me Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Representative
    Me Marc BERNIE (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X]
    Representative
    Me Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Representative
    Me Marc BERNIE (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    S.A. CATANA GROUP
    Representative
    Me Matthieu BOCCON GIBOD (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Representative
    Me Marc BERNIE (For: Société HACO · Monsieur [A] [X] · Monsieur [R] [X] · S.A.S. FINANCIERE [X] · S.A. CATANA GROUP)
    Paris Court of Appeal, International Commercial Chamber, Pole 5, Chamber 16
    Other
    Institutional administrator
    Najma EL FARISSI

    Authorities cited

    7
    • French Code of Civil Procedure
      statute
    • French Commercial Code
      statute
    • French Penal Code
      statute
    • AMF General Regulation
      regulation
    • Perpignan Commercial Court judgment of 1 June 2021
      case-law
    • Montpellier Court of Appeal judgment of 23 November 2021
      case-law
    • Perpignan Judicial Court judgment of 6 October 2021
      case-law

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