Guidepost Solutions

What Guidepost Solutions does

Guidepost Solutions is a privately held, New York-headquartered professional services firm specializing in investigations, compliance, monitorships, and security consulting. Founded in 2010, the firm operates from 15 offices across the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Colombia, and Mexico, employing 250+ professionals. Its work spans five integrated service lines: Investigations and Business Intelligence (due diligence, forensic accounting, cryptocurrency/digital-asset investigations, litigation support, workplace investigations); Risk and Compliance (corporate compliance, AI risk management, DEA and FDA regulatory compliance, ESG, privacy, trade compliance, immigration); Monitorships (court- and agency-appointed oversight under DOJ, SEC, and HUD consent decrees, plus corporate integrity and construction monitoring); Security Consulting and Threat Assessments (physical security, cybersecurity, executive protection, data center and education security); and Technology Consulting (acoustics, audiovisual, security systems). Notable monitorship engagements include NYCHA (2019–2024), GM (2015–2018), Deutsche Bank, Magellan Diagnostics, the Republic of the Marshall Islands' sovereign digital bond, and the BP oil spill investigation.

The firm's competitive position rests on a bench of former federal prosecutors, U.S. Secret Service agents, former Acting ICE Director John Torres, former DEA officials, and senior government leaders, enabling the firm to be repeatedly appointed as independent monitor by federal agencies. Revenue derives from project-scoped, quote-based professional services engagements plus multi-year managed monitoring contracts; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct enterprise sales to government agencies, large corporations, regulated industries, non-profits, and AmLaw 100 law firms. Guidepost reports serving 14 Fortune 20 companies and 76 AmLaw 100 firms and has been ranked on Global Investigations Review's GIR 100 for six consecutive years and in Legal 500's Tier 1 for Business Intelligence and Investigations.

The firm's technology stack is primarily human-led consulting with limited technology enablement; its sole disclosed AI capability is "Gigi," an AI-powered routing guide for inbound client inquiries, and a growing Privacy/AI governance practice. Go-to-market is driven by thought leadership, industry rankings, regulatory relationships, and referrals from law firms and existing clients. Ownership is founder-controlled (Bart M. Schwartz as Chairman, Anthony Collura as Co-Founder/CLO/COO, Andrew J. O'Connell as Co-Founder and President of Investigations); Julie Myers Wood serves as CEO. Recent strategic activity includes the 2025 acquisition of Pallas Global and the 2022 minority investment in cybersecurity firm Truvantis, both funded organically without disclosed external capital.

Name

Guidepost Solutions

Legal name

Guidepost Solutions

Website

https://guidepostsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Guidepost Solutions is a private, New York-based professional services firm delivering investigations, compliance consulting, court-appointed monitorships, and security services to government agencies, Fortune 20 corporations, and AmLaw 100 law firms across 15 global offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investigation, Compliance & Security Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), International Affairs (928120)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Audit Management, Controls & SOX Compliance (BPAEAPAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

International Standards Development & Standardization Bodies (BPADANAA), KYC/Client Due Diligence & Participant Onboarding Controls (FSAFAKAF)

Keywords

• Corporate investigations services
• Compliance consulting
• Independent monitorships
• Security consulting
• Due diligence

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Investigations & Due Diligence: Revenue generated from investigative services including corporate internal investigations, government enforcement investigations, due diligence, forensic accounting, litigation support, and business intelligence engagements.
2. Compliance & Risk Consulting: Ongoing compliance consulting engagements covering regulatory compliance, corporate compliance programs, ESG, immigration compliance, privacy, trade compliance, and AI risk management.
3. Monitorships: Independent monitoring services for corporate, non-profit, and construction sectors pursuant to consent decrees from federal agencies including DOJ, SEC, HUD. Revenue from multi-year monitoring engagements.
4. Security & Technology Consulting: Physical security consulting, threat assessments, cybersecurity consulting, data center security, school security, executive protection, and technology systems consulting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Guidepost Solutions is a global investigations, compliance, monitoring, and security consulting firm that provides technology-enabled, human-verified services including corporate internal investigations, due diligence, forensic accounting, regulatory compliance, independent monitorships under federal consent decrees, physical and cybersecurity consulting, and threat assessments. The firm serves enterprises, government agencies, and non-profit organizations from offices in the U.S., U.K., Singapore, Colombia, and Mexico.

Product overview

Guidepost Solutions operates as a professional services firm offering an integrated portfolio of investigations, compliance, monitoring, and security consulting solutions. The portfolio spans five core service lines: Investigations + Business Intelligence (due diligence, forensic accounting, cryptocurrency, litigation support); Risk + Compliance (AI risk management, corporate compliance, DEA/FDA regulatory, privacy, ESG); Monitorships (banking, construction, corporate integrity); Security Consulting + Threat Assessments (cybersecurity, physical security, protective services, specialized security for data centers and education); and Technology Consulting (acoustics, audiovisual, security systems, telecommunications). A notable AI capability is Gigi, an AI-powered guide that connects clients with appropriate expertise. The firm also provides specialized monitorship programs including Magellan Diagnostics and MSU Institutional Assessment. Guidepost serves global clients from 14 office locations including New York, London, Singapore, and other major cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Investigations + Business Intelligence

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Republic of the Marshall IslandsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Guidepost Solutions partnered with the Republic of the Marshall Islands to develop a compliance framework for the groundbreaking sovereign digital bond (USDM1). Guidepost advised on regulatory compliance and sanctions frameworks for the tokenized bond backed 1:1 by short-term U.S. Treasury bills. The program distributes quarterly payments directly to citizens via a mobile wallet using blockchain technology.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (Forensic & Integrity Services): Deloitte's Forensic & Integrity Services practice competes broadly with Guidepost across investigations, monitorships, ethics and compliance, and risk advisory as part of a much larger Big 4 portfolio.
• EY-Parthenon (Forensic & Integrity): EY's Forensic & Integrity Services practice competes broadly with Guidepost in investigations, anti-corruption compliance, sanctions, and dispute advisory work as part of a global Big 4 advisory portfolio.

Direct peers

• StoneTurn: StoneTurn is a direct peer offering forensic accounting, investigations, monitorship support, and expert witness services with a comparable former-government professional talent base.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a direct peer in political and security risk consulting, investigations, and integrity compliance, serving multinational corporations and government clients with overlapping services.
• Ankura Consulting: Ankura's Compliance, Risk & Investigations practice directly competes with Guidepost across monitorships, internal investigations, regulatory compliance, and forensic engagements for corporate and government clients.
• Kroll: Kroll is the most direct global peer to Guidepost, offering investigations, business intelligence, due diligence, monitorship-adjacent services, cyber, and security consulting to corporations, government, and law firms, with a comparable multi-practice professional services model.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Alvarez & Marsal's Disputes and Investigations practice competes directly with Guidepost in monitorships, independent compliance oversight, forensic accounting, and government-mandated engagements.
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting's Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment directly competes with Guidepost's investigations, forensic accounting, monitorship support, and compliance practices, serving the same Fortune-grade and AmLaw client base.
• Nardello & Co. Nardello & Co. is a direct peer in the global investigations and business intelligence market, with a similar former-prosecutor and former-agent talent profile serving corporate, government, and high-net-worth clients.

Emerging players

• Husch Blackwell (Investigations & Compliance): Husch Blackwell's Investigations, Compliance, and White Collar practice competes with Guidepost in monitorship and internal investigation engagements from a law firm platform with a government enforcement talent base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/guidepostglobal
• Facebookfacebook.com/guidepostsolutions.cfpss
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/guidepost-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments1 record

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