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Dispute Resolution

Banking Disputes

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  • Hadef & Partners offers specialized banking and finance dispute resolution services tailored to the needs of financial institutions and corporate clients operating in the UAE. Our dedicated team has extensive experience representing major banks, investment firms, asset managers, and borrowers in complex financial disputes before UAE courts and regulatory bodies. We handle a comprehensive range of matters including loan recovery, derivative mis-selling claims, enforcement of securities and collaterals, insolvency of borrowers, regulatory investigations into financial misconduct, and intricate breach of contract cases.

    Our banking and finance litigation practice is founded on a deep, nuanced understanding of the UAE's banking laws, capital markets regulations, and financial services framework. This technical expertise, combined with robust advocacy skills, allows us to provide strategic legal counsel that pragmatically advances our clients' interests in high-stakes financial disputes. We collaborate closely with our clients to carefully analyze the strengths and risks of each case and devise dispute resolution strategies precisely aligned with their commercial objectives, whether that involves steadfast litigation, pre-emptive negotiation, or facilitated settlement. Financial institutions and corporate borrowers rely on our tenacious representation and steadfast commitment to delivering favorable outcomes.

    • Represented a leading UAE bank in recovering a substantial loan amount exceeding AED100 million from a defaulting borrower.
    • Advising a multinational corporation in defending bankruptcy claims initiated by high-net-worth individuals in the UAE Court aimed at staying execution proceedings commenced by creditors for a claim value exceeding AED350 million.
    • Advised a German-based bank on a dispute initiated by a government entity in Amsterdam, brought to the Dubai Courts, concerning cross-jurisdictional tax-related fraud, with a claim value exceeding USD2 billion.
    • Represented a consortium of companies and individuals in UAE Courts concerning allegations of fraud and breach of contract within the context a Dubai legal proceedings commenced by a UAE bank, with the claim valued at over AED2.5 billion.
    • Successfully defended a bank based in Lebanon against a first of its kind deposit recovery claim initiated in the UAE Courts.  
    • Advised a bank on the enforcement of a mortgage in a complex default situation involving multiple loans across the UAE.
    • Represented a company in a construction-related dispute with a bank concerning the assignment of rights over the construction of the project for a claim value exceeding 130 million.
    • Adrian Chadwick

      Partner, Deputy Head of Dispute Resolution, Dubai and Head of Maritime, Transport & Trade
      Dispute Resolution
      a.chadwick@hadefpartners.com
    • Salih A. Ahnaish

      Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution, Abu Dhabi
      Dispute Resolution
      s.ahnaish@hadefpartners.com
    • Walid Azzam

      Partner, Dispute Resolution
      Dispute Resolution
      w.azzam@hadefpartners.com
    • Mohamed Eissa

      Partner
      Dispute Resolution
      m.eissa@hadefpartners.com
    • Rami Obeid

      Partner
      Dispute Resolution
      r.obeid@hadefpartners.com
    • Khalid El Derderi

      Senior Legal Consultant
      Dispute Resolution
      k.derderi@hadefpartners.com
    • Mohamed Wahba

      Senior Legal Consultant
      Dispute Resolution
      m.wahba@hadefpartners.com
    • Mutasim Khalil Ismail

      Senior Legal Consultant
      Dispute Resolution
      m.ismail@hadefpartners.com
    • Ahmed Eldemerdash

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      a.demerdash@hadefpartners.com
    • Ahmed Maali

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      a.maali@hadefpartners.com
    • Fawzi Abdullah Ahnish

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      f.abdullah@hadefpartners.com
    • Harriet McLaughlin

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      h.mclaughlin@hadefpartners.com
    • Maria Lezala

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      m.lezala@hadefpartners.com
    • Mian Abdul Hannan

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      h.mian@hadefpartners.com
    • Mohamed Eid

      Senior Associate
      Dispute Resolution
      m.eid@hadefpartners.com
Key Contacts
  • Abdulrahman Juma

    a.juma@hadefpartners.com
  • Adrian Chadwick

    a.chadwick@hadefpartners.com
  • Walid Azzam

    w.azzam@hadefpartners.com
  • Salih A. Ahnaish

    s.ahnaish@hadefpartners.com
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