Matthew J. Cornish
Managing Director
Role
Matthew J. Cornish is Managing Director in Financial Institutions focused on Insurance Services and Illiquid Financial Assets. He joined the firm in 2025.
Experience
Matthew has over 15 years of experience in financial services, having successfully executed a wide variety of transactions across multiple industries and asset classes, including insurance services, P&C insurance, life settlements, tax receivable agreements, minority equity, receivership wind-downs, and private equity and hedge fund LP interests.
Serving as either sell-side or buy-side advisor, or as financial advisor in highly structured transactions, select clients include:
- AccuRisk
- Alliant National Title
- Apollo
- The Ardonagh Group
- Avesis
- Babcock & Brown
- The Bank of New York Mellon
- Blackstone
- Cerberus
- Davidson Kempner
- Futura Title & Escrow
- Guardian Life
- Healthcare Funding Partners
- MIO Partners
- Mortgage Connect
- Obra (fka Vida)
- ReedGroup
- State Auto Financial Corporation
- Title365
- TSG Consumer
- Winston Benefits
Prior to joining Solomon Partners, Matthew was a Director in the Financial Services Group & Illiquid Financial Assets Group at Houlihan Lokey. His career also included time at Ernst & Young LLP in its Valuation & Business Modeling practice with a focus on financial services and transaction opinions.
Education
Matthew earned a BS in Accountancy, BS in Economics, and BS in Business Administration with concentration in Finance from Villanova University. He holds Series 7 and 63 licenses with FINRA.
