The former co-head of Paul Weiss’s M&A practice, Angelo Bonvino, has taken over as head of the firm’s corporate department following his predecessor Scott Barshay’s elevation to chairman.
New York-based Bonvino’s new role is listed on his bio page on Paul Weiss’s website. The appointment follows Barshay stepping up to the chairman role earlier this month after Brad Karp resigned from the role following the release of emails by the US Department of Justice detailing his ties to disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Karp, who had led Paul Weiss since 2008, has remained at the firm, which said he would “continue to focus his full-time attention to client service”.
Bonvino has been a partner at Paul Weiss since 2005, Bloomberg Law reported, and focuses on private equity investments, advising PE clients on M&A, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, carve-out transactions, restructuring and recapitalisation transactions.
Last month, he co-led the Paul Weiss team that advised LongRange Capital on its acquisition of 24 Hour Fitness, one of the largest fitness chains in the US. His other clients have included FalconPoint Partners, Kohlberg & Co and The Carlyle Group, and he has advised KPS Capital Partners on numerous transactions, including the $4.4bn sale of its portfolio company Howden to Chart Industries in 2023.
For his part, Barshay joined Paul Weiss in 2016 from Cravath Swaine & Moore and helped turn the firm into a corporate powerhouse that advised on just over $400bn of M&A deals in 2025, putting it in ninth place globally by deal value.
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