Banking and Finance Disputes

Legal precision and regulatory insight in high-stakes financial disputes.

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Banking & Finance Disputes: Enforceable by Design

For lenders and investors, Handle pairs legal precision with regulatory insight — banking dispute resolution and finance dispute resolution designed to protect exposure and restore order.

We prosecute and defend high-stakes matters across facilities, securities, and covenants — deploying arbitration in banking and finance and litigation strategies to secure swift, durable remedies.

15+

Years of Experience

Services

Our Banking & Finance Disputes Services: Enforceable by Design

We pair legal precision with regulatory insight for lenders and investors — resolving high-stakes disputes quickly, protecting exposure, and restoring order with durable remedies.

Defaults & Security Enforcement

Enforcement of mortgages, pledges, guarantees, and security packages

Covenant & Facility Disputes

Acceleration, cross-default, event-of-default actions, and workout strategy

Regulatory & Investigations Support

Responses to CBUAE/SCA/DFSA/FSRA actions; remediation and settlements

Structured Settlements & Restructuring

Standstills, reschedulings, intercreditor terms, and consent mechanics

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Why Work with a Banking & Finance Disputes Expert

Financial disputes move quickly and carry regulatory risk. Handle acts with precision — protecting exposure, enforcing security, and restoring order across facilities and covenants.

We represent lenders and investors in defaults, investigations, and restructurings — combining legal advocacy with regulator-ready documentation and remedies.

  • Security enforcement: mortgages, pledges, guarantees, collateral packages
  • Covenant breaches, accelerations, events of default, and workouts
  • Regulatory response and investigations (CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, FSRA)
  • Cross-border award and judgment recognition/enforcement
  • Structured settlements, standstills, and intercreditor frameworks
  • Partner-led oversight and outcome reporting

Why Choose Us to Handle Your Banking & Finance Disputes

Financial disputes move fast and carry regulatory risk. We protect exposure, enforce security, and restore order across facilities and covenants.

Handle represents lenders and investors in defaults, investigations, and restructurings with regulator-ready documentation and durable remedies.

Security Enforcement

Mortgages, pledges, guarantees, and collateral packages enforced with speed and certainty.

Covenant Breach & Workouts

Accelerations, cross-defaults, events of default, and structured workout strategies.

Regulatory Response & Investigations

Responses to CBUAE/SCA/DFSA/FSRA actions; remediation and settlements aligned to risk.

Structured Settlements & Restructuring

Standstills, reschedulings, and intercreditor frameworks that stabilize positions.

Empowering Our Clients

Anchored in the Region’s Most Strategic Hubs

We work across the UAE’s leading financial centers, free zones, regulatory authorities, and courts — giving our clients certainty in both capital and law.

Better Ask Handle.

When your business turns legal, capital turns critical, and legacy turns strategic…

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What’s Included in Our Banking & Finance Disputes Services

Legal precision with regulator-ready execution

We protect lender and investor exposure with fast, regulator-aligned action — enforcing security, stabilizing facilities, and restoring order.

Our mandates are engineered for enforceability, from default to resolution, with durable remedies.

  • Security enforcement: mortgages, pledges, guarantees, collateral
  • Covenant & facility disputes: acceleration, cross-default, events of default
  • Regulatory response & investigations (CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, FSRA)
  • Restructuring: standstills, reschedulings, and intercreditor terms
  • Cross-border recognition & enforcement of awards/judgments
  • Partner-led oversight and outcome reporting
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Strategic Partners Globally

Mohamed abu El-Makarem
Managing Partner & Chairman

“Before offering your business for M&A, you must raise it with discipline. Strengthen governance, restore financial clarity, and sharpen strategy. A parented business attracts investors with confidence, not discounts.”

FAQ

Frequently Asked Banking & Finance Disputes Questions

For lenders and investors, we protect exposure, enforce security, and restore order across facilities and covenants — with regulator-ready documentation.

Defaults, covenant breaches, mis-selling, fraud, and security enforcement.

Yes—mortgages, pledges, guarantees, share charges, and account control agreements.

Standstills, reschedulings, waiver packages, and intercreditor frameworks.

Responses and settlements with CBUAE, SCA, DFSA, FSRA; remediation plans.

We coordinate civil, criminal, and regulatory tracks to trace and recover.

Seat/forum analysis, recognition of awards/judgments, multi-state recovery.

Phased mandates with clear deliverables; fixed components considered where suitable.

Decision-ready memos with scenarios, risks, and recommended actions.

Fast stabilization, enforceable recovery, durable resolution.

Yes—coordinated negotiations and standstill documentation aligned to regulatory and commercial objectives.

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