The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed a Bergen County Superior Court judge’s denial of a motion to dismiss and to compel arbitration in a complex business dispute, finding that the plaintiff company agreed to arbitrate in a partnership agreement.

The underlying dispute involved a number of companies and their principals. At issue was the defendant’s appeal of orders denying Rule 4:6-2(e) motions to dismiss the complaint filed by the plaintiffs, the company GGLM and its sole member, Georgios Drosos. Drosos is a resident of Greece, the owner of GGLM, and the founder of defendant company Dreamfood, the operating company for the “Greek from Greece” (GFG) brand, developed to operate “a chain of stores that combined a Greek bakery with a café, serving light food throughout the day,” according to the opinion.