Teresa Young Bernstein (Washington, D.C.) is Vice President of Legal Affairs. Prior to joining Perseus, she was an associate in the corporate and securities group of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Washington office, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and regulatory matters relating to private and public pooled investment vehicles. Before joining Pillsbury, Ms. Bernstein worked as a corporate associate in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. There her practice included the organization and operation of private investment funds and joint venture, private equity, and merger and acquisition transactions. 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.