Angelo Bonvino is Global Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, a partner in the Private Equity M&A Group and a former member of the firm’s Management Committee. Angelo is a nationally recognized mergers and acquisitions attorney who focuses on private equity investments. He has extensive experience in advising private equity, strategic and hedge fund clients in their M&A, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, carve-out transactions, restructuring and recapitalization transactions. Angelo’s transactional work has earned him national recognition; most recently, Angelo was recognized as a 2025 Private Equity MVP by Law360 and as one of “America’s Top M&A Lawyers” by Forbes. He has also been named a “Private Equity Dealmaker of the Year” by The Deal, a leading private equity lawyer by Chambers and The Legal 500, and as one of Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Dealmakers in America.”

Angelo’s private equity clients include FalconPoint Partners, Kohlberg & Co., KPS Capital Partners, LongRange Capital, Oak Hill Capital, OceanSound Partners, Revelar Capital (f/k/a Wellspring Capital Management) and Stellex Capital Management.

Angelo’s recent experience includes representation of:

KPS Capital Partners and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- acquisition, through a newly formed affiliate, of a controlling stake in Ketjen Corporation’s refining catalyst solutions business from Albemarle Corporation
- sale of its portfolio company, Hussey Copper, to International Wire Group
- approximately €1.7 billion carve-out acquisition of INEOS Composites
- acquisition of the Engineered Materials business from Crane Company
- acquisition of Catalyst Acoustics Group from The Stephens Group
- €3.615 billion sale of Eviosys to Sonoco Products Company
- $350 million acquisition of Tate & Lyle PLC’s remaining ownership interest of 49.7% in Primient
- €3.5 billion acquisition of Innomotics from Siemens
- sale of its portfolio company, IKG, to Meiser International and Dubai Transport Company
- acquisition, alongside its portfolio company Metra, of Belding Machinery and Equipment Leasing
- $4.4 billion sale of its portfolio company Howden to Chart Industries
- acquisition of the porcelain enamel, glass coatings, forehearth colorants and frit-based metallurgical products businesses of Prince International Corporation
- $3.45 billion acquisition of Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope (OBE)
- $1.7 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in the Primary Products Business in North America and Latin America of Tate & Lyle PLC
- $3.4 billion sale of its portfolio company DexKo to Brookfield Business Partners
- sale of its portfolio company TaylorMade Golf Company to Centroid Investment Partners
- acquisition of Metra Holdings S.p.A. and Metra S.p.A.
- approximately $2.7 billion acquisition of the Europe, Middle East and Africa food, aerosol and promotional packaging business from Crown Holdings
- acquisition of the rod lift solutions unit of Lufkin from Baker Hughes and in Lufkin’ s acquisition of the North American Land Rod Lift Business of Schlumberger N.V.
- acquisition of IKG from Harsco Corporation
- sale of Crenlo Cab Products to Angeles Equity Partners
- affiliate’s acquisition of Esterline Interface Technologies group of businesses from TransDigm Group
- acquisition by its portfolio company, Autokiniton Global Group, of Tower International
- sale of Chassis Brakes International Group to Hitachi Automotive Systems
- sale of Genesis Attachments to NPK Construction Equipment
- acquisition of Howden from Colfax Corporation and Howden’s subsequent acquisition of Compressor Products International from EnPro Industries
- acquisition of the fitness business of Brunswick Corporation, including the Life Fitness brand
- sale of the attachments division of its portfolio company, International Equipment Solutions, to Stanley Black & Decker
- sale of Expera Specialty Solutions to Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj
- acquisition by its portfolio company, Autokiniton Global Group, of L&W
- acquisition of C&D Technologies and its affiliates and in C&D’s acquisition of Trojan Battery Company
- acquisition of DexKo Global and its affiliates
- acquisition of TaylorMade Golf Company from adidas AG
- acquisition of WHA Holding SAS (Winoa) and its affiliates
- sale of Anchor Glass Container Corporation to funds advised by CVC Capital Partners and BA Glass B.V.
