Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to HKW in the sale of portfolio company Fresh Direct Produce, Ltd. to PNC Riverarch Capital.

Fresh Direct Produce is a distributor of fresh, ethnic, tropical, organic, and specialty produce headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. HKW is a middle-market private equity firm investing in companies with talented management teams in the U.S. and Canada. Read the release here.

Taft’s legal team included Bob Hicks, Ralph Caruso, Lonnie Johnson, and Caroline Thee.