Consulting Acquisitions in New York

Audax Private Equity has acquired a majority stake in Keystone, purchasing the global technology and advisory services practice from RLH Equity Partners in a recapitalization that closed January 2, 2026. Concurrently, Keystone spun out its Core AI business as an independent B2B AI SaaS company (Keystone.AI) with RLH retaining a minority stake; Jeff Marowits was named CEO and Greg Richards will remain as a senior strategic advisor.

Dark Horse Consulting Group (DHCG) has acquired Bruder Consulting & Venture Group (BCVG), integrating BCVG as a Regenerative Medicine department within DHC to expand the group's capabilities in regenerative medicine, tissue repair, and biomaterials. The deal brings BCVG's strategic advisory expertise in discovery, development, clinical design, and regulatory affairs into DHCG's global consulting platform.

L Squared Capital Partners has made a significant growth investment in Ergo, a New York–headquartered geopolitical and strategic intelligence firm. The capital will support Ergo's organic growth, expand its go-to-market initiatives (including the Flashpoints Forum membership), and enable strategic acquisitions while Ergo's management retains a significant ownership stake.

Trivest Partners has made a growth investment in Applied Value Group, a New York–headquartered management consulting firm specializing in cost and capital efficiency improvements. The capital will be used to scale Applied Value's offerings, broaden capabilities, expand its reach (notably in North America and the Nordics), pursue targeted add-on acquisitions, and attract talent; terms were not disclosed.

Baretz+Brunelle, a New York–based growth advisory firm for the legal industry, has acquired LexFusion, a legal-innovation accelerator. The LexFusion founders and global team will integrate into Baretz+Brunelle to expand B+B's capabilities in legal technology, in-house counsel relationships, and marketplace intelligence.

Ashling Partners has acquired Reveal Group to expand its Multimodal Automation capabilities and add Reveal Group's proprietary Reveal RoboSuite automation acceleration tools. The deal brings Reveal's Intelligent Automation consulting expertise and North American client relationships (healthcare, banking/financial services, manufacturing) into Ashling's global delivery model and supports Ashling's expansion into Canada.

QuantumWork Advisory, part of Allegis Group, has acquired Talent Tech Labs to expand its workforce advisory and WorkTech research capabilities. Talent Tech Labs will retain independence while broadening its research coverage to include technologies supporting all workforce categories, enabling combined consultancy and research offerings for corporate HR, staffing firms, and solution providers.

Resources Connection, Inc. (RGP) has acquired Reference Point LLC, a New York–based strategy, management, and technology consulting firm focused on financial services. The acquisition expands RGP's high-value advisory capabilities in the financial services sector and will have Reference Point continue to be led by Managing Partner Scott Goeden within RGP's consulting organization.

Ankura Consulting Group has acquired Lumeri, a strategic business consulting firm that provides strategy and transformation solutions for Fortune 500 companies. The acquisition expands Ankura's Transformation, Talent & Transactions capabilities by adding Lumeri's Execution Certainty, leadership development (Advancement of Women) and sustainability-focused services.

Sia Partners has acquired Notion Consulting, a US-based strategic leadership and organizational change consultancy of about 25 experts. The deal expands Sia Partners' change management and organizational capabilities in the United States and strengthens its coast-to-coast business transformation offering.

Accenture has acquired Impendi, a New York–based sourcing and procurement services firm focused on private equity clients, to expand Accenture's private equity offerings and procurement analytics capabilities. Impendi—founded in 2014 with roughly 130 sourcing and procurement professionals across the U.S. and India—will join Accenture's Sourcing and Procurement practice to accelerate advisory, execution and analytics services for private equity portfolio companies.

KKR has made a growth investment in FGS Global, the strategic advisory and communications consultancy in which WPP remains the majority shareholder. Golden Gate Capital will exit its stake to KKR; the transaction values FGS Global at $1.425 billion and is expected to close before the end of Q3 2023.

Penta has acquired Copperfield Advisory, a New York–based communications, brand, and strategy consulting firm, to expand its strategy and reputation-management capabilities. Copperfield's founder Andy Whitehouse will join Penta as a senior partner and lead the firm's New York strategy practice; Penta is majority-backed by Falfurrias Capital Partners.

Morrow Sodali acquired FrameworkESG, a specialty ESG consulting firm, to strengthen its ESG and governance advisory capabilities. The deal brings FrameworkESG's founders and senior leaders into Morrow Sodali's ESG Advisory practice to expand services and meet growing client demand; terms were not disclosed.

Charlesbank Capital Partners and Motive Partners have completed a majority growth investment in Accordion, a New York–based financial and technology consulting firm focused on the Office of the CFO. FFL Partners exited its investment after a nearly four-year partnership that helped Accordion scale through hires and three strategic acquisitions; financial terms were not disclosed.

Falfurrias Capital Partners, supporting a platform built around Ballast Research, Hamilton Place Strategies, Flag Media Analytics and alva, announced the addition of New York-based Gotham Research Group. Gotham — led by Dr. Jeffrey Levine — provides custom attitudinal and behavioral research and analytics, and the deal expands the platform’s stakeholder management and research capabilities.

Abry Partners has made a growth investment in CCS Fundraising to accelerate the firm's expansion, invest in technology and data analytics, and support talent and service capability growth. Terms were not disclosed; CCS will leverage the partnership to pursue new markets and strengthen its professional services for nonprofit clients.

