Teresa Bernstein

Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and CCO at ACON Investments

Teresa Y. Bernstein is the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of ACON Investments, a private equity investment firm based in Washington, D.C. that invests in middle market companies across the United States, Latin America and Southern Europe. ACON is responsible for managing over $5.6 billion of assets. Prior to joining ACON in 2013, Ms. Bernstein was Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Perseus, a Washington, D.C.-based middle market private equity firm. Ms. Bernstein joined Perseus in 2006 as Vice President for Legal Affairs. Prior to Perseus, Ms. Bernstein was an associate in the Corporate and Securities group of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Washington, D.C. office, focusing on M&A, private equity and regulatory matters relating to private and public pooled investment vehicles. Before that, Ms. Bernstein was a Corporate Associate in the New York City office of Paul Weiss. There, Ms. Bernstein focused on private equity fund formation, private equity investments and M&A.Ms. Bernstein received a B.A., magna cum laude, in Comparative Literature from Cornell University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law. Ms. Bernstein is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and the District of Columbia.

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#LegalWriting #SecuritiesRegulation #DueDiligence

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#UnitedStates