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ABOUT COMPLY SPHERE ADVISORY
Specialist Sanctions Expertise. Practical Commercial Judgement.
Comply Sphere Advisory is a Dubai-based specialist sanctions advisory firm helping banks, fintechs, traders and cross-border businesses understand complex sanctions exposure and make better-informed decisions.
Built around specialist sanctions experience
✓22+ years across banking, fintech and UK law enforcement
✓Experience leading global and UAE sanctions functions
✓Practical understanding of OFAC, UK, EU, UN and UAE regimes
✓Commercially focused support for complex cross-border activity
WHO WE ARE
Focused on Sanctions. Built for Real-World Decisions.
Comply Sphere Advisory was created to provide specialist sanctions support without unnecessary complexity. We focus on the areas where businesses most often need judgement: complex transactions, ownership structures, trade routes, payment chains, control frameworks and emerging geopolitical risk.
Our approach combines regulatory understanding with practical commercial experience. The objective is not simply to identify risk, but to help clients understand what the risk means, what options are available and what a defensible next step looks like.
22+
Years across banking, fintech and UK law enforcement.
5
Core sanctions regimes reflected across our advisory work: OFAC, UK, EU, UN and UAE.
Dubai
Based in the UAE with a focus on GCC and cross-border business risk.
Specialist
Sanctions-led advisory rather than broad, generic compliance consulting.
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Experience That Connects Regulation With Commercial Reality
Strong sanctions advice requires more than knowing the rules. It requires understanding how transactions move, how businesses operate and where risk actually enters the chain.
Cross-Border Perspective
Practical understanding of how sanctions risk appears across GCC markets, international payments, trade, shipping and third-country relationships.
Clear, Defensible Advice
We turn complex facts into structured analysis that helps management, compliance teams and commercial stakeholders reach documented decisions.
Commercially Focused
The objective is proportionate risk management — helping clients understand when activity can proceed, when controls are needed and when risk is too high.
Mayur Jethwa
Founder, Comply Sphere Advisory
Sanctions & Financial Crime Specialist
FOUNDER EXPERIENCE
Senior Sanctions Leadership Across Banking, Fintech and Law Enforcement
Comply Sphere Advisory was founded by Mayur Jethwa, a senior sanctions and financial crime leader with more than 22 years of experience across international banking, fintech and UK law enforcement.
His career has included senior sanctions leadership roles across global and UAE financial institutions, with responsibility for sanctions advisory, governance, screening, risk assessment, investigations and regulatory engagement.
This background brings together strategic leadership with hands-on understanding of payments, correspondent banking, cross-border transactions, trade risk and the practical challenges faced by compliance and commercial teams.
Global and UAE sanctions leadership
Banking and fintech experience
UK law-enforcement background
OFAC, UK, EU, UN and UAE frameworks
Payments and correspondent banking
Trade, ownership and transaction risk
OUR APPROACH
From Complex Facts to a Clearer Decision
01
Understand the Context
We establish the commercial objective, transaction structure and specific sanctions concern that needs to be resolved.
02
Assess the Nexus
We examine the relevant parties, jurisdictions, ownership, goods, routes, payments and sanctions regimes.
03
Identify the Options
We explain the key risk drivers, possible mitigants and any information or controls needed before a decision is made.
04
Support the Decision
We provide clear, practical analysis designed to support a proportionate and defensible commercial outcome.
COMPLEX SANCTIONS ISSUE?
Speak With a Specialist
If you are dealing with a complex transaction, ownership question, trade route or sanctions-control issue, we can help you understand the exposure and the options available.