WestLB AG provides various financial products and services to corporate and private clients, and financial institutions. It primarily focuses on lending, structured finance, capital market and private equity products, asset management, transaction services, and real estate finance. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany with additional offices in Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, and Munich; and Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milan, and Paris, as well as in Hong Kong, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto.