Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is a multinational law firm focused on providing legal counsel to domestic and international clients. The Firm's practice areas include antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, corporate governance, executive compensation and ERISA, international arbitration, litigation and arbitration, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, private equity, and taxation. The Firm's clients include companies from the aerospace, apparel/textiles. automotive, chemicals, communications, construction, consumer products/services, defense, e-commerce, energy services, financial services, food, gaming, healthcare, IT, life science, manufacturing, media, metals/mining, oil/gas exploration, real estate, retail, and software sectors. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton was formed in 1946 and is based in New York, New York.