Bryan Cave professionals practice in Client Service Groups and Industry Practice Teams that offer legal counsel and advice in virtually every area of interest to business and entrepreneurial clients. Members of these groups are drawn from diverse disciplines and offices around the globe. Regardless of geographic location, our professionals work together on behalf of clients using state-of-the-art communication technologies. The firm focuses on corporate transactions and litigation; specialties include agribusiness, entertainment, environmental, health care, intellectual property, real estate, and tax law. It has more than 1,200 lawyers in about 20 offices in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia/Pacific region. Two affiliates -- Bryan Cave International Trade and Bryan Cave Strategies -- offer consulting services. Bryan Cave was founded in St. Louis in 1873. In early 2009, the firm made a move to expand when it acquired Atlanta-based law firm Powell Goldstein LLP.