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When It’s Too Complex to Fail 

— They Call Handle

When It’s Too Complex to Fail  — They Call Handle

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From distressed assets to billion-dirham transactions, they’ve led restructurings, resolved shareholder crises, and unlocked growth where others stalled. We integrate legal, financial, strategic, and capital forces into one seamless execution powerhouse.

Because when the moment demands more than advice — Better Ask Handle.

Our Services

What We Handle —

So You Don’t Have To

From legal deadlocks to capital gridlock — we step in when the pressure is real and the stakes are high

Corporate Legal & Litigation

Where Business Protection Becomes Structured Legal Execution

We turn legal from reactive defense into proactive business advantage — across corporate structuring, investor protections, and litigation strategy.
From governance to crisis resolution, we execute legal certainty for complex environments.

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Financial Advisory & Audit

Engineered for Audit Integrity, Capital Precision, and Risk-Controlled Growth

We go beyond audit — building financial command centers that power M&A, investor confidence, and regulatory clarity.
From compliance to capital, we structure resilient financial ecosystems for businesses under pressure.

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Strategy Advisory

Structured to Lead Business, Capital, and National Transformation

From corporate turnarounds to sovereign reform, we don’t hand over playbooks — we lead mandates. We craft strategy with structure, speed, and outcome certainty.

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M&A & Deal Advisory

Where Execution Meets Precision. Not Just a Deal — A Transformation.

We own the full M&A lifecycle — from origination to post-merger performance, funding to integration. Legal, capital, and leadership aligned under one execution engine.

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Family Business & Succession

Where Legacy Becomes Structure, and Family Business Becomes Future-Ready

We engineer succession with institutional-grade clarity — from family constitutions to next-gen transition. Governance, growth, conflict resolution, and legacy — aligned under one roof.

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Investor Advisory & Capital Structuring

Built for UHNWIs, Family Offices & Sovereign Investors

We structure capital with legal precision and financial clarity — across fund governance, cross-border compliance, and long-term wealth preservation.

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The Handle Powerhouse

Framework™

In today’s high-stakes environment, every business faces five non-negotiables: stability, profit, expansion, capital readiness, and continuity. The Handle Powerhouse Framework™ was engineered to deliver on these essentials — not with theory, but with execution.

Across every mandate, we activate five principles that turn complexity into clarity

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Contain & Pre-Empt Risk

to safeguard profit and prevent value erosion.

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Establish Strategic Control

to build stability and command over uncertainty.

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Architect for Execution

to scale operations and enable sustainable expansion.

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Unlock Capital & Activate Movement

to ensure capital readiness and deal momentum.

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Sustain Performance

to protect continuity, succession, and long-term business value.

This is the Handle Powerhouse Framework™ —
Structured to lead under pressure. Built to deliver outcomes that last.

Why Handle

Why Businesses Trust Handle

We don’t operate like a traditional advisory firm — We lead with outcomes, backed by structure, experience, and execution power.

Proven Where It Matters:

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15+ Years of Legacy leading complex family enterprise transformations across the UAE and beyond

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$30B+ Structured, Protected, and Executed across M&A, capital restructuring, governance, and legal strategy

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Advisory Platform Built by Ex-Big Four and Capital Markets Experts — integrating legal, financial, and strategic precision under one roof

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Big Four & Capital Market Experts — integrating legal, financial, and strategic precision under one roof

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Multi-Jurisdictional Execution Power with DIFC, ADGM, UAE mainland, and global structuring capabilities

We’ve earned the trust of families, founders, boards, and investors — not by advising from the sidelines, but by taking ownership when outcomes matter most.

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Solutions

The Market Demands

Execution —

Handle Delivers It

Today’s business leaders don’t need more advisors. They need resolution, structure, and movement.
Handle was built to lead complex mandates across capital, legal, and operational pain points — and deliver outcomes others can’t.
These are not services. They’re Handle Frameworks — each designed to solve high-stakes problems with execution built in.

Distressed Business & Asset Recovery

From shareholder disputes to operational decline — Handle restructures, resolves, and relaunches.
A full-stack solution integrating legal recovery, business audits, interim management, dispute resolution, and capital-backed growth — built to lead troubled assets back to profit-first operations.

Capital Structuring & Relocation for UHNWIs, Funds & Platforms

When capital moves, it needs legal safety, tax clarity, and operational platforms — Handle structures all three.
Handle structures investor platforms, trust vehicles, and fund setups — relocating wealth into DIFC, ADGM, and global hubs with legal certainty and institutional readiness.

Strategic Turnaround & Transformation for Growth-Ready Enterprises

For businesses that survived — but must now scale with structure.
Handle’s execution model covers growth strategy, capital planning, governance structuring, and transformation — turning stability into expansion and complexity into action.

Handle doesn’t pitch possibilities.
We own mandates. We deliver outcomes.

This is Handle

Execution Requires

Leadership.

Handle is led by a team of ex-Big Four consultants, capital market specialists, and legal execution experts.
Each partner leads with deep specialization and is backed by a handpicked in-house team of top-tier professionals — ensuring every engagement is delivered with precision, accountability, and the highest standards of execution.

Mohamed Abu El-Makarem

Mohamed Abu El-Makarem

Managing Partner & Chairman

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Hossam Iraqe

Hossam Iraqe

Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

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Etienne van den Peereboom

Etienne van den Peereboom

Senior Partner, Strategy & Business Transformation

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Oliver von Wolff

Oliver von Wolff

Senior Partner, Deal Advisory, M&A & Capital

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Amr El Sherbiny

Amr El Sherbiny

Senior Partner, Corporate Legal & Regulatory Compliance

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Hamda Al Falasi

Hamda Al Falasi

Associate Partner, Corporate Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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At Handle, delivery excellence isn’t a value — it’s a standard.

That’s the difference between advising — and truly handling it.

Better Ask Handle

COMING SOON

A New Platform for Advisory, Insights & Action — Built by Handle

Coming Soon: Handle’s Digital

Execution Portal

Coming Soon: Handle’s Digital Execution Portal

Managing Partner Statement
“At Handle, we’ve never believed knowledge should sit in binders or behind closed doors. We’re building a digital-first platform to reshape how businesses access structured guidance and real-time execution support — with the same precision and accountability Handle is known for.”

Launching soon, our new portal will deliver practical playbooks, legal frameworks, governance models, and financial control tools — all designed to help founders, boards, and investors lead with clarity.

This is the future of advisory.

Digital. Actionable. Built by Handle.

— Mohamed Abu El-Makarem

Founder & Managing Partner

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Under legal stress, financial pressure,

or strategic uncertainty?

Let’s fix what’s blocking your next move — and lead it to results.

Request a Strategic Consultation

Speak to a Partner

We respond within 1 business day — no junior handoffs. Your mandate is reviewed by a senior partner.

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From Chaos to Clarity

We don’t just advise — we Handle.

15+ years transforming family enterprises — now relaunched to handle legal, financial, strategic, and capital complexity for businesses ready to act.

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