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Shearman & Sterling was one of the first national law firms to enter the Bay Area legal market, opening its San Francisco office in 1979.  In its early years, the office worked primarily with our financial institution clients, including the major investment banks and private equity clients, in capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions both in the Bay Area and across the Western United States.  As the practice expanded into the Silicon Valley, we followed with a Menlo Park office in 1998.

Just as the firm responded to the course of business by extending its services to a growing client base around the world, so, too, have our Bay Area offices.  Today, our Bay Area offices provide a full array of legal services to clients.  While maintaining a significant financial institution and investment banking practice, our Bay Area lawyers also focus on intellectual property litigation, particularly patent litigation; intellectual property transaction work; securities and commercial litigation; internal investigation and corporate governance representations; executive compensation; and tax law.  Bay Area attorneys also advise on capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, bank finance, bankruptcy, and workout transactions.

The Bay Area offices also play a critical role in the firm's overall global practice.  Bay Area lawyers interact regularly with colleagues in our worldwide offices, notably those in the Asian offices.  This enables us to provide global legal services to both local companies expanding their worldwide operations and international clients entering the Bay Area.