KBH advises banks, financial institutions, financial services providers, corporate borrowers, investment entities and private capital clients on banking, finance, regulatory and contentious financial services matters. Having been active in the DIFC since 2006, the firm brings longstanding experience of the legal and regulatory environment in which regional and international financial institutions operate.
The firm’s advisory work includes bilateral and syndicated lending, secured lending, security documentation, property and asset finance, mortgage arrangements, trade finance and supply chain finance. KBH advises on the structuring, negotiation and documentation of financing arrangements, with a focus on legal certainty, regulatory alignment and commercially workable outcomes.
KBH is also highly experienced in financial services litigation and regulatory disputes. The firm acts in matters involving lending enforcement, borrower defaults, financial products and services offered through DIFC entities, alleged misconduct by banks and financial professionals, regulatory breaches, anti-money laundering issues and white-collar crime matters. Its disputes capability is particularly strong where financial, regulatory and reputational issues intersect.
The firm has acted in major financial disputes before the DIFC Courts, including Rafed Abdul Mohsen Bader Al Khorafi and Others v Bank Sarasin Alpen (ME) Limited and Others, DIFC Court Proceedings No. CFI 026/2009, a landmark case concerning the DIFC Courts’ jurisdiction in financial services disputes.
KBH’s strength lies in combining banking and finance advisory capability with deep disputes experience. This enables the firm to support clients not only at the point of transaction, but also through regulatory challenge, distress, enforcement and high-stakes financial litigation.