Taft’s M&A and Corporate Finance teams are pleased to have acted as U.S. counsel to private equity funds sponsored by Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. (HKW) in their acquisition of Fresh Direct Produce. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Fresh Direct Produce is a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce. HKW is a private equity firm with offices in Indianapolis and New York. Read the release here.