Paul Weiss Taps Deals Partner Bonvino as Corporate Leader (1)

Angelo Bonvino, who co-led M&A at Paul Weiss, is leading the firm’s corporate department after Scott Barshay was elevated to chairman.

Bonvino, who became a Paul Weiss partner in 2005, works on private equity investments, advising private equity, strategic and hedge fund clients in their M&A, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and carve-out transactions.

Bonvino’s clients have included The Carlyle Group, FalconPoint Partners, Kohlberg & Co., KPS Capital Partners, Oak Hall Capital and Wellspring Capital Management. Last month he led the Paul Weiss team advising LongRange Capital on its acquisition of 24 Hour Fitness.

His new role is listed on his bio page at the firm and was confirmed by a person familiar with the matter who requested anonymity to discuss personnel changes at Paul Weiss. Bonvino and the firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Brad Karp set the job changes in motion when he resigned suddenly as firm chair on Feb. 4 after revelations about his work with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in files released by the Justice Department. Karp remains at the Paul Weiss.

Barshay, who led the corporate department, stepped into Karp’s chair role and created the opening for Bonvino. Barshay joined Paul Weiss in 2016 from Cravath Swaine & Moore and helped transform the corporate department into an M&A powerhouse.

Paul Weiss lawyers steered more than $327 billion worth of M&A deals last year, landing among Big Law’s top 10 dealmakers, according to Bloomberg data.