Arm 01 · The advisory core
Compliance advisory, built to be operated.
Our advisory practice is organised into four business lines. Clients typically enter through one and expand across several as their regulatory footprint grows.
Business lines
Four lines. One practice.
Compliance Advisory
Licensing and authorisation, regulatory strategy, data protection impact assessments, AML/CFT programme design, policy and control frameworks, and regulatory remediation, scoped as defined Advisory Sprints rather than open-ended retainers.
Best for
Organisations with a specific regulatory outcome to reach on a defined timeline.
Entry points
Four ways to begin.
Clarity Hour
A single scoped session on your regulatory position and the path through it. No retainer, no obligation.
Cohort Compliance Sessions
Group sessions for founders working through comparable regulatory questions.
Advisory Sprint
A fixed scope, fixed timeline engagement that delivers a defined outcome.
CaaS retainer
The ongoing embedded function, at Anchor, Scale or Command tier.
Method
Start small. Scale on evidence.
Clients should be able to test our judgement before committing to a programme.
01 Diagnose
A Clarity Hour or cohort session scopes the real regulatory exposure and the path through it, with no retainer required.
02 Implement
An Advisory Sprint delivers the defined outcome, whether a licence application, an AML programme or a DPIA, against a fixed scope and timeline.
03 Operate
A CaaS retainer embeds the ongoing function, with infrastructure and health scoring layered in as the organisation matures.
Practice assets
The knowledge base behind the work.
Legum invests continuously in reusable institutional knowledge, so clients are never billed for research that already exists.
Playbook coverage spans KYC, AML/CFT, transaction monitoring, PSP and EMI licensing, cross-border payments, compliance-by-design and merchant onboarding.
- Eight fintech and regulatory playbooks
- Quarterly regulatory intelligence reports
- Vendor and partner mapping
- Compliance template library
- Structured client workspaces
- Health scoring framework
Test our judgement before you commit to a programme.
Book a Clarity Hour and leave with a scoped view of your regulatory exposure, whether or not you engage us further.

