Free first hires plan · for founders and expansion teams

Get licensed, banked and live faster: hire the right people first

Launching a regulated crypto, fintech or iGaming business, or opening a new country? Answer three questions and get your first hires plan: which roles, in what order, and what your regulator checks in those people.

Three rules from the plan

  1. MiCA: effective management in the EU, with at least one EU-resident director.
  2. VARA: two Responsible Individuals, full-time, resident in the UAE or UAE passport holders.
  3. Malta (MGA): compliance, AML, legal and technology are key functions that need prior approval.
  • Built from real searches we have closed
  • Every regulator point referenced to an official source
  • Free, no call needed to see your plan

Build your first hires plan

60 seconds · 3 questions

1 Your industry

2 Your situation

3 Where you need the licence or the team

Choose your industry first

How we run these searches

We do not name our clients. These are real searches we have closed, with what we screened for.

Compliance · DubaiMLRO

Hands-on AML in the same type of business, suspicious activity decisions they owned, a record that passes fit and proper.

LegalLegal counsel for a compliance firm

Regulatory legal experience in financial services, turning regulation into clear client deliverables.

iGamingA team of account managers

Portfolios they managed and results they can explain, the languages and markets of the players.

  • We screen candidates against the regulator's criteria before you meet them
  • We approach people who are not looking
  • 90-day replacement guarantee on every placement
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