Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world. The results we achieve have set us apart for more than 130 years and become a model for the modern practice of law. Today, S&C is a leader in each of its core practice areas and in each of its geographic markets.

Our success is the result of the quality of our lawyers, the most broadly and deeply trained collection of attorneys in the world. We work as a single partnership without geographic division. We hire the very best law school graduates and train them to be generalists within broad practice areas. We promote lawyers to partner almost entirely from among our own associates. The result is a partnership with a unique diversity of experience, exceptional professional judgment and a demonstrated history of innovation.

Clients of the Firm are nearly evenly divided between U.S. and non-U.S. entities. They include industrial and commercial companies, financial institutions, private funds, governments, educational, charitable and cultural institutions, and individuals, estates and trusts. Our client base is exceptionally diverse, a result of our extraordinary capacity to tailor work to specific client needs.

S&C comprises approximately 800 lawyers. They serve our clients around the world through a network of 12 offices, located in leading financial centers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. We are headquartered in New York.

PRO BONO

Sullivan & Cromwell considers pro bono work an important commitment of every lawyer, as well as a tool by which lawyers can supplement and bolster their skills. In 2012, S&C devoted almost 73,000 hours to public service, engaging in a broad range of pro bono activities. S&C lawyers achieved results for diverse groups of individuals in need of legal representation and for legal, charitable, and government organizations. S&C’s work included both individual pro bono initiatives and ongoing, long-term “signature projects.” The breadth of pro bono matters handled and the results achieved are representative of our lawyers’ depth of expertise across a range of practice areas, including Estates & Personal, General Practice (Corporate), Litigation and Tax.

International Impact

Lawyers in the Firm’s London office work with Advocates for International Development (A4ID) on several matters, including (1) assisting People in Aid in registering as a charitable entity in the United States, (2) helping Village Water Limited, a UK-based charity that works in Zambia, in contract negotiations, and (3) advising Interact Worldwide, an international sexual and reproductive health and rights NGO, on its arrangements with local partner organizations. Lawyers in the London office have also partnered with Lawyers in Schools, part of the Citizenship Foundation, which is a London-based civic and educational program that places lawyers and legal professionals in school classrooms to work with and to mentor young people and develop their awareness and understanding of the law. General Practice partner William Plapinger also serves as a Commissioner on the United States–United Kingdom Educational Commission, which oversees the administration of academic awards under the Fulbright Program.

PRACTICE IN CLEAN TECHNOLOGY & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Government and corporate reaction to climate change, together with legislative initiatives promoting clean technology and alternative energy, are creating new challenges and opportunities for business, financial intermediaries and investors. Sullivan & Cromwell is emerging as a leading adviser to participants in the clean technology and alternative energy industries.

We offer our clients significant capability and experience in:

– Emissions and carbon trading
– Disclosure issues arising from risks related to climate change
– M&A transactions in the clean technology, alternative energy and green transportation industries
– Use of federal loan guarantees and other incentives for investment in nuclear and renewable energy
– Limited-recourse finance arrangements for wind, solar, biomass and other renewable energy projects
– Other tax and incentive schemes for clean technology economic development and green job creation
– New and proposed environmental regulation in response to climate change