Matthew Cohen

Mr. Cohen is a Principal with Mesa West and is responsible for capital markets including the structuring, acquisition and distribution of commercial real estate loans and the management of Mesa West's balance sheet. Prior to joining Mesa West in 2011, Mr. Cohen spent seven years at Natixis North America, a U.S. subsidiary of a French Investment Bank. As a Managing Director of Natixis' Real Estate Group, Mr. Cohen was responsible for debt distribution, which included whole loan sales, securitizations, syndications and subordinate debt. Previous to Natixis, Mr. Cohen was at Genworth's Stamford, CT office from 2002 to 2004. As a Vice President, Mr. Cohen sourced, structured, negotiated, and closed over $500 million of debt originations. Mr. Cohen began his career at Fortis Advisers (now known as Assurant) in the New York office. As a Vice President, Mr. Cohen focused on loan origination for the life company's balance sheet. Mr. Cohen received his MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.