OUR ADVISORY
Regulatory expertise, applied across jurisdictions
Pnyx Hill GRC Advisors provides governance, risk, and compliance advisory to organisations operating in or entering regulated markets. We work across the full regulatory lifecycle: from initial licensing strategy and authority engagement, through framework design, ongoing compliance, and governance maturity.
Our team works directly with boards, founders, compliance officers, and legal teams. We don't produce generic frameworks. We advise on your specific structure, your target jurisdiction, and your commercial objectives.
Developing compliance programmes, regulatory engagement strategies, and governance frameworks for financial services firms, fintechs, and digital asset companies operating in regulated environments.
Licensing & Regulatory Applications Supporting licensing applications across ADGM, DIFC, VARA, SCA, CySEC, AIFC, and MiCA - from initial assessment and structure planning through to authority submission and post-authorisation compliance.
Designing and implementing risk frameworks, internal audit functions, governance architecture, and board-level oversight structures aligned to regulatory expectations.
Regulatory strategy and compliance advisory for digital asset firms, VASPs, blockchain businesses, and crypto-adjacent companies. Includes AML/CFT framework design, sanctions advisory, and VASP licensing support.
WHERE WE OPERATE
Regulatory advisory across three continents
Pnyx Hill GRC Advisors operates from offices in Abu Dhabi, Cyprus, Athens, and Astana. Each office is positioned to serve the regulatory environment it operates in - with direct knowledge of local authorities, licensing frameworks, and market expectations.
Cyprus
Greece
UAE
our regional expertise
Advisory Across the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia
Middle East
Pnyx Hill GRC Advisors advises financial services firms, digital asset businesses, and regulated institutions operating in or entering the UAE.
We work across ADGM, DIFC, and VARA licensing frameworks - supporting regulatory applications, compliance programme design, AML/CFT frameworks, and ongoing authority engagement for firms operating under SCA, ADGM FSRA, and DIFC DFSA regulatory regimes.
Europe
Our European practice advises firms operating under EU financial regulation, with particular depth in Cyprus and Greece.
We support CySEC licensing applications, HCMC regulatory compliance, MiCA implementation, AML programme design, and governance frameworks for investment firms, payment institutions, and digital asset companies seeking authorisation or ongoing compliance support across the EU regulatory perimeter.
Central Asia
Pnyx Hill GRC Advisors operates from Kazakhstan, Astana, advising firms entering the Central Asia market.
The AIFC serves as the regional gateway for financial services, and we support firms navigating AIFC licensing applications, regulatory strategy, governance framework design, and compliance programme build - across fintech, digital assets, and financial services operating under Kazakhstan's financial regulatory framework and the AIFC's evolving capital markets architecture.
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