Sale of Trailight to Comply

We are pleased to have acted as exclusive financial advisor to Trailight on its sale to Comply. The acquisition enables Comply to become the first and only unified compliance platform to bring together firm compliance, employee compliance, individual accountability regimes and archiving solutions across jurisdictions.

Trailight is the UK's leading regulatory compliance platform helping firms manage individual accountability, conduct oversight, and governance frameworks including SMCR, IAF, SEAR, and ECOI. Built with automation and transparency at its core, Trailight provides firms with a “golden source of people-focused truth” across jurisdictions.

Comply is the leading provider of compliance software, consulting, and education resources for financial services firms. With more than 5,000 clients around the world and hundreds of employees across the U.S. and U.K., Comply empowers Chief Compliance Officers and their teams to proactively manage regulatory obligations, mitigate risk, and scale with confidence.

The transaction creates a truly comprehensive solution for managing regulatory responsibilities across jurisdictions, business lines, and employee roles, bringing together capabilities like conduct/supervision risk management, SMCR governance, personal account dealing, registration tracking, and regulatory reporting, in a single, scalable platform.

Undisclosed

M&A

October 2025