Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides legal advisory services to banking, chemicals, consumer products, financial, healthcare, insurance, real estate, energy, and telecommunication sectors. The firm focuses on areas such as mergers and acquisitions, finance and corporate transactions, business litigation, corporate investigations, regulatory, tax, and estate planning. Additionally, it provides intellectual property and technology, international trade, investment management, labor and employment litigation, corporate governance, and criminal defense and investigations advisory services. Sullivan & Cromwell was founded in 1879 and is based in New York City with additional offices in Beijing, China; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong; London, United Kingdom; Los Angeles and Palo Alto, California; Melbourne, Australia; Washington, District of Columbia; and Paris, France.