- sale of United Copper Industries to Southwire Company
- sale of its portfolio company, Motor Coach Industries International, to New Flyer Industries
- sale of Waupaca Foundry to Hitachi Metals
- acquisition of Electrical Components International in ECI’s acquisition of Fargo Assembly Company and Whitepath Fab Tech and in ECI’s sale to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management
- sale of its portfolio company, North American Breweries Holdings, to Cerveceria Costa Rica
- acquisition by its portfolio company, International Equipment Solutions, of CWS Industries (Mfg) Corp. and Kodiak Mfg
- acquisition of Siac do Brasil Ltda. from SIAC S.p.A. and its affiliates
- formation of W Foundry International and acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Waupaca from ThyssenKrupp Budd Company
- sale of its portfolio company, Attends Healthcare, to Domtar Corporation
- acquisition of Paladin Brands Holding and Crenlo from Dover Corporation
Kohlberg & Co. and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- portfolio company, PCI Pharma, in its strategic investment from Kohlberg and Bain Capital, and supported by a reinvestment from Mubadala Investment Company
- acquisition of Worldwide Clinical Trials
- growth investment in United Digestive
- initial investment and subsequent sale of its majority stake in [solidcore] to L Catterton
- acquisition of a 50% stake in United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) from Partners Group for an enterprise value of $4.1 billion
- acquisition by its portfolio company, PCI Pharma Services, of Lyophilization Services of New England from Permira
- acquisition of Ob Hospitalist Group from Gryphon Investors
- acquisition of Myers EPS from Graham Partners
- acquisition of DecoPac from Snow Phipps Group
- acquisition of a majority stake in Parts Authority
- acquisition, alongside Mubadala Investment Company, of a majority stake in PCI Pharma Services from Partners Group
- merger of its portfolio company, Interstate Hotels & Resorts, with Aimbridge Hospitality
- acquisition of three packaging plants from Bemis Healthcare Packaging Europe
- sale of its portfolio company, Franklin Energy Group, to Abry Partners
- acquisition of Nelipak Corporation from Mason Wells
- sale of its portfolio company, e+CancerCare, to Integrated Oncology Network
- acquisition of Sabre Industries in Sabre’s acquisition of FWT, LLC and in Sabre’s sale to The Jordan Company
- acquisition of Senneca Holdings from Audax Private Equity
- sale of Spectrum Plastics Group to affiliates of AEA Investors
- acquisition of SpecialtyCare and its subsequent sale to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
- sale of NBG Home to Sycamore Partners
- acquisition by its portfolio company, Alita Care, of Bournewood Health Systems
- sale of its portfolio company, HawkeyePedershaab, to Forsyth Capital Investors
- acquisition of Interstate Hotels & Resorts and in Interstate’s acquisitions of the management platform of Gateway Hospitality Group and the management agreements of 82 premium-branded, select and full-service hotels, plus one restaurant, from White Lodging
- acquisition of Meadows Behavioral Healthcare
- acquisition of a majority stake in Sunspire Health and in Sunspire Health’s acquisition of the Princeton, Texas 40-bed residential treatment operations of Caron Treatment Centers
- sale of its portfolio company, Aurora Casket Company, to Matthews International Corporation
- acquisition of AM Conservation Group, AM Conservation’s investments in Service Concepts and GoodCents, AM Conservation’s merger agreement with Franklin Energy and Franklin Energy’s acquisition of PlanetEcosystems
- acquisition of Plantation Patterns by NBG Home, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Co.
