Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson is an international law firm located in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, London, Paris and Frankfurt, Germany. As a full-service, multidisciplinary law firm, the company is nationally and internationally recognized for its experience in many practice areas, including antitrust, bankruptcy, benefits, corporate asset management, corporate capital markets, litigation, real estate, financial institutions, tax, trusts and estates and securities regulation. From January 2000 through December 2004, FFHS&J represented clients in more than 410 public merger and acquisition and private equity transactions that totaled approximately $994 billion. The firm also advised clients in more than 245 public and private debt and equity offerings with an aggregate value of more than $140 billion during that time.