Jake Bernstein is an associate in the Investment Funds & Private Capital practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. His practice focuses on the representation of private fund sponsors and he assists clients on a wide array of matters, including the structuring, documenting, offering and operating of real estate, credit and private equity funds. He also has experience assisting private fund sponsors with co-investment vehicles, separately managed accounts, upper-tier structuring (including employee incentive arrangements), GP-led secondary transactions and continuation vehicles. 
 

Jake received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 2025, where he served as an articles editor on The George Washington Law Review and graduated with a concentration in Business and Finance Law. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Science with a minor in General Business from The University of Maryland-College Park in 2022.

• The George Washington University Law School, J.D. (with honors), 2025
• The University of Maryland-College Park, B.S., 2022