(0) 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. "COMPO is continental Europe's market leader in gardening products for consumers, providing a comprehensive range of technically superior products under the most respected brand in the industry," said Ed Arkus, a managing director at Harris Williams. "We look forward to watching COMPO continue to thrive with Duke Street, where it will have the opportunity to further grow organically and through acquisitions across Europe, as well as continue to build on its leadership position in the ESG space."