Shutts & Bowen, founded in 1910, is one of the oldest major law firms in Florida and has offices located in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville. The firm has approximately 270 attorneys who specialize in all phases of commercial law with particular emphasis on the representation of financial institutions. Members of the firm's Financial Institutions Department specialize in regulatory matters, including those affecting the products and services offered by financial institutions, trust and other fiduciary services, merger and acquisition transactions and the formation of new institutions and holding companies, corporate and securities matters, the documentation of financing transactions, both domestic and international, litigation, creditors' rights and remedies, and loan workouts.