Sullivan & Cromwell’s London office, established in 1972, is the largest of our branch offices and a natural focal point for cross-border European and other EMEA transactions. Our London legal staff includes English, US and dual-qualified lawyers with specialist expertise in M&A and private equity, capital markets, project development and finance, real estate finance, corporate finance, credit, leveraged and acquisition finance, EU, UK and German competition law, criminal defence and investigations and UK and US tax. The London office serves corporate, government and investment banking clients throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East and Gulf regions as well as clients from outside these regions with interests there.