Profile: Shearman & Sterling is a New York-based law firm. With $801,000,000 in gross revenues in 2009, the firm was ranked 29th on The American Lawyer's 2010 Am Law 100 rankings of U.S. firms. In the 2009 Global 100, the firm ranked as the 32nd grossing law firm in the world. According to the National Law Journal's 2009 NLJ 250, with 796 attorneys, Shearman & Sterling is the thirty-ninth largest firm in the United States. Shearman & Sterling's major practice areas are corporate, litigation, tax, executive compensation and employee benefits, and antitrust law. Shearman & Sterling represents financial institutions, governments, and other organizations, including private clients. Shearman & Sterling's international scope includes multiple office locations in both Europe and Asia.