Bespoke advisory for regulated businesses.
Direct counsel on MiCA, DORA, and corporate compliance — without the overhead of a large firm.
Direct counsel on MiCA, DORA, and corporate compliance — without the overhead of a large firm.
The Digital Omnibus is the Commission's first serious attempt to slim down the EU digital rulebook. For regulated firms, 'simplification' is a deceptively comfortable word — and the disciplined response, until the text s...
A boutique built on a refusal — no leverage, no relay, no shop-window practice areas. Three regimes, one principal, full responsibility from first call to last filing.
Your matter is handled by the principal, end to end. No dilution, no relay. If we cannot take it personally, we say so on the first call.
MiCA, DORA, corporate compliance — depth where it counts, not a one-stop shop. Specialists we trust are named, by name, when matters require it.
Scope, timeline, and fee discussed at the outset. Fixed-fee wherever the work allows. No hourly inflation, no surprise budgets.
Every engagement is scoped against a regime we have shipped before. No first-time learning curves on the client’s clock; the work is already pattern-matched.
End-to-end CASP authorisations. Whitepaper drafting for ART and EMT issuers. Article 60 disclosure pipelines. Cross-border passporting.
ICT risk frameworks aligned to the technical standards. Third-party register builds, threat-led testing, incident reporting playbooks.
Board structure and committee charters. Conflicts and fit-and-proper policies. Regulatory reporting workflows for regulated entities.
Long-form notes on the regimes we practise — published roughly monthly. No newsletter, no algorithm.
MiCA's transitional regime is closing and ESMA's first peer review has put national supervisors on notice. For crypto-asset firms, 2026 is t...
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Before founding FINHOLD Advisory, the principal spent years advising on complex banking & finance, M&A, and regulatory matters across the EU — with experience spanning Big Law and Big 4, including cross-border corporate transactions, leveraged and acquisition financing, venture and growth investments, regulatory structuring, and financial services compliance.
Her practice combines transactional execution with deep regulatory expertise, with particular focus on MiCA, DORA, digital assets, payment services, and corporate governance for regulated financial institutions and emerging technology businesses.
Prior to establishing FINHOLD, she advised founders, financial institutions, investment firms, and high-growth companies on:
The firm was founded on a simple premiseSophisticated regulatory and transactional work should be delivered by practitioners who understand both the legal framework and the commercial reality of operating regulated businesses.
Every enquiry is read by the principal personally. We respond within one business day — usually within the same one.