As a partner in the Asset Management M&A Group, Matthew Collin’s practice focuses primarily on mergers, acquisitions and other transactions involving public and private investment management firms, broker-dealers and other financial services businesses. Collin often advises financial services clients on compensation structuring and retention and equity ownership arrangements, both in connection with contemplated transactions and independently to address succession planning and other objectives.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Asset Management M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Private Equity, Asset Management |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Asset Management M&A |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2025 | M&A, Private Equity, Asset Management |
Collin’s representations have included:
- Affiliated Managers Group in:
- numerous minority transactions, including investments in Ara Partners, Baring Private Equity Asia, Comvest Partners, Forbion, Garda Capital Partners, HighBrook Investors, Montefiore Investment, Peppertree Capital Management, Suma Capital and Verition Fund Management
- its sale of its interest in Comvest Partners’ private credit business and its interest in the AMG Comvest Senior Lending Fund joint venture as part of Manulife Financial Corporation’s acquisition of Comvest Partners’ private credit business
- its sale of Veritable to Pathstone
- its acquisitions of Parnassus Investments and Abacus Capital Group
- BlackRock in numerous transactions, including its:
- $12.55 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners
- acquisition of Kreos Capitall
- acquisition of Infraestructura Institucional
- Sun Life Financial in numerous transactions, including its acquisitions of Advisors Asset Management, Bell Partners, BGO, Crescent Capital Group and InfraRed Capital Partners
- AMP Capital in its acquisition of a minority interest in PCCP
- Aquarian Holdings in its acquisition of a minority interest in Obra Capital
- Bridgewater Associates in connection with an investment by a sovereign wealth fund and in its related separation from its founder
- Brinley Partners in a $4 billion commitment as part of a strategic partnership with a leading U.S. insurance company
- Callodine Group in its acquisition of a majority stake Corrum Capital Management, a leading private credit platform
- Foresters Financial in its sale of assets related to its U.S. asset management business, including First Investors mutual funds, to Macquarie Investment Management, and assets related to its U.S. broker-dealer and advisory business to Cetera Financial Group
- Graycliff Partners in its spin-out from HSBC
- John Hancock in its acquisition of the retirement plan services business of New York Life Investment Management
- Lincoln Financial Group in its sale of its wealth management business to Osaic
- Madison Dearborn Partners in its approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of a significant majority of NFP’s wealth business, including Wealthspire Advisors, Fiducient Advisors, Newport Private Wealth and related platforms, from Aon plc
- Markel Corporation in its acquisition of Nephila Holdings
- Rithm Capital in its $700 million acquisition of Sculptor Capital Management
- Tennenbaum Capital Partners in its acquisition by BlackRock
- Wells Fargo in connection with its $2.1 billion carve-out sale of Wells Fargo Asset Management and related legal entities to GTCR and Reverence Capital Partners