Mayer Brown is a large international firm that entered its current form through three cross-border mergers in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Today the firm’s network covers 27 offices spanning three continents. In the US, where the firm has several of its largest branches, it has a presence in six states and teams based in Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington DC. It works directly with banks and borrowers on cross-border syndicated credit facilities. It also partakes in novel acquisition financing transactions.