Turnaround & Recovery · Jumeirah Lakes Towers
Business Turnaround & Recovery Advisory Serving Jumeirah Lakes Towers Businesses
Unified authority for recovery across complex group structures.
Handle’s JLT business turnaround advisory consolidates decision authority across group entities, controls cash and intercompany obligations and contains legal exposure — executing recovery for DMCC-based groups within defined legal and financial parameters and fixed milestones.
When this is needed
JLT Business Turnaround Advisory in the UAE: where the mandate begins.
- A JLT group is under liquidity pressure, and cash is trapped or misallocated across DMCC entities.
- Governance has fragmented across subsidiaries, and no one can take recovery decisions for the group.
- Intercompany balances and guarantees are creating exposure that creditors may pursue.
- Disputes are emerging in one entity and threaten to spread across the group.
Matters Handle leads
JLT group recovery mandates.
Four mandate types. One recovery, consolidated across the group.
Rapid Stabilisation
Immediate operational control across entities.
Cash & Liquidity Control
Priority payments enforced at group level.
Risk Containment
Legal, commercial and intercompany downside ring-fenced.
Time-Bound Recovery
Fixed recovery milestones and owners.
The scope
Business Turnaround & Recovery Advisory Serving Jumeirah Lakes Towers Businesses — scope, made explicit.
A focused, premium mandate — with group authority, intercompany exposure and liquidity at the center.
Authority Consolidation
Governance and decision authority consolidated immediately.
Liquidity Discipline
Cashflow and balance sheet controlled across the group.
Intercompany Containment
Contractual and intercompany risk contained.
Creditor Coordination
Stakeholders and creditors engaged centrally.
Group Recovery Roadmap
Milestones held until stability is secured.
The mandate
One authority. One recovery.
Turnaround across a group fails without unified authority. Handle consolidates decision control first, then restores performance through fixed timelines and disciplined execution.
Intercompany obligations are contained and prioritised, disputes are managed in parallel and confidentiality is maintained across every entity until stability is restored.
What the mandate delivers
- Immediate consolidation of governance and authority
- Cashflow, liquidity and balance-sheet discipline
- Legal, contractual and intercompany risk containment
- Stakeholder and creditor coordination
- Recovery roadmaps with fixed milestones
- Partner-led execution until stability is secured
How the work runs
Four disciplines. One group recovery.
Every JLT turnaround mandate is run with authority, cash, intercompany and milestone control.
01
Unified Decision Control
Senior partners consolidate authority immediately.
02
Financial Discipline
Cash and liabilities controlled across the group.
03
Legal Containment
Exposure managed entity by entity.
04
Recovery Certainty
Stability restored under fixed milestones.
The Handle model
Practice-led. Never fragmented.
The work may begin here — it stays connected to strategy, capital and law.
Strategy & Operations
The work stays connected to market position, operating model, performance and execution governance.
M&A & Capital
The work stays aware of capital readiness, investor review, transaction logic and deployment discipline where relevant.
Legal & Regulatory
The work stays protected through structure, rights, governance, enforceability and regulatory or dispute readiness.
Why Handle
Recovery without fragmentation.
Handle executes recovery where operational stress, capital exposure and governance fragmentation intersect — linking it to capital restructuring and legal protection within one mandate.
- Immediate governance consolidation and decision control
- Liquidity prioritisation across group entities
- Intercompany exposure actively controlled
- Disputes managed in parallel with recovery
- Confidentiality maintained across all entities
- Partner-led mandates with institutional discipline
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.
Mohamed abu El-MakaremManaging Partner & Chairman
Engagement paths
Where this work typically begins.
Growth & Expansion
When the asset must scale capacity, geography, capital, partnerships or market share.
Turnaround
When the asset must reset structure, capital, law, governance and operations under pressure.
Coverage
Serving Jumeirah Lakes Towers — connected across the strategy practice.
Handle leads recoveries for DMCC-licensed groups, trading businesses and multi-entity structures in JLT and across Dubai.
Across Jumeirah Lakes Towers
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Questions, answered
JLT Business Turnaround Advisory — questions, answered.
How Handle’s JLT business turnaround advisory restores control across group entities.
What triggers a JLT business turnaround advisory mandate?
Liquidity pressure, governance fragmentation, creditor stress or sustained underperformance.
How does Handle restore control during recovery?
By consolidating decision authority and enforcing governance discipline.
Does Handle manage intercompany risk during recovery?
Yes. Intercompany exposure and obligations are actively controlled.
Is recovery execution partner-led?
Yes. Every recovery mandate is led by senior partners.
What defines completion of a recovery?
Stability restored with governance and capital under control.
Does Handle assume temporary control during recovery?
Yes. Decision authority is consolidated where required to stabilise performance.
How does JLT business turnaround advisory manage intercompany obligations?
Through structured containment and payment priorities set at group level.
Can recovery proceed alongside disputes?
Yes. Litigation and claims are managed in parallel.
Is recovery confidential across group entities?
Yes. Strict confidentiality applies across every entity.
What signals the end of a group recovery mandate?
Each entity is stable, intercompany exposure is controlled and group governance runs without consolidated authority.
Insights
Perspectives from live mandates.
Partner-led analysis on law, capital and strategy, shaped by boardroom realities across the UAE and the GCC.
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Work with Handle
Begin with Business Turnaround & Recovery Advisory Serving Jumeirah Lakes Towers Businesses — kept connected to the whole Handle model.
When a group needs one authority to recover.
Request an initial review
When group recovery must be consolidated.
Set out the matter. A partner reviews it and responds with a defined route, strategy and accountable lead.
- Partner-level review of every request
- Strict confidentiality and privilege from first contact
- One accountable partner from review to execution
