McKinsey’s practices   As well as being organized on a geographical basis, with offices in 44 countries around the world, we are also organized in Practices, devoted to specific industries or functions. These practices enable us to gather knowledge and develop expertise that we can then apply in supporting our clients. At the moment, we have the following Practices: Industry Practices   Auto & Assembly Banking & Securities Chemicals Consumer/Packaged Goods Electric Power & Natural Gas High Tech Insurance Media & Entertainment Metals & Mining Payor/Provider Petroleum Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products Pulp & Paper Retail, Apparel, Leisure Telecommuncations Transportation Functional Practices   Corporate Finance Business Technology Office Marketing & Sales Operations Organization Strategy As one of our Functional Practices, the Corporate Finance practice gathers and develops our worldwide expertise in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and post-merger management, and makes it available to our consulting teams all round the world.