- acquisition of PPC Industries from AEA Investors and in PPC Industries’ acquisitions of Xeridiem Medical Devices and VitalMed and its merger with Pexco
- sale of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services to GI Partners
- acquisition of a majority of the equity interests in Troon Golf
- sale of SouthernCare Holdings
- acquisition of Nellson Nutraceutical and in Nellson’s acquisition of Le Groupe Multibar
- sale of its portfolio company, Hoffmaster Group, to Metalmark Capital
- sale of its portfolio company, Thomas Nelson, to HarperCollins Publishers
Oak Hill Capital and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- portfolio company, Metronet, in its sale to a joint venture between T-Mobile and KKR
- acquisition of a controlling interest in Greenlight Networks
- agreement to invest in and partner with U.S. Oral Surgery Management
- partnership with Trinity Consultants management and employees, in the acquisition of Trinity Consultants from Levine Leichtman
- portfolio company, Metronet, in its co-investment by KKR and Oak Hill Capital
- acquisition of a controlling stake in Technimark Holdings
- investment and partnership with American Veterinary Group
- take-private acquisition of Otelco
- investment, alongside Riverside Partners, in Calero Software to finance Calero’s merger with MDSL
- acquisition of an equity stake in Mercer Advisors from Genstar Capital and Lovell Minnick Partners
- sale of its portfolio company, Vertex Group, to DFW Capital Partners
- sale of its portfolio company, Accentcare, to Advent International
- investment, alongside Pamlico Capital, in Vast Broadband
- investment in VetCor Group, alongside several other investors
- acquisition of Safe Fleet Holdings from The Sterling Group
- acquisition of Checkers Drive-In Restaurants
- acquisition of Sovernet Communications
- acquisition of Oxford Networks from Novacap and Bank Street Capital Partners
- acquisition of FirstLight Fiber from Riverside Partners, in FirstLight’s acquisitions of 186 Communications and Finger Lakes Technologies Group and in FirstLight’s sale to Antin Infrastructure Partners
- sale of Vantage Oncology to McKesson Specialty Health
- acquisition of Imagine! Print Solutions and in Imagine’s acquisition of Midnight Oil Agency
- acquisition of Berlin Packaging from Investcorp and in Berlin Packaging’s acquisitions of Bruni Glass, Diablo Valley Packaging and Vivid Packaging
- sale of its controlling interest in the Hillman Companies to affiliates of CCMP Capital Advisors
- investment in SmartPak Equine in connection with its acquisition by Henry Schein Inc.
- sale of Security Networks to Monitronics International
- acquisition of an approximately 80% interest in Earth Fare from Monitor Clipper Partners
Revelar Capital (f/k/a Wellspring Capital Management) and its portfolio companies in various transactions, including its:
- sale of its portfolio company Paragon Films
- acquisition of Coverall
- acquisition of Rohrer Corporation
- acquisition of SupplyOne and in SupplyOne’s acquisition of Bell Container
- acquisition and sale of Tradesmen International
- acquisition of Hoffmaster Group
- sale of ProAmpac to Pritzker Group Private Capital
- sale of National Seating & Mobility
- acquisition of AdvoServ
- merger of Prolamina Corporation and Ampac Holdings and in ProAmpac’s acquisition of Coating Excellence International
- acquisition of Help At Home
- sale of its portfolio company Checkers & Rally’s Restaurants to Sentinel Capital Partners
- acquisition of Swift Worldwide Resources from Gresham Private Equity and in Swift’s merger with Air Energi Group
- acquisition of National Seating & Mobility from Ridgemont Equity Partners
- sale of its portfolio company, Omni Energy, to Gibson Energy
- going-private acquisition of Omni Energy
- sale of Vatterott College to TA Associates
The Carlyle Group in its:
- investment, alongside Brigade Capital Management and Ares Management Corporation, in Guitar Center in connection with the company’s chapter 11 case
- sale of its portfolio company Prime Clerk to Duff & Phelps
OceanSound Partners in various transactions, including its:
- portfolio company, PAR Excellence, in its strategic combination with TrackCore and its acquisition of NotiSphere
- acquisition of PAR Excellence
FalconPoint Partners in various transactions, including its:
- acquisition of SMS from Scrap Metal Services
- investment in JENNMAR
LongRange Capital in its $300 million acquisition of US Synthetic Corporation from ChampionX Corporation
Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of ICS Holding

Angelo has also authored several articles, including: an article in The M&A Journal discussing the filing requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976; an article in ABA Business Law Today about the increased use of earnouts by buyers and sellers in private transactions to reach a consensus on purchase price; an article in International Financial Law Review, discussing how to formulate and negotiate the complex but important working capital adjustments in an acquisition; and, an article in The Deal discussing the importance of being mindful of, and ensuring compliance with, relevant stock exchange rules in private investments in public equities (PIPEs).