Florence, 24 November 2022. BridgeLaw, with attorneys Ivan Incardona and Gianluca Benedetti, has successfully represented Brisa-Bridgestone Sabanci – a Turkish multi-national amongst the leading tyre manufacturers in Europe – in multi-million dispute started by an Italian distributor before the first-degree court of Florence, related to the commercial distribution in Italy of tyres manufactured by the Turkish group.

The Tribunal of Florence court has upheld the jurisdictional objection submitted by BridgeLaw, at first in the seizure proceedings (end of 2021) and now on the merits, stating that in the instant case – governed by the Rome Convention on contractual obligations of 19 July 1980 - the "characteristic performance" consists in the production, packaging and invoicing of products, performed by Brisa-Bridgestone in its tire manufacturing plants located in Turkey, resulting in the jurisdiction of Turkish courts.