Sector Bench · Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
Finance disputes, handled by specialists from contract to recovery
In credit, derivatives, trade finance, funds and deals, a small drafting or calculation point can become a high-value dispute. UNIONE™ brings finance expertise to your contract design, your decisions, arbitration and enforcement.
Documents, valuation and enforceability, all at once
Financial disputes run through documents, market values, security packages and enforcement rights. Good decisions link the instrument to default, valuation, recovery and the regulatory setting. Choose where to start.
Contract intelligence
Review the arbitration clause, close-out assumptions, guarantees, security and how jurisdictions interact.
Independent assessment
Separate default, valuation, mandate, fund and documentary-credit issues before you choose a process.
Arbitration
Set up the tribunal, confidentiality, experts and valuation questions under the applicable framework.
Enforcement Readiness Note
Link your award or right to collateral, guarantors, insolvency, assets and the places you can enforce.
The disputes we know
These are the disputes, records, contracts and commercial decisions that banking, finance and capital markets teams deal with every day.
Syndicated loans
Disputes over covenants, defaults, acceleration, intercreditor terms, agency decisions, security and restructuring.
Derivatives and ISDA close-out
Termination events, close-out amounts, valuation, collateral and whether netting can be enforced.
Trade finance and documentary credits
Disputes over letters of credit, documentary compliance, fraud, reimbursement and the UCP.
Investment mandates
Disputes over mandate scope, suitability, risk limits, valuation, performance and fiduciary or contractual duties.
Private equity and funds
Capital calls, LP and GP rights, carried interest, valuation, exits, governance and fund documents.
M&A and W&I
Deal disputes over completion accounts, warranties, indemnities, leakage, valuation and W&I insurance.
Before You Sign, Before You Arbitrate and Before You Enforce
Start with the decision in front of you. We will match it to the right service.
Before You Sign
Test your contract while you can still change it. We look at clause and escalation structure, governing law, seat and where you may need to enforce, sector triggers and evidence, DPC™ or Standing Neutral design where it fits, and contract and operational risk.
Before You Arbitrate
Separate the legal position from the commercial decision before proceedings eat up time and capital. This covers claim and counterclaim framing, evidence and quantum review, specialist neutral evaluation, expert determination where agreed, and arbitration readiness.
Before You Enforce
Plan recognition, assets and execution before enforcement becomes urgent. This covers target-country guidance, the route to assets and recognition, issues with States or State-owned companies, Enforcement Readiness Note for relevant awards, and ERR where the applicable process provides for it.
Try the lightest step that will work first
Arbitration is not the only answer. Each step below can resolve or narrow the dispute before you move to the next.
Prevention and DPC™
Test default triggers, calculations, dispute clauses, governing law and forum, netting, security and enforcement destinations before capital is at risk.
Neutral evaluation
A focused assessment of close-out valuation, covenant or default positions, mandate breach, completion accounts or documentary-credit issues.
Expert determination
Where the transaction provides for it, send defined valuation, accounting, pricing or calculation questions to a qualified expert.
Arbitration
When you need a binding decision, a procedure built around financial records, valuation evidence, confidentiality, interim relief and cross-border enforcement.
One definition or calculation can create the dispute
We test the terms that decide whether money is due, how it is calculated, what happens on default and where your rights can actually be enforced.
DPC™ helps you find weak points and plan escalation before a dispute arises. It can’t guarantee that a dispute will be avoided or that a particular result will follow.
Default and acceleration
Clear events of default, grace periods, materiality, cure, acceleration and cross-default or cross-acceleration effects.
Calculation and valuation
Define price sources, valuation agents, discretion, fallback methods, close-out mechanics and the records behind them.
Netting, security and priority
Spot netting, collateral, guarantee, security and intercreditor questions that turn on local law and need specialist advice.
Sanctions and regulatory change
Allocate the risk of payment blocks, sanctions, capital or conduct rules and other regulatory changes that affect performance.
Documentary evidence
Keep confirmations, statements, notices, valuation material, communications and transaction records in usable form.
