Mr. Bernstein is a corporate and securities lawyer, specializing in the organization and financing of, and mergers and acquisitions involving, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other companies owning commercial real estate and hotels. He is Co-Head in the Americas Region of the Firm's Real Estate Funds and Investment Banking Group, which represents, in both domestic and international markets, sponsors, investors, investment banks and real estate and hotel companies in their capital raising and merger and acquisition activities. He is also the Co-Head of the Americas Region's Financial Institutions Group, which assists a range of financial institutions, including insurance companies, specialty finance companies, asset management firms, financial technology companies, banks and investment banks, in their capital raising and merger and acquisition transactions.

His clients include leading US REITs, investment banking firms, private equity and other institutional investors providing equity and debt capital to real estate and hotel companies. He also advises institutional clients in the formation of private equity funds dedicated to real estate and hotel investments and represents several of these private equity funds in their investment activities. In addition, Mr. Bernstein represents issuers and underwriters in public and private and equity and debt offerings in a variety of other industries, including telecommunications, industrial manufacturing, software, construction equipment and finance.