Salient Partners Acquires Forward Management

June 12, 2015

LOS ANGELES -- Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Forward Management, LLC, an asset management firm and investment advisor to the Forward Funds, in its sale to Houston-based asset management firm Salient Partners, L.P. The combined firm will manage and advise over $27 billion in assets.

Investment Management partner David Hearth and M&A partner Robert Miller led the Paul Hastings team, which also included of counsel Meagan Olsen, Employment partner Stephen Harris, and associates Sasha Burstein and Nausheen Shaikh.
The transaction closed on June 9, 2015.

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