We start with a one-hour scoping call — free. You leave with a written summary of your AI system's risk classification under the EU AI Act, your three most critical compliance gaps, and a clear first step. From there, if we proceed, we issue a fixed-fee proposal with a defined scope and set of deliverables. No open-ended retainers at the outset. You know exactly what you are getting before you commit.
A Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) is a mandatory obligation under Article 27 of the EU AI Act for deployers of high-risk AI systems. It requires a structured evaluation of how your AI system may affect the fundamental rights of people subject to its decisions — including rights to non-discrimination, privacy, and due process. Any organisation deploying a high-risk AI system listed in Annex III must complete a FRIA before deployment. The compliance deadline is December 2, 2027.
Yes. The EU AI Act applies extraterritorially. It does not matter where your company is based. If your AI system affects people in the EU — as users, as subjects of a decision, or as people affected by an automated process — you are in scope. A US lender offering loans to EU customers, a UK HR platform screening candidates who are EU citizens, a Canadian insurer with EU policyholders: all are in scope. We work with organisations internationally.
Scope is confirmed in the first week. A compliance audit or FRIA typically runs three to four weeks of active work: intake questionnaire and document review, structured interview with your technical and legal teams, then a written classification memo, gap analysis, and remediation roadmap — or, for a FRIA, the scored impact assessment with rights-holder register and mitigation adequacy evaluation. You receive everything in writing. No verbal-only outputs.
If your AI system is not deployed in the EU and has no EU users, you are outside the scope of the EU AI Act and do not need our services. We are also not the right fit if you are looking for a law firm — we provide compliance consulting, not legal advice. If you need a Rechtsanwalt to advise on enforcement proceedings or regulatory submissions with legal privilege, we will tell you so and point you to the right people.
Law firms provide legal advice — we provide compliance methodology. Big Four consultancies offer process frameworks built for large enterprise engagements. We bring something neither offers: 30 years of IFC Performance Standard methodology applied directly to EU AI Act requirements. Our FRIA outputs are scored, weighted, and built to withstand regulatory scrutiny — not questionnaire-based documentation that satisfies a checkbox but not a regulator.