I engineer the legal infrastructure for high-risk digital businesses — unblocking payments, securing licences, and making sure law enables growth rather than stopping it.
15 Years of Trusted Legal Practice
My background covers legal operations, intellectual property, data privacy, commercial contracts, cross-border structuring, iGaming, payments, crypto-related projects, SaaS platforms and digital product launches.
I understand not only the legal framework, but also the business logic behind product, traffic, monetisation, payments and operational risk.
I analyse how the business actually works: corporate structure, IP ownership, user journey, payment routes, data processing, contracts and operational decision-making.
I map that operational reality against the relevant legal, regulatory, tax, AML, privacy, advertising and contractual frameworks.
Risks are separated into acceptable, manageable and critical — so business leaders can act without guessing.
Critical risks are neutralised at the level of structure, process, contract or product design before they become enforcement problems.
End-to-end legal architecture for iGaming projects: jurisdiction selection, setup, licensing strategy and payment readiness.
Compliance infrastructure for PSP/EMI onboarding, AML/EDD frameworks, merchant risk management and high-risk crypto flows.
Legal risk mapping for models that sit close to gambling, payments, prizes, marketing and consumer protection.
Multi-jurisdictional structuring, UBO governance, IP allocation, intragroup agreements and tax/legal exposure reduction.
Privacy stack rebuilds for SaaS and digital products: RoPA, DPIA, DPA, DSAR, cookies and Privacy by Design.
Trademarks, copyright, software IP, AI product compliance, content protection and platform enforcement.
MSA, SaaS agreements, vendor contracts, enterprise negotiations, licensing, affiliate and partnership frameworks.
Affiliate structures, influencer compliance, advertising review, acquisition channels and high-risk market entry.
Building legal functions from zero: intake, SLA, approval matrix, templates, KPI, Jira workflows and external counsel control.
AML, KYC, UBO, source-of-funds, corporate and operational packages for onboarding or review.
Licensing, corporate, tax, payments, data and marketing exposure mapped before launch.
T&C, bonus rules, refund policies, privacy docs and user-facing legal flows rebuilt.
Claims handling, evidence standards, escalation flows and settlement logic designed.
UBO, IP ownership, intercompany flows, tax exposure and risk segregation reviewed.
Domain, hosting, CDN, DMCA and social-platform enforcement systems built.
GDPR/ePrivacy documentation, DSAR processes, cookies and data governance rebuilt.
Intake, templates, SLA, approval matrix, signing authority, KPI and counsel control implemented.
International digital group in 12+ jurisdictions with inconsistent structures, weak UBO governance, fragmented IP ownership and poor risk segregation.
Designed multi-layer corporate architecture, intragroup agreements, IP allocation, IP Box logic, BEPS-compatible model and transfer pricing coordination.
Unified governance framework with local overlays, tax-aligned structure across 12 jurisdictions and full legal segregation between business units.
Clone websites, domain squatters, trademark misuse, copied content and unauthorised brand use across major social platforms.
Built trademark, UDRP, DMCA, Cloudflare/hosting abuse and social-platform enforcement playbooks with evidence templates and escalation chains.
300+ IP/domain enforcement matters managed. Clone traffic removed in key markets and enforcement became a repeatable process with SLA tracking.
SaaS platform in 133 countries with outdated Privacy Policy, no RoPA, inconsistent cookie notices and no structured DSAR process.
Rebuilt GDPR/ePrivacy stack: RoPA, DPIA, DPA framework, DSAR procedures, privacy policies, cookies and internal data rules.
Standardised compliance across products and contracts; DSAR handling became internal and repeatable; dependency on external lawyers reduced.
No legal system: uncontrolled external counsel, CFO as intake point, no templates, no SLA, no approval matrix and ad hoc decision-making.
Audited requests, built Legal Ops Framework, introduced signing authority, templates, Jira tracking, KPI, external counsel control and team onboarding.
In 3 months legal moved from reactive chaos to managed function. Standard contract approval time decreased by 40%.
Where the baseline was set. A top-tier firm taught me legal precision, ethical standards, and the discipline of producing work that holds up under hostile scrutiny. I learned early that brilliant legal theory is useless if it shatters in a real boardroom. This is where I started engineering contracts as business shields — not just legal documents.
From consulting to building. Navigated the full legal lifecycle of launching a global gaming product — IP rights, investor structuring, publisher deals and international B2B scale. This marked my shift from advising on risk to owning it. I learned that a true in-house partner never just says "no" to a bold product vision — they figure out the "how."
25+ jurisdictions, aggressive affiliate markets, non-standard monetisation. Learned to make rapid legal decisions that enable growth — culminating in the full packaging and sale of the business. When traffic moves this fast, delayed legal approval means lost revenue. I mastered the art of balancing aggressive market capture with the corporate hygiene required for a clean M&A exit.
Legal backbone for a 34M-user SaaS platform across 133 countries. Built GDPR/privacy stacks, managed complex IP, and turned legal into a measurable, SLA-driven operational function. You can't fight fires manually at that scale. I stopped being just a lawyer and became a system architect — proving that streamlined legal operations actively accelerate enterprise sales, not slow them down.
Everything, at maximum complexity. iGaming licensing, regulated payment flows, crypto structures, sweepstakes models and virtual asset economies — where all previous layers operate simultaneously. In this tier, a compliance gap doesn't mean a fine — it means frozen accounts and a dead business. This is where I stand between regulators and founders, turning hostile environments into navigable terrain.
Head of Legal · General Counsel
I build and own the legal function from within. For fast-growing digital or high-risk companies that treat legal as a strategic business partner — not just a risk filter. Remote-first, with availability for global team integration and critical on-site work.
Senior legal oversight for companies scaling too fast for a junior counsel, but not yet requiring a full-time executive. I embed into your C-suite, build the core legal architecture, manage external advisers efficiently, and lay the groundwork for your future in-house team.
Turnkey execution for complex, standalone legal challenges. New jurisdiction entry, iGaming licensing setup, multi-entity restructuring, or a GDPR compliance rebuild — defined deliverables, clear timelines, fixed budget.
High-impact expert input for critical decisions. For founders needing an urgent regulatory reality-check, a second opinion on a PSP or licensing structure, or a rapid risk audit before a major transaction or product launch.
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