Dina Bernstein

by | Dec 25, 2024 | Los Angeles, People, Principal, team, Technical Experts

Principal

dina-bernstein

Los Angeles, CA
P: 310.734.0144
[email protected]
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Dina Bernstein has extensive experience advising on all aspects of executive compensation, working with companies on an ongoing basis, as well as in the context of mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, initial public offerings, and other corporate events. Dina provides guidance to private and public companies across various industries regarding cash and equity incentive compensation arrangements, employment, severance and change in control agreements, overall compensation program design, pay governance practices, taxation, stock exchange listing requirements and securities regulation compliance.

Prior to joining FW Cook in 2018, Dina was Of Counsel in the executive compensation and employee benefits practice group at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where she practiced for over 12 years.

Speaking Engagements and Presentations

September 28, 2021

Keynote Conversation: Leading Executive Compensation in a Complex World

Publications

May 27, 2026
SEC Proposes Significant Changes to Compensation Disclosures for Companies with a Public Float of Less than $2 Billion
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April 14, 2026
New California Law Affects Payments to Executives That Are Subject to Repayment
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September 24, 2025
ISS Announces Results of 2025 Global Benchmark Policy Survey
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September 11, 2025
SEC’s Spring 2025 Regulatory Flex Agenda Signals a Strategic Pivot
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January 23, 2025
IRS Proposed Regulations Under Section 162(m) Are Generally Unsurprising With One Glaring Exception
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July 22, 2024
Fifth Circuit Reinstates the Notice-and-Awareness Proxy Adviser Regulation that the SEC First Adopted and then Rescinded
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April 24, 2024
New FTC Rule Would Generally Ban All Non-Compete Agreements Except for Agreements with “Senior Executives” Entered Into Before the Effective Date
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October 24, 2023
Two of the New SEC PvP CDIs Raise Complicated Interpretative Issues
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October 5, 2023
SEC Investor Advisory Committee Recommendations Would Substantially Increase Human Capital Management Disclosures
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April 8, 2021
Update: Trends in 10-K Human Capital Resources Disclosures
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November 7, 2020
10-K Filings Show a Variety of Approaches to the New Human Capital Resources Disclosure Rules
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Education

Stanford Law School, JD, Graduated with distinction

University of California, Berkeley, BA Philosophy & BS Business Administration, Graduated with Highest Honors

Professional Certifications & Associations

Member of the California State Bar