Joel M. Bernstein is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Los Angeles office. He focuses his practice on corporate, limited liability company, and partnership structuring and restructuring, with emphasis on control and finance, capital formation, including placement of various types of basic and hybrid securities, and public offerings of equity securities.  For the past several years Joel has represented companies owned or controlled by Employee Stock Ownership Trusts in connection with company acquisition and disposition transactions as well as ongoing commercial and corporate representation.