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No. Sovereign Whale is a directory, not an advisory service. We do not match readers with firms, and we have no commercial incentive to point you toward one firm over another. The directory is searchable by category, jurisdiction, and service, and listings include enough information for you to shortlist firms yourself. We recommend contacting two or three firms and comparing how they respond before making a decision.

On our side, yes. We do not store your inquiry, sell your contact details, or share them with any party other than the firm you contacted. We do not retain copies of inquiries beyond the time needed to deliver them. What happens after your inquiry reaches the firm is between you and them. Each firm operates under its own privacy policy and data protection regime, which varies by jurisdiction. We recommend reviewing a firm’s privacy practices before sharing sensitive personal or financial information with them.

Every listing has a Report button at the bottom of the firm’s profile. Use it to flag outdated information, unresponsive contact details, regulatory concerns, or anything else that does not match what the listing claims. You can also use the contact form on this page if the issue is more complex or if you would prefer not to use the on-listing report function.

We review every report and respond directly where the issue is verifiable. We do not act on anonymous reports without supporting detail.

Yes. Every review is reviewed by a member of our team before it appears on a listing. Moderation checks for relevance, authenticity, and compliance with our review policy. Reviews are not edited for content. If a review meets our standards, it appears in full, including critical reviews.

Reviews are moderated before they go live, and not every review is approved. The most common reasons a review is not approved are:

• The reviewer did not actually work with the firm (reviews of public reputation, hearsay, or competitor reviews are not accepted)
• It contains language that identifies a third party without their consent
• The review names other firms in a comparative way
• It is defamatory, threatening, or makes claims we cannot reasonably verify
• It is clearly written by the firm itself, a competitor, or someone with a conflict of interest

If your review was not approved and you believe it should have been, contact us through the form on this page with the firm name and the date of submission, and we will explain our decision.

You can request removal of a review through the contact form. Once removed, you may submit a new review if you would like to provide updated feedback. We do not currently support direct editing of a published review by the reviewer.

No. The directory is free for readers. There is no paywall, no subscription, no premium tier for browsing or contacting firms. Sovereign Whale earns revenue from professionals who list their firms, not from the people using the directory to find them.

Visit the Add Listing page to choose your category and submit your firm. The submission form covers your firm description, services, jurisdictions, contact details, and team or principal information. Standard listings are free and go live within a few days of submission, subject to a basic legitimacy check. Verified listings enter the verification process, which is described in the next question.

A Standard listing puts your firm in the directory with a full profile, contact details, and category placement. It is free, takes a few days to go live, and remains in place as long as the firm is active. Standard listings appear in directory search, category pages, and jurisdiction filters.

Verified listing carries the Sovereign Whale verification badge, sits above Standard listings in search results, and includes access to Google Analytics for the listing, the ability to respond to reader reviews, eligibility for newsletter mentions, and cross-linking from related articles. Verified listings go through the verification process described below, and are reviewed semi-annually to maintain the badge. The fee is $99 per month.

A full feature comparison is available on the Add Listing page.

The verification process takes two to three weeks from submission to badge approval. The timeline covers credential checks with the relevant regulator, screening against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media databases, a public reputation review, a test inquiry through the firm’s public contact channel, and a direct interview with the firm’s principal. Complex cases involving multiple jurisdictions or unusual regulatory structures may take longer, and we keep firms updated throughout.

The outcome depends on the reason. If the issue is administrative or documentation-related, we will contact you to resolve it before making a final decision. If the firm meets the directory’s general standards but does not meet the specific verification criteria, your listing reverts to Standard tier and you remain in the directory without the badge. If the issue is more serious, such as active regulatory action, sanctions exposure, or material misrepresentation on the application, the firm will not be listed and you will not be charged.

Analytics are available on your listing’s backend view. Log in to your firm’s account, navigate to your listing, and the analytics panel appears within the listing dashboard. The view includes traffic to your listing, reader interactions, and inquiry volume. Analytics are exclusive to Verified listings.

Yes. Log in to your firm’s account and you can edit your listing description, contact details, services, jurisdictions, team information, and images at any time. Substantive changes to credentials, licensing, or stakeholder composition trigger a brief re-review for Verified listings, but routine updates publish immediately.

Yes, and we encourage it if your firm genuinely operates across more than one category. A firm that handles both wealth structuring and international tax, for example, should list in both. Listing in a category you do not actually practice in will be flagged during review and the listing will be moved or removed.

Log in to your account and click the cancel or downgrade option in your subscription settings. A cancelled Verified listing reverts to Standard tier automatically, keeping your firm in the directory without the badge or Verified features. There are no cancellation fees and the change takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle.

Yes, on a case-by-case basis. Sponsored content is reviewed in advance and accepted only when it meets our editorial standards for accuracy, relevance to our readers, and integrity. We do not publish anything misleading, anything we cannot verify, or anything that competes with our independent coverage. Sponsored content is labeled openly as sponsored at the top of the article and carries the sponsoring firm’s name.

Republishing articles are done on a case-by-case basis. We are open to syndication agreements with credible publications, but we do not allow full republication on third-party sites without prior agreement.

Sovereign Whale charges firms for Verified listings ($99 per month) and accepts sponsored content on a case-by-case basis. We do not take commissions on the introductions we generate, we do not run advertising, and we do not have affiliate or referral arrangements. Readers contact firms directly through their listings without anything passing through us.