Lariat is a London-based consultancy helping regulated and complex businesses transform operations, navigate regulation, and secure what matters. Senior-led engagements across three integrated practices.
Four practices, each led by senior specialists, working together where your problem spans more than one.
We help organisations redesign operating models, deliver complex programmes, and embed continuous improvement. ERP and PMO design, target operating models, S&OP, and post-merger integration.
Explore practice โWe support regulated firms through authorisation, supervision, and complex change. FCA authorisation, AML and MLRO advisory, payments licensing, and financial crime frameworks.
Explore practice โWe design and audit the controls that protect regulated data and earn regulator trust. ISMS design, GDPR programmes, PCI readiness, and audit preparation.
Explore practice โWe advise on acquisitions, disposals, and investments in regulated and complex businesses โ spanning due diligence, transaction readiness, and post-close integration.
Explore practice โSpecialist disciplines we bring to engagements where the work requires it.
Frameworks, controls, and audit trails for data-intensive and AI-enabled operations in regulated environments.
Learn more โPreparation for internal, external, and regulatory audits โ documentation, evidence, and control environments built to hold up to scrutiny.
Learn more โOperations ยท Pharma
A top-5 global pharmaceutical company needed to standardise its end-to-end global operations before pursuing improvement at scale. Lariat embedded a senior PMO, established programme governance, and delivered 38 processes across 8 workstreams into a single source of truth. By project close, Phase 1 was fully delivered and Lean Six Sigma + digitalisation had launched on the foundation Lariat built.
Read case study โCompliance ยท Payments
Read case study โ"Lariat took us from initial FCA scoping to authorised PI in eleven months. Their command of the regulator's expectations made the difference between a polished application and a credible one."
โ CEO, FCA-authorised payments firm
Security ยท Payments
A growth-stage payments firm needed ISO 27001 certification to win enterprise customers and satisfy partner-bank due diligence โ but had no ISMS, no security function, and no realistic timeline. Lariat scoped the ISMS deliberately to cover only the regulated payment flows, designed the control framework, ran the gap remediation across engineering and operations, and prepared the firm through Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits. Certification was achieved in seven months with zero major non-conformities. Two enterprise contracts that had been blocked on certification closed within six weeks of the certificate landing.
Read case study โSenior-led, always.
Every engagement is led by a practice partner. No juniors on your account, no handoffs after the pitch.
Honest scope.
We propose the smallest engagement that solves your problem. If a four-week diagnostic answers the question, we won't sell a four-month programme.
Independent.
No software vendor partnerships, no implementation kickbacks, no incentive to recommend the wrong tool.
We advise regulated and complex businesses across:
Whether you need senior advisory, a structured proposal, or want to explore a specific transaction โ we'll respond within one business day.