Duff & Phelps, founded in 1932, is one of the leading independent financial advisory firms, offering a wide range of consulting and investment banking services, including financial reporting and tax valuation, and fixed-asset and real estate consulting. It also offers fairness and solvency opinions, employee stock ownership plan and employee retirement income security advisory services, legal business solutions, and dispute consulting. The company provides services to various industries and specialty areas, including consumer and industrial products, financial services, technology, information, communication and entertainment, and real estate. Duff & Phelps has more than 600 employees and offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, and its clients are located throughout the world. The company is headquartered in New York.