About us
Specialists in licensed finance.
Financial Licensing Advisors advises on the licensing, acquisition and sale of banks and other regulated financial institutions.
Track record
In recent years Financial Licensing Advisors has been the most active M&A firm in the financial licensing sector worldwide.
Why this site exists
Information about licensing regulated entities is scattered across hundreds of regulators, often out of date, and sometimes misleading. This site brings it together in one place. Every requirement links to the regulator’s own source and carries a date, so founders, boards and investors can start from facts.
Principles
Five standards that govern our work.
- 01Know your client
We act only for clients whose identity and source of funds we have verified. We take on only transactions that a regulator can approve.
- 02Accountable governance
We do not supply nominee directors. A licensed institution must be run by people who direct it in fact.
- 03Transparent ownership
Beneficial ownership is disclosed to the regulator in full, at every stage of a transaction.
- 04Integrity of the banking system
We do not broker or sell bank accounts.
- 05Candid advice
We set out what a regulator will expect. When a licence is unlikely, we say so at the outset.
Offices
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26-28 Rue Edward Steichen, 2nd floor, L-2540 Luxembourg
Open in mapKing Palace Plaza, 55 King Yip Street, Suite C8F, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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