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Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it is advising Duke Street Private Equity (Duke Street) on its pending acquisition of COMPO Consumer (COMPO), continental Europe’s largest producer and distributor of gardening soil, fertilizer, plant protection and lawn seeds, from China-based Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co. Ltd. (Kingenta). The transaction is being led by Ed Arkus, Andreas Poth and Stefan van de Ven of the Harris Williams Consumer Group and Daniel Wang, a managing director who leads the firm’s platform in Asia.

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised Qualus Power Services (Qualus), a portfolio company of Mason Wells, on its sale to New Mountain Capital (New Mountain). Qualus is a leading provider of engineering and specialized technical field services to utility and private power grid infrastructure. The transaction was led by Drew Spitzer, Matt White, Ian Thomas, Thomas Saunders and Marshall Wills of the Harris Williams Energy, Power & Infrastructure (EPI) Group.

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces it advised ADB Companies, LLC and its affiliates (ADB), a leading turnkey provider of telecommunication and utility infrastructure solutions in the United States, on its sale to Warren Equity Partners (Warren Equity). ADB was previously part of the Keeley Companies family of companies. Rusty Keeley, CEO of the Keeley Companies, and Chad Johnson, CEO of ADB, will maintain significant equity stakes in ADB. Mr. Keeley and Mr. Johnson will continue as members of ADB’s board of directors, and Mr. Johnson will remain CEO of ADB. The transaction was led by Drew Spitzer, Matt White and Greg Waller of the Harris Williams Energy, Power & Infrastructure (EPI) Group.