Ropes & Gray is a law firm. The firm serves large and small companies, financial institutions, government agencies, hospitals and health care organizations, colleges and universities, and families and individuals. The company focuses on corporate, creditor's rights, employees benefits, environment, healthcare, intellectual property and technology, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, and taxation. Ropes & Gray's corporate services include investment management, banking and finance, leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, general business representation, high technology, international business, life sciences, and for-profit healthcare. The company was established in 1865 and has offices in Boston, Massachusetts; New York, New York; Providence, Rhode Island; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; and London, United Kingdom.