navabi — counsel and litigation for the regulated frontier

Art. 9 AVG Verwerking van persoonsgegevens waaruit ras of etnische afkomst, politieke opvattingen, religieuze of levensbeschouwelijke overtuigingen, of het lidmaatschap van een vakbond blijken, en verwerking van genetische gegevens, biometrische gegevens met het oog op de unieke identificatie van een persoon...

§ 02 — MiCA Title VI A crypto-asset service provider shall comply with the prudential requirements set out in this Title at all times. The Council and the Commission have proceeded with implementation measures across Member States...

Art. 53 — EU AI Act Providers of general-purpose AI models shall draw up and keep up-to-date the technical documentation of the model, including its training and testing process and the results of its evaluation...

Wwft, art. 3 Een instelling verricht een onderzoek naar de zakelijke relatie. Het cliëntenonderzoek stelt de instelling in staat de identiteit van de cliënt vast te stellen en te verifiëren, en de identiteit van de uiteindelijke belanghebbende...

HR 19 januari 2024 De Hoge Raad oordeelt dat een digitale entiteit zonder rechtspersoonlijkheid niettemin kan worden aangemerkt als een organisatorisch verband, indien aan de overige vereisten van het maatschappelijk verkeer wordt voldaan...

Art. 2:9 BW Elke bestuurder is tegenover de rechtspersoon gehouden tot een behoorlijke vervulling van zijn taak. Tot de taak van de bestuurder behoren alle bestuurstaken die niet bij of krachtens de wet of de statuten aan een of meer andere bestuurders zijn toegedeeld...

DORA — Art. 17 Financial entities shall have in place a sound, comprehensive and well-documented ICT risk management framework as part of their overall risk management system, which enables them to address ICT risk quickly, efficiently and comprehensively...

AIFMD — Recital 23 The activities of an AIFM in managing AIFs should be subject to authorisation, supervision and the rules laid down in this Directive. To ensure a high level of investor protection across the Union...

ON THE RECORD

By Dec 2028 — raw neural data will be classified as GDPR Article 9 special category.

By Q3 2027 — MiCA Title VI will trigger a 30%+ reduction in licensed EU CASPs.

By Q4 2027 — a major EU neurotech firm will face a retroactive Article 9 enforcement action.

By 2028 — a national court of appeal will rule on an autonomous AI agent as contractual party.

By Q4 2027 — a tokenised US Treasury product will face a cascade redemption event.

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§ 01 The Practice

A small firm in Amsterdam.

We advise founders, capital allocators, and operators building in industries that move faster than the law.

We litigate when those frontiers produce conflict, and for clients in any sector who need adversarial competence rather than process management.

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Two practices, one instinct: read the situation faster than the other side does — and act on it.

— The Navabi method

§ 02 Sectors

Frontier industries we know intimately.

We pick our sectors deliberately. Each one operates ahead of its regulatory framework — and rewards the firms that read the future correctly.

Digital assets & DeFi

DeFi · stablecoins · DAOs · MiCA · EMI

On-chain finance, stablecoin licensing, and the governance that produces off-chain litigation.

AI: agents & governance

Contract personality · enterprise policy · EU AI Act · ISO 42001

From autonomous-agent liability to deploying AI safely inside the enterprise — policy, controls, audit-ready compliance.

Neurotechnology & BCI

Consumer EEG · BCI · GDPR Article 9

Brain data is the next sensitive category. The regime is being written now.

Carbon credits

VCM · CRCF · Article 6 · ETS

Climate finance with securities-like exposure and no settled jurisprudence.

Psychedelics & cannabis

Psilocybin · MDMA therapy · medicinal cannabis · EMA

Controlled-substance therapeutics moving from prohibition into licensed medical supply.

Prediction markets

Event contracts · CFTC · MiCA · gambling law

Event-based contracts sit between derivatives, gambling, and speculation — with no settled regime.

Quantum compliance

Post-quantum crypto · NIS2 · DORA

Migration is now mandatory for critical infrastructure. Few firms have a plan.

Funds, governance & litigation

Fund structuring · board advisory · disputes

The backbone work — fund formation, corporate governance, and litigation when a deal turns adversarial.

§ 03 The Work

What we do, in plain language.

01 · Advisory ● Forward-looking

Advisory.

Forward-looking counsel for founders, fund managers, and capital allocators.

Regulatory architecture for emerging-technology products
Fund structuring, tokenisation, and digital asset deal counsel
Frontier-zone fundraising — term sheets, side letters, KYC infrastructure
M&A and joint ventures in regulated emerging industries
Pre-emptive regulatory strategy — what the law will say in three years

02 · Litigation ● Adversarial

Litigation & disputes.

When another party has made a problem out of you, we make it our problem.

Commercial litigation and complex civil procedure
Regulatory enforcement defence
Contract disputes and breach of fiduciary claims
Tuchtzaken and professional liability
Crypto, DeFi, and digital asset disputes
Cross-border enforcement and asset recovery

03 · Counsel ● Ongoing

Counsel.

On retainer. For when you need us to already know you.

Ongoing legal counsel — monthly retainer, not hourly billing
Board observer seats and corporate governance advisory
Standing review of contracts, term sheets, and policies
First call when something breaks: regulators, counterparties, journalists
Compliance program design and internal investigations support
Continuous monitoring of regulatory developments in your sector
Direct access without intake — we already know the file

§ 04 Essays

An ongoing series on frontier law.

The legal terrain that opens when technology moves faster than the regulatory system designed to constrain it.

Essay No. 01May 2026

Brain data is the new genetic data — and it has no lawyer.

Every European neurotech company funded in 2026 is being valued on a regulatory premise that will not survive 2028. Founders know this. Their lawyers know this. Their investors are pretending not to.

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No. 02 · Forthcoming

The agent has no lawyer — autonomous AI and contract personality

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No. 03 · Forthcoming

Sovereign compute — datacenter architecture as legal lock-in

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No. 04 · Forthcoming

The coming run on tokenised treasuries

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Frontier industries we know intimately.

What we do, in plain language.

An ongoing series on frontier law.

Brain data is the new genetic data — and it has no lawyer.

One conversation. Scope confirmed in 48h.