Sterling Investment Partners ("Sterling"), a leading middle market private equity firm, invested in W.A. Kendall and Company, LLC ("Kendall" or the "Company") in partnership with the Company's CEO, Robert Williams, and other members of management. Headquartered in Lawrenceville, GA, Kendall is a leading provider of critical vegetation management services, including utility line clearing, ground clearing and mowing, and emergency storm response, in the U.S. Kendall maintains an industry-leading reputation for work quality, reliability and safety, servicing nearly twenty-thousand miles of utility lines across the country on behalf of many of the largest utility companies in the United States.