With over two decades of experience advising global enterprises such as Alibaba, Alstom, British American Tobacco, Eastspring Investments, Lazada, Optima Partners and Unilever, alongside a diverse portfolio of fintech and startup clients, Aetnum delivers pragmatic legal insight and strategic value.
We serve as a trusted partner to boards and management teams, helping accelerate growth, navigate risk, and build lasting competitive advantage. Our team supports both short- and long-term legal initiatives, guides complex negotiations, manages strategic funding projects, and delivers targeted risk advisory to help drive your growth.
Serving as a board member, corporate secretary, senior executive, or strategic advisor on governance, risk management, planning, and growth, with extensive experience across innovative and highly regulated industries.
Leveraging extensive experience across the financial services, payments, data, and technology sectors to navigate complex regulatory frameworks, ensure full compliance, and sustainable innovation. Conducting quality assurance audits, gap analyses and deep dive reviews.
Assisting with corporate structuring, cross-border operations, and regulatory alignment to support efficient, compliant, and scalable business growth across diverse industries.
Leading global technology transactions across digital assets, intellectual property, vendor SaaS, and cross-border partnerships, while providing strategic legal guidance on AI adoption, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Providing strategic advisory on fintech innovation, digital asset structuring, licensing, payments, tokenization, regulatory compliance, and public offerings across global financial and technology markets.
Supporting global platforms in advancing digital expansion initiatives, optimizing payment ecosystems, enhancing consumer protection frameworks, and navigating complex cross-border regulatory environments.
Structuring financial products and setting up capital raising platforms for public and private funds, family offices, private equity, venture capital and wealth management offerings across all asset classes and strategies. Obtaining fund management and marketing solutions licenses.
Assisting emerging companies on corporate structuring, investor negotiations, growth financing, and strategic partnerships to support sustainable global expansion.
Designing and transforming legal functions through the integration of technology and AI, driving greater efficiency, cost management, compliance, and alignment with business objectives across global operations.
Supporting companies entering new jurisdictions with regulatory navigation, corporate structuring, and risk analysis.
Identifying regulatory, operational, and financial risks and implementing mitigation strategies across the organization.
End-to-end support for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures, including due diligence, deal structuring, and post-merger integration.
Sitting on or advising boards and senior management on governance frameworks, decision-making, and policy implementation.
Advising on legal, regulatory, and operational implications of adopting new technologies, digital tools, and AI solutions.
Developing internal policies, procedures, and standard operating protocols to ensure efficiency, regulatory alignment, and scalability.
Providing guidance on handling litigation, arbitration, or reputational crises, including strategic response planning.
Designing and delivering workshops for teams on legal, regulatory, compliance, or operational topics.
Flexible legal support on a fractional basis, providing short- or long-term strategic counsel, compliance, and transactional expertise as needed.
Securing regulatory licenses, negotiating strategic contracts, driving legal transformation, implementing AI responsibly, and optimizing internal and external legal costs.
Strategic guidance on funding, corporate setup, regulatory compliance, and technology/IP strategy, helping startups, SMEs, and established companies achieve growth and innovation goals.