Special-situations financing and restructuring advisory under the UAE’s reformed insolvency regime.
Image · Special Situations & Restructuring (UAE)The UAE’s restructuring landscape has matured with the Federal Decree-Law No. 51 of 2023 (the new Bankruptcy Law, in force 2024), which modernised preventive settlement, restructuring and bankruptcy, alongside the standalone DIFC and ADGM insolvency regimes. Matchpoint advises UAE and GCC companies, sponsors and lenders on special-situations capital, rescue financing and consensual restructurings, working with local counsel across onshore and free-zone frameworks.
As part of our Debt practice, Matchpoint Partners has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions across four continents — and every debt mandate is led by a partner, from first call to close.
Representative debt mandates led by Matchpoint partners.
Data centre construction & refinancing facility.
Ultra-premium land bank — Sukuk + private credit at ~8.5%.
Receivables financing with tripartite escrow.
Working capital via invoice discounting & supplier finance.
Venture debt for a battery-technology company.
Original, data-driven research from our team, relevant to this area.
Federal Decree-Law No. 51 of 2023, in force in 2024, which replaced the 2016 law and modernised the UAE’s insolvency regime — providing for preventive settlement, restructuring and bankruptcy, and a dedicated Bankruptcy Court. DIFC and ADGM operate their own separate insolvency regimes.
Yes — most restructurings in the UAE are consensual, negotiated directly with lenders, with the formal regime available as a backstop. Matchpoint runs the negotiation and arranges any new-money financing required.
International and regional private-credit and special-situations funds, which price the complexity and enforcement profile that banks avoid. We connect the situation to the right capital.
Matchpoint originates senior, mezzanine, hybrid and structured debt from regional banks, international lenders and private credit funds, structured around your transaction. Tickets range from USD 10m to USD 500m+.
Private credit is non-bank lending from specialist funds, typically senior or unitranche, offering speed and flexibility. We maintain relationships with private credit funds active in the GCC and India.
Yes. We structure Sukuk and Shariah-compliant private credit, including blended structures pairing a Sukuk tranche with conventional debt.
Matchpoint works primarily on a success fee, with a modest retainer to cover execution. Fees are agreed in writing up front and scaled to the size and complexity of the transaction — with no hidden costs.
Most mandates reach a first term sheet within 30 days, depending on diligence readiness and structure; closing follows once terms are agreed.
A short, confidential scoping call and NDA; we structure the requirement and prepare materials, then run a competitive process across our 5,000+ investor and lender relationships, and negotiate to close — with a partner leading at every step.
Matchpoint Partners is based in the UAE and runs cross-border mandates across the UAE, KSA, India and the UK, with active deal activity in wider Europe, Singapore and the United States.
Matchpoint has originated and led $2+ billion of transactions, with equity tickets typically USD 5m–300m, debt USD 10m–500m+, real estate finance USD 20m–500m+, and fund placements for funds of USD 50m–1bn+.
Use the enquiry form, email ck.adya@matchpoint-partners.com, or call/WhatsApp +971 52 345 1119. Every mandate is led by a partner from the very first conversation.
Yes. Matchpoint runs discreet, confidential processes and discloses client identities only under a signed non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Tell us your requirement and a partner will respond personally.
