Structuring & tax
The right entities in the right places, built for how you actually operate and where you actually are.
What we do
Services
Three things we lead on: licensing, compliance and M&A. We design the strategy and execute it, through licensed counsel where the law requires. The rest supports the same goal, getting you live.
01 · Licensing
Build the moat
A licence is the one defensibility a competitor cannot copy in a weekend. It is also what acquirers pay for.
VASP, EMI, PSP, MSB, MiCA, VFA, iGaming and more. We scope the right jurisdiction for your model, prepare the full application, and run it through licensed local counsel to approval. You get a clear path and a team that has been through it, not a research memo.
02 · Compliance
Run lean, stay ahead
Compliance should let you scale, not slow you to a stop.
We build AML and KYC frameworks, manage regulator relationships, and integrate AI into compliance operations so a small team can run what used to need a department. Project-based to get you across a threshold, or ongoing as you grow. Built to pass audit and to hold up as you scale.
03 · Mergers & acquisitions
Buy the rails, or sell them
The market is consolidating. Incumbents buy licences and distribution rather than build them. Stripe bought Bridge. Robinhood bought Bitstamp for its licences.
We advise on both sides. Acquiring a licensed entity to skip years of application, or positioning your business to be bought well. Sourcing, diligence, deal structure, and close. Classical M&A and licensed-entity transactions alike.
Also part of the mandate
[ SUPPORTING ]Banking & rails
Introductions to banks, EMIs and PSPs that work with fintech, AI and crypto. Accounts that open, and stay open.
Asset protection & recovery
Structures that protect what you have built. Recovery and release of frozen or blocked funds through proper legal and banking channels.
Where we work
[ INDUSTRIES ]Crypto & Web3
Exchanges, DeFi, wallets, stablecoins, tokenised assets. Licensing, banking and structure for the businesses regulators find hardest.
Fintech & payments
Neobanks, PSPs, EMIs, embedded finance, lending. The rails that move money, and the licences that keep them legal.
AI & frontier tech
Data, IP, liability and a new wave of regulation. Structure and compliance for frontier businesses before the rules harden.
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