Our Services

Investors

Thorough examination of executives, entrepreneurs, and key suppliers. Actionable intelligence for private investors.

Employers

Comprehensive background reviews, insight into the track-record and business practices of key hires. A clear sense of what lies ahead.

Campaigns

Blunt self-assessment and comprehensive opposition research for political and issue campaigns. Tactful media interaction.

North Point Services Overview

Our work is often used in the following situations:

  • Capital Transactions: Pre-investment and pre-relationship

  • Executive and Board Positions: Organizations with strong governance practices typically have responsible owners and leadership teams, clear accountability structures, and thoughtful risk management.
North Point Associates Boardroom

We support companies and asset managers to evaluate people who may become an important face or voice. Our research examines individuals’ backgrounds in a discreet manner and can include follow-up interviews for details on management styles, reputation and clarity. (i.e. forensics). 

  • Corporate Governance: Organizations with strong governance practices typically have responsible owners and leadership teams, clear accountability structures, and are thoughtful about risk management.
  • Our forensic referencing interviews and due diligence for executive leadership and board hires can help evaluate governance standards.
  • Separately, our direct connection with customers facilitates a dialogue on corporate sustainability, social impact, and customer experience to guide broader strategies focused on corporate social responsibility.

Due Diligence & Research Services

Our team has decades of litigation and fact-finding experience. We are thorough and careful and understand how to quietly pull threads and mine the universe of publicly available information it all its forms. 

Our work conveys all materially important information, as concisely as possible. Our memoranda are intuitive and comprehensive and allow our clients to readily understand the people and organizations with whom they are considering a partnership. Despite striving for clarity and utility, we welcome opportunities to discuss our findings, answer questions and conduct follow-up research.

Our work is often used in the following situations:

  • Capital Transactions: Pre-investment and pre-relationship
  • Executive and Board Positions Organizations with strong governance practices typically have responsible owners and leadership teams, clear accountability structures, and are thoughtful about risk management.


Litigation Support Services

North Point is the creation of a former white-collar defense lawyer, and our team includes several former litigators who spent much of their career doing fact discovery and leading research efforts that brought clarity to various aspects of litigation and investigation. We support white-collar defense, civil and criminal litigation, and internal investigations with rigorous fact-finding. 


Human Source Intelligence

We have spent our careers building relationships and trust, gathering valuable information from witnesses and clients. We apply these practices and experiences to the task of offering unique insights to investors and corporations.

  • Supporting Capital Transactions

        - Unsponsored Forensic Referencing 

        - Sponsored Customer Interviews

  • Voice of the Customer 

        - Our clients leverage our interviewing skills to support brand expansion/assessment, pursue growth and
          expansion strategies, and assess management effectiveness. 

  • Vulnerability Assessment

        - We serve a range of clients who have a need to understand their own weaknesses and a desire to
          understand how they will be viewed through the eyes of relevant stakeholders. 

  • Example Use Cases:

        - Self-opposition research for political and issue campaigns

        - Vetting and media narrative preparedness for companies preparing for an IPO 

        - Thorough vetting and prep for new managers or those embarking on fundraising from more discerning LPs.

Strategic Intelligence and Advice

We conduct reputational audits and provide research support for strategic decisions and crisis management efforts.