Compliance Advisory

Built for firms

that answer to regulators.

Not a law firm. Not a big-four slide deck. Practitioner-led compliance advisory for VASPs navigating VARA, MiCA, and ADGM — from someone who has built and defended these programmes under real examination.

Services

Three ways to work together.

Each engagement is scoped to your regulatory reality — not a generic template.

Diagnostic

Compliance Health Check

A structured assessment of your existing compliance programme against the regulatory framework that governs you. You get a gap report, a priority matrix, and a remediation roadmap — not a 60-page PDF nobody reads.

  • AML/CFT programme review
  • Policy & procedure gap analysis
  • Regulatory readiness scoring
  • Priority remediation roadmap
  • Board-ready summary report
Build

Programme Design

Full compliance programme architecture for firms seeking licensing or restructuring their compliance function. From policies and procedures to governance frameworks and reporting lines — designed to survive examination.

  • AML/CFT policy suite
  • Risk assessment framework
  • Transaction monitoring design
  • KYC/CDD procedures
  • Governance & reporting structure
  • Regulator-ready documentation
Ongoing

Fractional CCO

Retained compliance leadership for firms that need a senior compliance voice without a full-time hire. Board-level advisory, regulatory liaison, and programme oversight — on a cadence that fits your stage.

  • Monthly compliance review
  • Regulatory change monitoring
  • Board & committee reporting
  • Regulator liaison support
  • AI-native compliance tooling
  • Direct access to CCO expertise
Process

How engagements work.

01

Scope

30-minute call to understand your regulatory position, jurisdiction, and what's keeping your compliance team up at night.

02

Assess

Deep review of your current programme against the applicable framework. No templates — every assessment is jurisdiction-specific.

03

Deliver

Actionable output: gap reports, policy drafts, remediation plans, or ongoing advisory — depending on what you need.

04

Support

Implementation guidance, regulator prep, or retained advisory. The work doesn't end at the deliverable.

Jurisdictions

Frameworks I work in.

Direct experience with each of these regulatory regimes — not from reading about them, but from building programmes that passed their examinations.

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VARA (Dubai)

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority. Full licensing, ongoing compliance, reporting obligations. The framework I operate under daily.

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MiCA (EU)

Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. CASP licensing, travel rule, whitepaper requirements, cross-border passporting.

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ADGM (Abu Dhabi)

Abu Dhabi Global Market FSRA framework. Digital assets regulation, DNFBP registration, AML/CFT programme requirements.

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FATF Standards

Financial Action Task Force recommendations. The baseline that underpins every jurisdiction-specific framework.

Experience across
MANTRA Chain KPMG Amber Group eToro Northstake

Start with a conversation.

30-minute scoping call — no slides, no sales pitch. Just a clear picture of where your compliance programme stands and what it needs.