The most current iteration of Clifford Chance came about in 1987 after the merger of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner. Today, the full-service firm has 32 offices spread throughout Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. In the United States, the firm has offices in New York and Washington DC. The firm’s New York M&A team works on the buyer and seller side of complex cross-border acquisitions and divestments. In banking and finance, the firm advises large financial institutions as lenders on amended credit facilities, acquisition financing, project financing and other cross-border loans. The firm’s capital markets practice advises on various finance and securitization deals.