Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (SMRH) offers legal advisory services. Its practice areas include construction, corporate, environmental, financial services, government contracts and regulated industries, hospitality, aerospace and defense, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property. Additionally, the firm provides antitrust and trade regulation, appellate, bankruptcy and restructuring, international arbitration, labor and employment, and white collar civil fraud defense advisory services. It caters to advertising, aviation, construction, energy, media and communications, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, life sciences, real estate, sports, and technology sectors. SMRH was founded in 1927 and is based in Los Angeles, California with additional offices in Washington, District of Columbia; New York, New York; Shanghai, China; and Costa Mesa, San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara; California.