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Scoping call
Tell us your situation. We tell you honestly whether we can help, which route looks most likely, and whether the assessment is worth your money. If it is not, we say so.
Process · EU & UK
How we work
A free call, then a paid week of clarity, then execution. We start with the facts and we stay on the file.
Four stages
A decision you can execute.
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Assessment
Day 1: diagnostic call and document request. Days 2 to 4: your exact position read and costed: authorisation status, licence value, obligations, and the realistic routes open to you. Day 5: a written recommendation and a fixed-fee proposal for whichever engagement fits.
If the honest answer is that you do not need us, that is what the report says. The fee is credited in full against any engagement that follows.
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Execution
We build the required materials with you and manage the process: regulatory business plan and financials, governance and safeguarding frameworks, submission and all supervisor liaison, data room and change-of-control work where relevant, wind-down mechanics where relevant. Your team stays on the business. We stay on the file until the outcome is clean.
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Outcome
Authorisation granted, licence transferred on protected terms, or clean deregistration with regulator sign-off. We describe the work and the effort. We do not promise regulatory decisions.
Inside the assessment
A decision pack, not a discovery deck.
At the end of the week, you receive a written pack structured for a decision.
- Your current regulatory position and immediate obligations
- Realistic routes compared by cost, timing and dependencies
- A written recommendation with sequencing and rationale
- A fixed-fee execution proposal for the engagement that fits
Illustrative structure. Every assessment follows the client’s facts.
Begin
Start with the call
Twenty minutes. An honest read. A clear next step, even if it is not us.
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Questions buyers actually ask
How are you different from a law firm or a consultancy?
We are neither. Law firms interpret; consultancies advise; we execute. We run the project, the materials and the supervisor relationship, and where a filing needs counsel we work alongside yours or bring specialists in. You get an outcome owned end to end, not a memo and a timesheet.
What does the assessment actually produce?
A written read of your position, the realistic routes with costs and timelines, and a fixed-fee proposal for whichever engagement fits. One week, £7,500, credited in full against any engagement that follows. If the answer is that you do not need us, the report says so.
How long does authorisation really take?
The statutory clocks are short. The real answer, with completeness checks and question rounds, is 6 to 12 months in most jurisdictions right now. We plan against reality, not the statutory minimum.
We missed the transitional deadline. Are we finished?
No, but your obligations changed on 1 July. ESMA requires firms without authorisation to stop onboarding and run an orderly, communicated wind-down while any route back in is built. Sequencing those two correctly is most of the value of the first week.
Can you guarantee an authorisation?
No, and be careful with anyone who implies they can. We describe the work and the effort honestly, and we build applications for what supervisors actually assess.
Which jurisdiction is fastest?
It changes month to month. We recommend routes from live data on how authorities are actually processing, not last year's reputation. The current numbers are public on LicenceMap.
Do you handle the UK?
Yes. The FCA's gateway is set to open on 30 September 2026 and close on 28 February 2027, with no automatic conversion from MLR registration. Pre-application meetings with the FCA are already running, and preparation should be too.
What is your relationship with LicenceMap?
Same team. LicenceMap is our licensing data desk: it stands alone as a product, and we work from its dataset. Where LicenceMap lists independent counsel, they are exactly that: we take no fee from them and they take none from us.
Will anyone know we spoke?
No. Scoping calls and assessments are confidential, we work under NDA as standard, and we never name clients without written consent.