Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides legal advisory services. The firm's practice areas include business law, public finance, environmental law, intellectual property, safety and health, real estate, and labor and employment law. It provides legal counseling and litigation support on business restructuring, employee benefits, personnel and labor relations, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, banking, securities regulation, venture capital financings, bankruptcy and creditors rights, and legislative regulation issues. In addition, the firm focuses on pension, profit sharing, deferred compensation plans, leasing transactions, computer hardware and software acquisition and licensing, real estate development, taxation compliance, trusts, and estates. Its clients include industrial and manufacturing companies, financial institutions, insurance firms, media and telecommunication companies, hotels, health care organizations, airlines, government bodies, municipalities, and educational institutions. It was formerly known as Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson. The firm was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento, California; New York City; Washington, District of Columbia; and Brussels, Belgium.