Biography

Co-Chair of the firm's Investment Fund Formation & Management Practice, Matthew develops legal strategies that help investors, sponsors, and asset managers achieve their financial objectives throughout the full investment fund lifecycle — from formation and fundraising through ongoing management and liquidation.

Matthew represents private investment funds, public pension funds and institutional investors in fund formation and structuring, private offerings, side letter negotiations, placement agent arrangements, and secondary market transactions. He also advises fund sponsors and registered investment advisers on regulatory compliance, governance matters, and SEC examination preparedness. His clients have included some of the world's largest investment fund sponsors and several of the nation's most active institutional investors.

In addition to his fund practice, Matthew counsels emerging companies and startups on capital raising strategies, venture financings, M&A transactions and securities compliance, including de-SPAC transactions and initial public offerings.

He has published on a range of topics including the legal risks family offices face in private secondary market investments and SEC examination priorities for investment advisers, and has contributed to the ABA Business Law Section's Preferred Returns newsletter on subjects such as SSBCI government funding for investment funds.

Co-Chair of the firm's Investment Fund Formation & Management Practice, Matthew develops legal strategies that help investors, sponsors, and asset managers achieve their financial objectives throughout the full investment fund lifecycle — from formation and fundraising through ongoing management and liquidation.

Matthew represents private investment funds, public pension funds and institutional investors in fund formation and structuring, private offerings, side letter negotiations, placement agent arrangements, and secondary market transactions. He also advises fund sponsors and registered investment advisers on regulatory compliance, governance matters, and SEC examination preparedness. His clients have included some of the world's largest investment fund sponsors and several of the nation's most active institutional investors.

In addition to his fund practice, Matthew counsels emerging companies and startups on capital raising strategies, venture financings, M&A transactions and securities compliance, including de-SPAC transactions and initial public offerings.

He has published on a range of topics including the legal risks family offices face in private secondary market investments and SEC examination priorities for investment advisers, and has contributed to the ABA Business Law Section's Preferred Returns newsletter on subjects such as SSBCI government funding for investment funds.

Before Fox Rothschild

Before joining us, Matthew was Counsel at an international law firm, where he advised on private equity investments and fund structuring. He previously served as a Senior Corporate/Private Equity Attorney at another international firm and as a Regulatory Attorney at a global financial services company. Earlier in his career, he worked as a legal compliance officer for a global investment bank and financial services company. While earning his law degree, Matthew externed with the New York State Attorney General's Office.

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • New Jersey

Education

  • New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2015)
    • Dean's list and high honors
  • Temple University (B.A., 2011)

Honors & Awards

  • Selected to a list of "Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch" for Corporate Law in the U.S. by Best Lawyers (2026)
    This award is conferred by Best Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology is available here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.