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Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces that it advised Home Franchise Concepts, LLC (HFC), a portfolio company of Trilantic North America, on its sale to JM Family Enterprises, Inc. (JM Family). HFC is a premier platform of best-in-class franchised brands in the home improvement goods and services sector. The transaction was led by Brent Spiller, Corey Benjamin, Chris Neils and Bernardo Villar of Harris Williams’ Consumer Group.

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces that it advised Cority on its new growth investment with Thoma Bravo, LLC (Thoma Bravo) as majority investor. Previous majority investor Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) will continue to retain a significant stake in the business and will re-invest over half of its proceeds. Cority is an industry leading environmental, health, safety and quality (EHSQ) software provider offering a unified, true SaaS platform for global, enterprise clients. The transaction was led by Mike Wilkins, Erik Szyndlar, Brian Titterington and Gunnar Shaw of Harris Williams’ Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) Group.

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces that it advised Ovation Fertility (Ovation), a portfolio company of WindRose Health Investors, LLC (WindRose), on its recapitalization by investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP), the middle market focused private equity team within Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Ovation is one of the fastest growing and highest quality fertility platforms in the U.S., owning and operating 11 market leading fertility and genetics laboratories that serve physicians across 11 states. The transaction was led by Andy Dixon, James Clark, Nick Owens, Andrew Hoft and Stephen Crawford of Harris Williams’ Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Group.