Turnaround Management
Operational turnaround and cash-flow stabilisation for underperforming businesses, assets and divisions.
Image · Turnaround ManagementTurnaround management is the hands-on stabilisation of an underperforming business: fixing operations, containing cash and restoring performance before value erodes. Matchpoint works with owners, boards and lenders on the operational and financial turnaround of stressed businesses, assets and divisions, combining a rapid diagnostic and cash-flow control with the restructuring and capital solutions to fund the recovery.
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.
Our role on turnaround management mandates
- Rapid operational and financial diagnostic of the underperformance
- Cash-flow containment, 13-week cash management and liquidity control
- Operational fixes, cost reduction and working-capital release
- Turnaround and value-creation planning with clear milestones
- Restructuring and rescue capital to fund the recovery
Select transactions
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.
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Original, data-driven research from our team, relevant to this area.
Turnaround Management — frequently asked questions
Turnaround management is the practical work of stabilising and restoring an underperforming or distressed business: containing cash, fixing operations and rebuilding performance before value is lost. It combines an operational fix with the financial restructuring and capital to support it.
As early as the first signs of sustained underperformance or liquidity stress. The earlier a turnaround starts, the more options remain, and the more value can be preserved for owners, lenders and employees.
A short-horizon, weekly cash forecast that gives a stressed business tight visibility and control over liquidity, so it can prioritise payments, avoid a cash crisis and buy the time a turnaround needs.
Matchpoint leads the turnaround as adviser and can work alongside an interim manager or chief restructuring officer where one is needed, coordinating the operational plan with the financial restructuring and capital.
A credible turnaround plan is what unlocks rescue, special-situations and restructuring capital. Matchpoint builds the plan and arranges the capital together, so stabilisation and funding move in step.
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).
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