Federal Act
on Private International Law
(PILA)

¹In mat­ters in­volving an eco­nom­ic in­terest, the parties may agree on the court that will have to de­cide any ex­ist­ing or fu­ture dis­pute arising from a spe­cif­ic leg­al re­la­tion­ship. The agree­ment may be done in writ­ing, by tele­gram, tel­ex, tele­fax or any oth­er means of com­mu­nic­a­tion al­low­ing it to be evid­enced by text. Un­less oth­er­wise agreed, the choice of for­um is ex­clus­ive.

²The choice of for­um has no ef­fect if it res­ults in ab­us­ively de­priving a party from the pro­tec­tion gran­ted to it by a for­um provided by Swiss law.

³ The chosen court may not de­cline jur­is­dic­tion:

a.

if a party is dom­i­ciled or has its ha­bitu­al res­id­ence or an es­tab­lish­ment in the can­ton of the chosen court; or

b.

if, pur­su­ant to this Act, Swiss law is ap­plic­able to the dis­pute.