TPG Growth has acquired a majority stake in Morrow Sodali, the global shareholder engagement and governance advisory firm, with Granite Creek Capital Partners retaining a minority position. The investment is intended to accelerate Morrow Sodali’s global growth, expand its services and M&A capabilities, and support continued investments in ESG, governance, and shareholder engagement offerings.

Alliance Advisors, a shareholder engagement and proxy solicitation advisory firm based in Bloomfield, New Jersey, has acquired The Proxy Advisory Group (PAG), a New York–based proxy solicitation and shareholder advisory firm led by Bill Poudrier. The acquisition expands Alliance's talent base and service offerings in governance, compensation, and proxy advisory, positioning the combined firm as the largest proxy-solicitation firm globally.

OSF Digital has acquired FitForCommerce, a global commerce strategy consultancy. FitForCommerce will operate as OSF Digital's commerce strategy consulting arm, strengthening OSF's end-to-end digital transformation and commerce strategy capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Pariveda Solutions, an employee-owned technology and business consulting firm based in Dallas, has acquired Sustena Group, a New York City-based management and branding consultancy. The acquisition expands Pariveda's capabilities into B2B brand strategy and go-to-market services to better serve C-suite and private equity-backed clients.

Softek has acquired Elinphant, a specialist compliance consulting firm founded by Elin Cherry, to expand its Compliance Services offering. Elin Cherry will join Softek's Executive Committee and take global responsibility for the combined firm's Compliance Services business, broadening Softek's capabilities for financial services clients.

Salary.com has acquired Turetsky Consulting, bringing David Turetsky and his team into Salary.com's Consulting Services Group to deepen the company's people analytics and talent intelligence capabilities. The move integrates Turetsky's expertise in compensation, job analysis, and people analytics into Salary.com's AI-powered compensation and talent intelligence offerings.

EAB, the education research and services provider, has acquired Seramount — a leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) consulting and membership organization — from Bonnier Corp. The acquisition brings Seramount's membership, consulting, events and publications (including WorkingMother.com) into EAB to expand its capabilities in DE&I and strengthen connections between education institutions and employers.

JJELLYFISH, a US-based tech-enabled go-to-market services firm, acquired New York City–based sales consultancy The Clean Sell on August 1, 2021. The acquisition expands JJELLYFISH's productized GTM offerings by integrating TCS's sales consulting expertise, executive talent, and training platform to better support B2B startups and enterprise customers entering the U.S. market.

RLH Equity Partners has made a growth investment in Keystone Strategy LLC, a strategy, economics, and technology consulting firm that advises large enterprises, law firms and government agencies. The capital will support Keystone’s continued growth and expansion of its interdisciplinary capabilities across data architecture, AI, platform strategy and antitrust/economic advisory services.

Rimkus Consulting Group, a global forensic engineering and technical consulting firm, acquired Blackstone Consulting LLC, a New York-based provider of property condition, environmental due diligence, structural and seismic risk, and construction consulting services. The deal expands Rimkus' U.S. capabilities in property condition and environmental assessments and strengthens its seismic risk and construction consulting practice.

Accenture acquired Bionic, a New York–based growth and innovation consultancy known for its proprietary GrowthOS platform, to bolster Accenture Interactive's Growth and Business Design practice. Financial terms were not disclosed; Bionic's team of roughly 40 entrepreneurs and designers will join Accenture to expand its experience-led growth capabilities.

Alpha FMC plc has acquired Lionpoint Group, a global technology enablement and operations advisory firm serving alternative investment managers. The deal expands Alpha's geographic footprint—particularly in North America—and broadens its capabilities and client base across alternative and traditional asset managers; Lionpoint's co-founders will continue to lead the business of more than 120 consultants.

Prospect 33 has acquired the consulting business of New York–based regulatory consulting and technology firm 8of9, strengthening Prospect 33’s Risk & Regulatory advisory capabilities and expanding its RegTech offerings. 8of9 founder Mary Kopczynski and COO Aaron Heisler will continue as strategic partners while focusing on the RegAlytics product spinoff.

Epiq has acquired Hyperion Global Partners, a business and technology advisory practice focused on legal operations and transformation, including its analyst unit Hyperion Research. The deal expands Epiq's legal transformation services and brings Hyperion's founder and CEO, Eyal Iffergan, into Epiq as Managing Director of its new legal operations advisory business.

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction, a PE-backed spend-management platform, has acquired Cost Control Associates (CCA), a utilities and telecom spend-management firm headquartered in Queensbury, New York. The deal, supported by SIB sponsor O2 Investment Partners, expands SIB’s capabilities in utility expense oversight and is positioned as an add-on acquisition to deepen client offerings and drive revenue synergies.

Accenture has acquired Kates Kesler, a New York City–based organization design consultancy, to bolster its Talent & Organization / Human Potential practice with new methodologies and experts. The acquisition is intended to expand Accenture's C-suite offerings in organization design, people experience and leadership development; terms were not disclosed.

Brown & Brown of Kentucky, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Northeast Dealer Consultants, Inc. (NEDC). NEDC — led by Phil and Pamela Bruno and focused on F&I performance and compliance for automotive dealers in upstate New York — will join Brown & Brown Dealer Services to expand the firm's footprint and capabilities in the Northeast.

BDO USA, LLP has acquired Loughlin Management Partners + Co, a boutique advisory firm specializing in corporate restructuring, turnaround services, interim management, and operational value creation. The LM+Co team and affiliated LM+Co Capital professionals will join BDO and operate as BDO Consulting Group, LLC to expand BDO's turnaround, restructuring, and operational consulting capabilities.