Licensing where other firms say "not our area".
iGaming. Crypto & Web3 (CASP/VASP). Payment institutions and e-money institutions. Investment services. We don't take licences we can't close — and we tell you on the first call which of your four options is actually realistic.
End-to-end, not "we'll file it and hope".
Jurisdiction selection
Written memo comparing 3–5 candidate jurisdictions for your activity, cap table, timeline and banking appetite.
Pre-clearance
Where the regulator accepts informal pre-clearance, we pre-clear your deal before you pay filing fees. Lower rejection rates, faster cycles.
Application drafting
Business plan, risk assessment, AML manual, governance pack, IT policies, fit-and-proper dossiers. Drafted in-house, reviewed by named counsel.
Substance build-out
Registered office, qualified directors, MLRO, compliance officer, board calendar, audit readiness from day one.
Regulator liaison
We handle the Q&A rounds. You get a weekly status note; you don't read 200-page regulator emails.
Ongoing compliance
Policy updates, annual reviews, licence renewals, rule-change monitoring, regulator inspection prep.
Specific — not "anything regulated".
iGaming / gambling
Anjouan, Curaçao, Kahnawake, Isle of Man, Malta (MGA). Master and sub-licences, B2B and B2C.
Crypto (CASP / VASP)
Lithuania, Czech Republic, Switzerland, UAE, El Salvador, Liechtenstein. Full CASP and narrow activity classes.
EMI / small EMI
Lithuania, Ireland, Malta, Estonia, UK (FCA-registered partners). Full authorisation and agency programmes.
Payment institutions
Authorised and small payment institutions across EU. Acquiring, money remittance, payment initiation services.
Investment firms
MiFID II authorisation for portfolio management, investment advice, broker-dealer activities. Cyprus, Malta, Lithuania.
Specialist authorisations
Trust & corporate service providers, fund administrators, precious-metals dealers. Case-by-case — we'll say on first call.
The first-call questions.
How do you pick which jurisdiction I should file in?
We map your product, target markets, cap table and capital budget against the regulator's actual appetite (not their marketing). The output is a 3-page memo comparing 3–5 candidate jurisdictions with a recommendation.
What does "regulator pre-clearance" actually mean?
In jurisdictions that allow it, we sit down (or call) with the regulator before formal filing, walk through your UBO, business model and risk profile, and get an informal steer on whether they'd accept the application. Reduces rejection rates dramatically.
Do you offer fixed fees?
For licensing: yes, on a staged basis. Stage 1 diagnostic is fixed. Stage 2 filing is fixed once scope is agreed. We don't quote hourly because licensing is a closed-loop engagement with defined deliverables.
What happens if the regulator rejects?
Rare (sub-4% over 2024) because of pre-clearance. When it happens, one re-filing is covered inside the original scope. If a rejection is caused by a fundamental product change, that's a new engagement — and we'll say so clearly.
Can you help us build the internal compliance team?
Yes. We've placed 20+ MLROs and compliance officers into client businesses. We also offer fractional MLRO services for smaller regulated entities.
You've got one licence to get right. Let's get it right.
30-minute diagnostic call. Written jurisdiction memo within a week — yours to keep, with or without us.