Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP provides legal advisory services. The firm's practice areas include banking and finance, capital markets, corporate governance, financial institutions regulatory, fund formation and administration, hedge funds, infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, SEC disclosure and securities regulation, structured finance and derivatives, technology and IP transactions, tax, and trusts and estates. It also provides litigation advisory services for alternative dispute resolution, antitrust and competition, appellate, bankruptcy, employment, environment, financial services, international arbitration, international trade, patents, product liability, and white collar defense and investigations. Additionally, the firm provides legal advisory services for asylum and immigration, children's rights, civil rights, human rights, international and domestic community and economic development, public health, and voting rights. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP was founded in 1931 and is headquartered in New York, New York with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; Miami, Florida; Dallas and Houston, Texas; Providence, Rhode Island; Redwood Shores, California; Washington, District of Columbia; Wilmington, Delaware; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Budapest, Hungary; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Frankfurt and Munich, Germany; Central, Hong Kong; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France; Prague, Czech Republic; and Warsaw, Poland.