Dispute and enforcement route
Align the dispute clause, interim relief, the places where assets or security sit and your recognition strategy with the transaction.
Expertise in the frameworks you use
Sector Bench members know the contracts, regulation, evidence and commercial mechanics behind your dispute.
- Loan and credit documents: covenants, events of default, agency, intercreditor terms and security packages.
- ISDA documentation: termination events, close-out, collateral and netting.
- Trade finance: letters of credit and UCP-based documentary practice.
- Fund and mandate documents: capital calls, investor rights, carried interest, valuation and risk limits.
- Deal documents: completion accounts, warranties, indemnities, earn-outs and W&I.
Who we work with
Each party comes with a different decision. Here is where we can help you, whether or not your matter ever reaches arbitration.
Banks and lenders
Disputes over credit, default, syndication, security, restructuring and enforcement.
Funds and asset managers
Questions of mandates, valuation, governance, investor rights, carried interest and exits.
Corporate treasury teams
Derivatives, hedging, guarantees, cash management, payments and counterparty disputes.
Trade finance
Letters of credit, documentary compliance, reimbursement, fraud and cross-border payments.
Private equity and deal teams
Disputes over completion accounts, warranties, earn-outs, W&I, investments and exits.
Insurers and funders
Financial exposure, claim value, recovery prospects and readiness for dispute or enforcement.
Sector Bench members bring real expertise
Every arbitral, neutral, expert or other appointment is decided separately, based on the applicable procedure, the needs of the matter, independence and conflict checks, party choice where relevant, and suitability.
Qualification
A relevant qualification in law, banking, finance, accounting, economics, valuation, investment or a related profession.
Experience
Real experience in banking, capital markets, derivatives, funds, trade finance, transactions, restructuring or disputes.
Sector knowledge
Proven familiarity with financial documents, valuation or calculation issues, market practice or financial regulation.
Specialism
A defined banking, finance or capital markets specialism, not just general commercial experience.
Independence
Able to meet the conflict, independence and impartiality rules for any role they are considered for.
File from anywhere, with local counsel where needed
UNIONE™ works across borders. Some steps must happen locally, through local counsel and local courts.
We work wherever you are
Online filing, secure document exchange, video meetings, central case management, specialist review and country-by-country guidance all work across borders.
Local law stays local
Advice on local law and representation in court stays with qualified local counsel. We will tell you when you need them.
Active all year, between appointments
Fellowship keeps you engaged all year through knowledge, programmes and visibility.
Join real cross-border conversations
Fellows may contribute to sector, country and Business Corridor programmes where their expertise fits. Taking part brings visibility, not referrals or leads.
Barcelona → Circuit → Paris
The 2026 Assembly took place in Barcelona. The UNBOUNDED™ Global Business Circuit runs all year, leading to the next Assembly in Paris in 2027.
Where are you now?
Start with the business problem. The process comes second. These options point you to the best place to start; they do not decide anything about your rights.
Contract still open
The risk can still be designed out or better documented.
Live dispute or claim
You need an independent view before choosing a process.
Binding decision needed
Your matter is ready for arbitration.
Award or recovery
Recognition, assets, security or where to enforce is now the main issue.
Read your dispute clause before the dispute starts
Bring us a contract, a dispute, an enforcement question or your expertise.
Where to go next
Security Package & Intercreditor Disputes
Map collateral, guarantees, security agent powers, ranking, turnover, standstill and enforcement control before you spend money on enforcing a debt.
Covenant Default Intelligence
When a covenant breach turns into a financing decision, weigh evidence, cure, waiver, acceleration and security before you choose your next legal step.
Enterprise Credit Dispute Intelligence
Connect default, acceleration, security, guarantees, intercreditor rights, restructuring and recovery in one view for lenders, borrowers and funds.
Country Intelligence
Dated, sourced country intelligence for arbitration, court support and award recovery, covering Brazil, China, Germany, India, Egypt, Australia and more.
Finance & Credit
Resolve banking and finance disputes: lending, project finance, security and intercreditor issues, derivatives, trade finance, funds and credit recovery.