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Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, announces that it advised Quirch Foods® (Quirch) on its sale to a private equity fund affiliated with Palladium Equity Partners, LLC (Palladium). Quirch is one of the largest suppliers of fresh and frozen foods in the Southeastern United States, Puerto Rico and Latin America. The transaction was led by Tim Alexander, Brant Cash, Brant Wilczek and David Stead of Harris Williams’ Consumer Group.

Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, announces the sale of Nolan Transportation Group (NTG) to Gryphon Investors (Gryphon). NTG is one of the largest and fastest-growing non-asset freight brokerages in the United States. Ridgemont Equity Partners (Ridgemont) was a minority investor in NTG. The transaction, led by Jason Bass, Frank Mountcastle, Jeff Kidd, Jonathan Meredith and Justin Icardo of Harris Williams’ Transportation & Logistics (T&L) Group, extends the firm’s successful track record in the third party logistics sector.

Harris Williams, a preeminent middle market investment bank focused on the advisory needs of clients worldwide for more than 25 years, announces that it is advising Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. (trade name CPower), a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital (H.I.G.), on its pending sale to LS Power. CPower, a leader in demand response and distributed energy resources in North America, will continue to operate as a stand-alone entity under the LS Power umbrella of companies. The transaction is being led by Drew Spitzer, Luke Semple, Ian Thomas and Neha Shah of the Harris Williams’ Energy, Power & Infrastructure (EPI) Group, Tyler Dewing of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group and Anuj Kapur of the firm’s Richmond office.