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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.














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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


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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